This statement is not an insult to anyone who suffers from schizophrenia. The condition is debilitating.
I definitely know because I do suffer from the condition myself.
It controlled me. And still does to a certain extent.
I imagine and consider I “managed” to control it by being assertive. Yet I guess there are so many variations within the condition and so many socioeconomic backgrounds no one can generalize. This includes “doctors” and “specialists” and obviously
“myself”.
I have met a lot of so-called “normal” people and they sometimes come across to me as not being really sane.
I guess I “survived” by doing basic sensible things like: doing the washing up, cleaning my apartment, drawing stuff and writing things- the voices intruded for sure, and lights and pictures in my mind, and even emotions.
Yeah I’m more the passive type slowly figuring out how to get what I want without being to assertive. With this illness especially, the last thing I want is attention. But you speaking of assertiveness in regards to handling the illness. This is something I’m getting better at. Telling my voices to ■■■■ off and shut up. My responses to these “telepathic” messages has changed I’m sure as well. I feel less like a delusional lunatic, at some point you just begin to adopt other people’s beliefs to fit in. The goes doubly when you think they are telepathic. On good days they’re not, on most days they are.
i need to be more assertive too. i have found myself giving in in the past but starting tomorrow i’m going to be more assertive for definite. there is no reason why i can’t clean my house, no reason i can’t go to night classes, no reason i can’t have a shower or bath, no reason i can’t write. ■■■■ the lot of them. they can do their worst so far as i’m concerned. i’m sick of living like this. i cannot function like some sort of animal any more. i have to do things. i am saving up for a new computer plus college courses and business ideas. failure is not a problem for me, it’s simply an opportunity to succeed at a later date is all. time to get busy. these last couple of months i’ve been slacking completely, even without voices at times. right now they are omnipresent and i’ve allowed things to slide even further than they were before. the voices are intrusive but i can cope but i’m sick of just coping. i want a life. me, my kids and my dogs. we deserve happiness and success after everything we’ve been through. i may not be diagnosed sz but i’ve suffered the same at one time or another. right now my only symptoms are voices and avolition, both false, both need to go. i need to breathe.
I wish you success, but please try to be patient with your progress.
So called “normal people” are allowed by society or excused by society to be impolite, unintelligent (stupid), insensitive, illogical, impatient, arrogant, aggressive, prejudiced … the list goes on.
Obviously there are nice people out there as well. Try to connect with them.
If you are diagnosed, you do not have the same privileges as “normal people” in any/ most situations.