yes defintely , just by looking at the eyes /gesture of the person you can clearly tell is there somethig wrong , it is not something abnormal
I’ve been told by trusted so-called normal people that I typically present as being pretty normal, though I do come across as paranoid from time to time, especially when under extreme stress (like they don’t? lol). Honestly, when people are more obviously mentally ill I’m more likely to go out of my way to befriend them simply because I feel more comfortable among “my kind”.
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I don’t feel proud of this but I do tend to feel afraid of obviously ‘crazy’ people, but then again I’m scared even of normal people.
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Bipolar disorder but I’ve also been diagnosed with SZA in the past @SunLion
Me as well TBH. They’re a large part of why I no longer want to go to F2F AA meetings from now on.
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I believe they can see something is not right if you are not high functioning.
Not sure because I present normal, pr so I have been told. The only things that are definitely from sza are my movements. I move a lot slower than I did before my major psychotic break. I also talk lower and slower, much more laid back than before.
I tend to bounce when hypomanic. So that’s different, though a lot of so called normal people bounce a bit.
my sister used to be scared of me, she says my eyes were weird. Now that i’m on meds it’s better and my sister not scared of me anymore. But at first when she just had her first kid they were scared to let their kid stay at the house here cause of me.
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Yeah, but I’m attributing that to you being totally chill. Totally.
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Normal ppl can also not work and be on welfare, some are and have no mental illness. I think its the positive symptoms that make us look crazy. When I was unmedicated family members told me that I was crazy. Now they say that I dont look mentally ill. They just think that I am too lazy to work.
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I think i pass for normal most of the time. I asked my gf if she can tell i have MI from looking at me and she said no.
Thing is, I’m totally NOT chill. I am an angry old lady inside. It’s what the APs did. I come off as chill.
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Yes but for example many schizophrenics I see in real life have severe negative and cognitive symptoms and look like zombies.
I believe normies see that they are not well.
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Ppl could tell with me. Idk about now though. Probably yes but not as much as before.
My trainer was concerned about me at a job trial I did.
I’m doing much better now.
Someone needs a (((hug)))…
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Normies too can look like zombies too. Or ppl with depression.
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My close family members say I dont look sick. Other family members dont even know that I am ill and one girl is even hitting on me. She kept asking me for help, she came to our house so I help her then she told me that I can come to her house anytime for a coffee.
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I’m constantly worried that everyone can tell and that I’ll be hurt because of it
Yes but OP asked if they can tell something is wrong, not if they can diagnose you with schizophrenia.
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Honestly being called lazy is just as bad as being called mentally ill as before sz I wasnt lazy. Its like if sz made my personality worse.
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