and the meds on top of that
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I would say not. Sz has factors that influence your personality and affect it, but the underlying personality lies in your genetic make up.
Your soul should shine through.
If you have a personality disorder on top of sz then that personality would remain.
Meds may dumb down your personality, keeping control of the numerous sz factors that influence it, but still the fundamental personality remains.
I disagree. My personality changed drastically.
I am not the same man I used to be.
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Same here. I’m weaker but I’m nicer.
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Is seeing life differently the same as changing your personality?
Do you have familial traits that have changed for example?
I went from being an extrovert to an introvert. I think that’s a pretty drastic change.
I am still the same guy but yet different.
I don’t know what you mean by familial traits.
I was a real go getter. I never thought I would get schizophrenia, especially from marijuana.
I was basically on top of the world and making it. I started from nothing, and ended up with nothing. I’m in a worse place now. Never thought I’d end up on welfare. I used to be a libertarian. I’m below the poverty line. It ain’t getting better.
The funny thing is I couldn’t get high from marijuana or salvia. I was immune to them or something. I guess I got high after I mixed substances and went insane. Never recovered until recently. I was in hell for 6 years straight. I’m recovering slowly now.
The real question as to why you became an introvert cannot be simply answered with sz.
The deeper connotations as to why sz in particular made you feel like being introverted i.e paranoia.
As a matter of debate, you could lightly say sz made you an introvert, but it is the factors of sz that makes you feel you are introverted, not that you are now an introvert by nature.
I would say that deep down you are still an extrovert and given the right skills to manage sz you could be an extrovert again. Perhaps, your mind has an extroverted imagination for example, but don’t feel you can apply it any more.
Symptoms aside sz took a big hit to me as a person. I am getting it back though… slowly…
I disagree with you. Personality isnt just genetic, it is made up by many factors including life experiences, social influences, and even material possessions help to create a personality.
It goes without saying that sz/sza can change your personality. It changes the way people think, of course it’s going to change personality as well.
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Sza changed my personality to a very scared, timid, paranoid, withdrawn person who never talked to anybody but my husband.
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MI and meds can change your personality.
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Sza is changing so much about me. And I don’t even care.
I’m a lot slower than I was. Sz makes you so unsure of yourself, everything changes, you don’t react the same. I’m kind of timid too, but you can get stronger. I’m more thoughtful now and more understanding of people with a problem, not judgemental. It is definitely a humbling exercise. There are some changes for the better though.
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I’m different but I can’t change that.
ECT changed the way I speak.
At this point I like the way I am.
I didn’t use to.
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You know if it did, it wasn’t permanent. During psychosis I wasn’t myself, and I was in psychosis a lot after onset. Now it’s a rare thing, I can poke my head out of my turtle shell and be myself without the fear censoring so many of my actions.
It’s not something that you can separate from yourself once you have it. Remember it’s a spectrum and everyone who has it does not fit into a single criteria.
It changed me in many ways, for example, I don’t really care what I wear now. But before onset, my friends used to like my style and I spent quite some time to decide what to wear when going out. But now, my family tell me that please wear neat…and I say I don’t really care…but these days, I’m going back to the old version. I’m determined to wear nicely.
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Yeah, it make me better at cribbage.
Before sza I was a very nervous person
after sza I became a very nervous person
Was always a hippie at heart and always an introvert, but just now its with sza
so i’d say no, I was always me but now with sza