i still try to change my thining in order to get better. But i am not sure that this will work.
Ive read some days ago an article by a pdoc here and he wasnt believing in the autosuggestion and things like this when you have a serious mi… My pdoc says to me to keep thinking positively but i wonder if it helped somebody… Reality is not always positive and ive lost touch with it years ago…
lots of people told me that i wont get better just sitting here. but i still wait from meds to reduce my paranoia a bit… otherwise, i keep thinking a lot in my head, bad habit, bad pathological habit…
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i need meds for positive symptomatology and luckily they work now
as for positive thoughts as a way of healing… i think thats possible
there are myriad of scientific studies that show positive correlation between optimism and good health
both physical and mental health
Um I don’t think there is anything you can do to change your thinking, but responses and overall insight to the symptoms may be beneficial,
Like one thing that has helped me for internal dialogue, is to stop thinking or talking about it.
Not like a mission to not speak but just a not “jumping in to the thinking” to often or responding to it in a emotional manner.
And maybe you could go based off of intuition rather than reasoning.
I’ve spent years trying to fix the reasoning, wasn’t until I stopped running and took a step back from denying or trying to get rid of that the bigger picture of the entire issue was shown to me.
Like having a computer issue you have no idea how to fix and continue messing around with the settings, details, diagnostics, running virus checks,
Like one of the errors messages that keeps popping on the screen primitting you from exiting and you keep trying to exit.
gotta get that computer running good again.
When if your a comp guy it’s just second nature to realize you can’t do anything unless your on a administer account, and even if you where on a administer account it wouldn’t matter because the only issue was your comp being overheated from pushing all those buttons.
I do believe positive thinking because negativity can be very damaging.
One strategy that worked for me is denial. I would just dust myself off after a break and pretend like it didn’t happen and tried to blend in again.
Yeah chrisjack, my mom says that i think too much about myself still. I was focused on myself for the last 7 years, right away after my diagnosis. Its painful to be like this. Yes, i try to distract myself now… but could the positive thinking help our negative symptoms? Like go out more, just be more active or diminish our paranoia? I am not sure on this… i am sometimes really hard to get off from the coach. In fact, my life is still on the couch… but without meds its in the bed where i stop even eating…
The mind can only hold one thought at a time, if you fill it with negative thoughts (that weigh more) there can be no room for positive thoughts.
If you’ve spent the last 20 years in isolation and you’re miserable, what have you got to lose by trying something different?
Positive thinking is nothing more than then a habit, and a habit is just repetitive behavior.
You got to start somewhere, and misery is a wonderful motivator.
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My personal opinion, yes.
They say change is the key to happiness.
From self outlook, to pursuit i would say definetly.
Since symptoms of this illness are having low motivation, getting up and making a habit of things is probably the only way to kick it.
They say it takes 21 days to start a habit.
This illness is a slap in face to people’s self view, self opinion, self outlook,
Both in matters of self position, society, relations, all around the map.
Separating self-view from the symptoms has been great for me, learning to love myself, still a difficulty, but normal and to be found at the crossroads.
I’m not where i should be in life either,
But in a real actual positive note, your attending college which is already un-matched to a large majority of people dealing with schizophrenia.
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I see csummers but the things that i do now in order to get better are small still. Just cleaning my house, going to the shop sometimes. I am scared that its not enough to get better. Exactly, maybe i still risk to lose more years being so inactive as now it is. But honestly, its still often for me to cant activate myself or to full me with love or with a good spirit… the damages from the years behind me are a fact now. I progress too slowly still you see?