My father abused me physically, emotionally, and sexually as a child. Logic ally I know this did not cause my schizophrenia but the emotional side of me still blames him.
my God, I’m so sorry. If it didn’t cause your sz. did it cause addictions?
It may not have caused you to have sz but i’m sure it still did a lot of harm mentally. I hope you are able to get some therapy and work through these things. You didn’t deserve to be treated that way.
I don’t struggle with addictions but I also have ptsd and an eating disorder.
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yeah, sometimes it all comes in 3’s or 4’s. Hope your’e doing ok.
I’m sorry that happened to you. I also blame my abusive brother for my schizophrenia.
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I am very sorry that happened to you I couldn’t imagine having all that abuse happened to me and then come down with schizophrenia on top of it
it’s called resilience.
I had a child with Down syndrome, and a daughter cystic fibrosis.
And I raised them as a single mother with paranoid schizophrenia.
That isn’t even the worst, but I don’t want to get her thread locked.
My therapist says I was not abused. Another one told me I was. Well I don’t feel traumatized by what happened in ancient history, so that’s the deciding thing.
So sorry to hear that. On my mother’s side, she, her two older brothers and her younger sister were all abused by their step father. Also physically, sexually and emotionally. The stories she’s told me make your skin crawl. Anyway, one of my uncles (her brother) also has schizophrenia, but he turned to drugs as a means to cope with his problem because there was no such thing as help for abused children back in their day. It destroyed his mind, sadly. He was such a talented artist.
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There’s a significant link between childhood abuse and sz. It may not have caused it on its own, but you might not have developed sz in the first place without it. It’s not wrong to blame him for it.
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My father was a drunkard. He was always shouting and swearing and even using physical violence . I was so afraid of him. Now he has calmed down even though he still drinks
My Dr told me than any trauma (child abuse) can trigger chemical imbalance
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It’s not a chemical imbalance, but yes. Not just child abuse.
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