Yes of course that’s fine, just need to relax a bit on the private messages, as I find it hard to cope with and I feel under a lot of pressure because of it.
I am not used to having friends. It’s not something I have done for quite a few years to let someone in like that.
No problem. Just trying not to cause you any grief.
You may want to check the post Do animals have a soul post. It was locked after I replied. I try to avoid religion as I used to have religious hallucinations/delusions. Don’t look if religion triggers you. It case it was locked because of what I said, I’m not going to repeat it.
Any one who has had a pet, knows they’re in possession of a soul.
If you say so. 15
A soul is just a term used to describe consciousness, and can be used in a non-religious sense.
My use of the term is purely from as much of a scientific lean as you can get using that word.
All life is conscious and humans can be extremely arrogant when it comes to this.
i think same. My kitty cat followed me back at my home and she stayed with me her whole life. I’m sure she had a soul and she knew my soul was good for her.
Well sure animals are conscious and alive just as people are.
One more word on triggers. There are people here who a particular division of the military trigger. So I don’t think it’s a good idea to specifically mention the branch my brother-in-law belongs too, even though I don’t think that violates any forum rule.
My family say that this forum is wasting my life and that I could do something more useful. My psychiatrist told me the same.
Sorry to hear that Aziz. Thanks for sharing. I imagine mine would probably say the same.
i think this forum is really helpful… it doesn’t look like a waste of time to me. It’s some form of staying social a bit in the ways that work.
I am just here to pass time honestly as it doesn’t help my negative symptoms at all, nada.
The definition of “useful” is kind of subjective.
Honestly if I didnt have negative symptoms I wouldnt be here, I would get back to hangout with my friends everyday and work.
Yeah, the negative symptoms kick my ass too. But I don’t have any friends that live around here anymore so I dunno what I would do if I didn’t have them. It would be nice to just enjoy something besides food. Anhedonia is the worst for me. 2nd might be lack of motivation.
You can find friends at work parties, online, through family, church, school, etc Plenty of ways.
You can also find friends at mental health clubs.
I think it’s good to be able to use the forum to connect with others.
For me, I knew nothing about Schizophrenia when I first came here, and a lot of people helped me understand things when I had questions.
Maybe it could be the amount of time you use the forum that may be the issue?
I don’t know if I use it too much as I live alone and have no one to tell me what to do with my time
Could be. Sometimes stories here are depressing and if I was busy with life I wouldn’t be here.