Could emotional stress in children be triggger for sz?

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I don’t have history of MI in my family or cousins..

But I was suppressing a lot of bad stuff as child…

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Yes it could I was an emotional wreck and still am. I think personally for me it didn’t is. It feels impossible and permanent and forever. But I wrestle with it daily trying to pin it and get it out of my life but it never does.

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I believe so. I believe that’s what caused my schizophrenia.

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Do you have some link @everhopeful ?

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https://forum.schizophrenia.com/search?context=topic&context_id=347225&q=%40everhopeful%20childhood%20%23news%20order%3Alatest&skip_context=true

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I was neglected…

It’s getting harder every day.

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How do your symptoms manifest?

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Emotional stress, maybe not…. but “Adverse Childhood Experiences”, yes I very much think so.

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Yes. There is evidence to suggest persistently anxious children are more likely to develop SZ.

https://academic.oup.com/schizbullopen/article/5/1/sgae003/7645608

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Got that large stone on my mental health from 8.

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