Can you describe what it is like having negative symptoms? How does it affect your daily life?
The reason I ask is that, I can’t make sense of the terms, and I want to know if I have them.
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My body feels heavy and doesnt want to do the task that i want to, is the main one
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I don’t seem to have emotional reactions to things. I have just a “thinking” response to things.
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It’s like going through life dragging a damn boat anchor behind me. Utterly exhausting.
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Everything is harder and less instense, emotionless. Everything is boring.
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I have trouble feeling motivated to do things. I feel slow and sluggish.
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I’m thankful to my negative symptoms that they disappeared by time
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Just “Blah” no motivation, poor hygiene alot of apathy. Avolition.
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Same here. I couldn’t have said it better myself.
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well I feel no pleasure in doing things and lack energy to do things. My worst symptoms are cognitive like problem solving and working memory.
I shower 2 -3 times a week and walk 2 miles every other day were I visit the local bakery to buy rai bread and pottery to the bread.
Once a week I go to the local supermarket to buy food to my mum. And once every other week I do the laundry…
I live independently and have no supervision to take Seroquel 750 mgs.
I go to the nursing clinic to take my long acting injection every 3 week.
I rarely receive visit from the local psychiatric because they view me as high function schizophrenic.
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Some times the negatives are worse then the positives
I just want to sleep and do nothing at all and be left alone for like 4 months
I become very rebellious of life and poeple
everything is 100% willpower even getting myself to just get up and pick up the tv remote
no future ambitions
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Severe/chronic depression sans gloom and doom. Some people could be suicidal due to negatives. Others have depression as primary/secondary problem.
I feel lazy with no drive
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Trying to move in vacuum space and meds as a life line pulling me don’t know where to.
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Not had them in years now. But when i did i felt paralysed sitting staring into space all day long. To be honest it felt like torture.
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Just so blaaaaaah. I don’t want to do anything and I don’t enjoy things really. I feel pretty flat. I don’t have any motivation for anything.
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Not much gives me pleasure
I lack motivation
I’m dragging my feet, little energy
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Gravity cranked up to 11.
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I can really relate to what all you nice folks tell me about your negative symptoms.
Hard to wake up,
Low motivation,
Feeling overwhelmed and sad because of smallest reasons,
Lack of pleasure in things which befoee were quite funny and nice for me,
Sometimes even conversations seem boring and meaningless
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