My friends don’t know I have schiz
I’m planning to cut ties and tell them I’m bonkers from schiz and can’t handle friendship nor any of the nice things in life
It’s too much stress for me and I was pressured into making friends by treatment team
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I would say try to think it over some more. Sometimes it’s good to have people who don’t know your illness and don’t define you based off of it
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@Bitty, maybe you can take a break from them? I don’t have any close friends and what I’ve come to realize recently is that it’s because I need space. I am able to have my parents, sister and husband as confidants. I really don’t need close friends.
I have friends that I like to go and do things with and can talk to them about personal things and get a little bit of advice, but it’s mostly about us going and hanging out doing things that we mutually like. This is what’s comfortable for me and I found friends who like my company and boundaries. It works.
Could you see them once a month? How often are you seeing them? For me, I try to have one or two weekends a month where it’s just my husband and I going out on a Saturday night alone instead of with friends.
I would reconsider. When I get depressed I want to cut off my friends but they are great so I don’t really want to. You could always just disappear for a bit and come back.
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I like @Mars suggestion. Sometimes you just need a break from friends but you’ll want to see them again in the future. I know maintaining friendships is a lot of work, especially with sz, but it’s good to have some people in your life to support you.
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If they really are friends they’ll still be there after you cut ties.
I wish I had control over who knew
But I was 17 and everyone in my family found out
My old friends knew I was completely nuts so couldn’t hide it
Be careful. Once it’s out there you can never go back unless you move towns
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I’ll echo everyone else and ask you to not do anything without thinking it through. I did cut ties, I wanted to go insane privately. It didn’t work out and I miss my good friends a lot.
I wish I had friends as such .
If they have not stolen from you or bullied or trafficked you etc and they care about uou and uou them then keep them but just set boundaries that you don’t want to hang out so often .
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