the worst thing that can happen to someone in life is to be diagnosed with schizophrenia
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IDK. Terminal cancer is pretty bad. Lou Gehrig’s disease is a terrible way to go. Being a kid in parts of Africa and slowly starving to death at age 12 seems a lot worse than what I’m going through now as I sit on my couch in my warm living room on a computer. It’s all relative.
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I totally agree with @77nick77. I suffered an awful lot with sza my entire life but now, in my old age, I’m not suffering that much. It gets better with time usually. I can think of a lot of things worse than being happy, content, at peace and tranquility, sitting at my computer after a long nights sleep in my toasty warm apartment with a full kitchen worth of food at my disposal.
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Ive been there, thinking down about sza. I think it’s perfectly normal to do so. Some days are just better than others. I’d say I’m pretty okay with being diagnosed with sza. I’d like to say I’ve learned something over these past seven years, and because I’ve applied my struggles and successes I’m doing better now than I was then.
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Well I think having histrionic or downs syndrome or autism is worse …
But what makes Schizophrenia awful and menacing is that it is ruthless — like using all your fear and shortcomings against you like throwing you on the ground and kicking yer nads repeatedly 
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I would rather have sza than cancer. I’m terrified of cancer as my mom and grandmother had it. Fortunately my mom beat it but my gran died in her early sixties. There’s few things worse than cancer and sza is by far not one of them. I guess it’s also hard but at least I’m used to it - I’ve had it for about 20 years and can’t imagine life without it.
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Being poor in Africa, have terminal illnesses, being a criminal, have mental disability or catatonia are all worse than SZ.
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Things could be a lot worse. Schizophrenia sucks but I am glad I can still see and walk.
One of my best friends got cancer and died when he was 29. His wife was really vain and honestly she was a hot woman. All about her looks. She had breast implants so she didn’t see the cancer coming and never got a mammogram I guess and got sick and died of breast cancer in her mid to late 30s.
Their daughter is about the same age as my son. She is in college and is going to be a news anchor. She is in her early 20s and has already lost both of her parents to cancer.
But cancer or heart disease will probably get us all eventually if you live long enough.
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Welcome to the forum.
It depends on the individual and their symptoms.
For me it was torture but I am stable and no positives at moment.
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Then find out your not delusional,
I used to feel the same way, that the worst thing in the world is be diagnosed with scizoaffective. I had really hard dark days, but then I started pushing myself to do more on the days that were good. It helped me love life more. But the bad days are hard still. I try to stay positive. Easier said then done sometimes
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