Did you meet someone else with schizophrenia in the real world?
What was their story? 
2 Likes
No but I’d like to. I’m interested to follow this thread to see if other people have.
3 Likes
Not that I know of. I’m not counting people with sz/sza I’ve met in hospitals or patients at the pharmacy where I work. You can’t always tell what a person has going on, though, and most of us are secretive about this in real life. I’m sure I’ve met some and just didn’t know it.
3 Likes
No I haven’t met anybody, the thing is if you go through " official channels", you can meet people
but they give you medications, I don’t want to take the currently available medications,
that’s the reason I don’t go through the “official channels”.
1 Like
I’ve met a couple guys with SzA and one with Sz through my local NAMI group. One of them is pretty hot but the other ones are old and gross
1 Like
Did they tell you their story?
The hot one told me some of it but it basically was that he had a breakdown at work and though everyone was trying to kill him, and that he was diagnosed with SzA shortly after that.
Sooner, maybe consider that it’s more important to form friendships with nice people without putting so much emphasis on looks.
9 Likes
Absolutely, I don’t think looks are important for friendships. I was just being descriptive.
3 Likes
I have and was suprised because they had the same disgnosis as me but we’re in worse shape.
I’ve had my illness for 16 years though so maybe I’ve just gotten used to it.
1 Like
My brother also has schizophrenia. He was against treatment for a long time, but he started to get more curious after I recovered so well. He does CBT now, and he’s much better off.
I also met a guy in a bar who said he had schizophrenia. He tried to convince me to stop taking my medicine and start smoking pot. He refused to accept that I actually liked my treatment plan. In the end, I told him to stop talking to me and walked away.
7 Likes
@Sooner88 also note that not all people like references to their appearance,
for example if somebody would call me attractive(and certainly hot) I would find it offensive.
Wow. Why would you be offended?
1 Like
Well, because I don’t want to be judged by my appearance.
I myself struggle with it, but I fight it with all my might.
I don’t want to judge other people( and not be judged) based on their appearance, and also not based on their gender,
or age.
You seem to discriminate between people based on the age @Sooner88,
I hope that you learn not to do so.
I am trying to improve as a person all the time, and I hope you are as well.
1 Like
1 person, but it’s purely professional so nothing warming about it. I would like someone I could talk to that wasn’t writing notes afterwards.
2 Likes
One person. A former coworker. She was hired through our local students with disabilities center. She was also in a wheelchair. She did fine for awhile and then ended up having trouble with thinking that clients were talking about her. They actually weren’t, but she ended up leaving the position due to the stress it was causing.
I’ve probably met some as I’ve been in hospital a lot. But nobody ever talked about their diagnosis in hospital so I don’t know for sure.
1 Like
I met a couple of people at a SARDAA meeting. Go to this webpage to find a meeting nearest to you. It was helpful to go, to hear and talk to others about this. The meeting closest to me is 2.5 hours away and I haven’t been in a couple of months. I plan on going again sometime.
I was working in an apartment when this sz’s mom was talking about her son not doing well. So I shared my story with her and met him. We became friends I talk to both of them frequently. He’s doing pretty good but struggles with his illness and life style that’s not healthy ,more than I do. There good people.
1 Like
My uncle and grandmother both had sz. Never had a whole lot of contact with them, but I remember once visiting my uncle when he was committed and I was a young child. I think a guy at my work possibly has it, but I have no way of knowing for sure, because I would never bring it up, I’ve never had a conversation with him, I’ve just heard stories from other people.