I had no idea what psychosis or schizophrenia was when I got diagnosed. I was only a teen at the time. I also couldn’t recognize that I was delusional.
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Its kinda funny I started out delusional and thought I was getting married to my friends daughter then i went in remission for 9 months or so and thrn i thought i was getting married to my coworker
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No I had no idea.
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I never heard of SZ before I ended up in the psychiatric unit. I was in total belief of my delusions. Once I studied a bit on my condition I only thought auditory voices were the only thing that SZ was. I did not have actual auditory voices so I thought I was not SZ. I suspected that I was off track with life and just needed to continue on with my life. To go after my dreams and work and continue on with my life and get it back on track. I thought once I get married and have family my issues would resolve and denied I was SZ. I was diagnosed back in 1993 and was believing in telepathy. I studied and never found telepathy as a symptom. I thought I was hearing telepathy and not voices so I was not SZ. I only associated auditory voices as SZ. I avoided the diagnosis until I came to this forum and heard others describe issues with telepathy. I wrote my negative symptoms off as low motivation. Not doing things I love. I learned about negative symptoms here also on this forum. I had faith before I was diagnosed and told myself I am off track with my faith. I read everything pertaining to my faith as I could. I did not accept the diagnosis until I heard others on this forum describe exactly what I was experiencing. I avoided the diagnosis until about 2-3 years ago. After I see others post here I say yes this is what I am believing so this is SZ to me. I finally am accepting the diagnosis of SZ.
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I knew something was up, but I wasn’t sure what it was until my doctor told me I may have sz.
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No I didn’t suspect mysticism thought
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I still think that this is part of the mysticism
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I strongly suspected it, starting at age 17. I wasn’t diagnosed until age 34 though. I avoided getting diagnosed for 17 years thinking a diagnosis of sz would mean the end of my nursing career. Well, I turned out to be right.
The reason why I was suspicious early on at 17, (pun unintended), is because I had taken an Intro to Psychology course in high school and it had covered abnormal psychology, so, I was educated.
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Heck no, even when I was told I didn’t believe them for 5 years! That was my bad!
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I knew nothing about any mental illness
Was actually happy to have an answer when I asked what was wrong with me
Quick Look online and that did not last…
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This forum was the key to improving advocacy and speaking with people who could actually help me
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i was bullied a lot in school, and it was primarily for being a ‘freak’, ‘headcase’, etc. people would try to see what crazy delusions i had or whatever. at one point i questioned if it was schizophrenia, i knew of it because it runs in my family.
anyway, i avoided the diagnosis as long as i could, but when i ended up in the hospital at 19 after being found psychotic by cops, i realized i had to face whatever i had, and they diagnosed me with SzA.
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