Both my father and brother like to downplay my symptoms.
They expect me to do things I know I can’t handle.
They sometimes treat me as if I were a Normie.
Pushing me beyond my limits.
It’s not good for my mental health.
Do others treat you like this?
I’m wondering.
Yes! And sometimes I can’t understand why they expect me to be able to handle the things they throw at me. It’s like they haven’t been paying attention or think I’m faking it or something.
my family tells me that on the meds I seem completely normal. My psychologist has been slowly nudging me towards achieving more and more over time and says that I’m getting closer and closer to being normal as time progresses. My sister five years ago asked if I wanted to try to go back to school and get a job after I was diagnosed, and because I said I wanted to, she has been slowly encouraging me to do school and stuff. She said that if I wanted to do nothing for the rest of my life and stay on SSI that that would be alright. My dad wasn’t sure that I could do anything after my diagnosis either and said if I stayed on SSI for the rest of my life he would understand. when I first started back to school though, they insisted that I take classes at community college instead of trying to go back to school at the university I had just dropped out of, and to start out with taking just one class at a time while trying the new meds.
I feel normal and people that know I have sz treat me normal after a bit of time. But I remember when I first went back to work. I asked my manager to break down my work for me I was just to overwhelmed to know what to do next. We’ll she just kinda looked at me funny and did nothing to help. Never brought it up again,she knew I had just got out of the phych ward.
Yep, I get no special allowances. In fact, my boss gives me more work than the normal people in my team because he knows I can handle it better.
Some people underestimated my abilities, others overestimated them, but the latter were few. So they basically treated me as a disabled person who needs someone else’s care. I don’t see any of them now: my mother, social workers, staff of day treatment or employment program,etc. The only person I still see is my pdoc.
I can’t be happy when around people who expect me to fail and people who expect me to do more than I can.
But I guess they seriously didn’t know how much I could or couldn’t do. Schizophrenia isn’t their experience.
I’m seeing this now.
My friends and family do not get it. They treat me the same as before my diagnosis. It is frustrating to talk to them about it anyway because they do not get it. I am embarrassed to open up about my mental illness with most acquaintances that I deal with on a daily basis, so I just discuss it here or privately and with my doctor.
This has been my experience too @anon97859349.
I’m sorry that you have to experience this.
Thank you @Wave!
Yes critisized put down and called stupid
Wow I’m sorry @anon36372018.
I get called names too.
It stings.
Honestly, no, people don’t treat me as normal cuz usually, no matter how I try, I just don’t act normal. I just have these weird little ways that I behave that makes most people kind of stare at me. I don’t know if that’s sz or just me.
People EXPECT me to have all these goals cuz I have a Master’s degree, but I told my therapist today that my life goals don’t exist and that I’m doing good to figure out the next week or the next day. I wish people wouldn’t expect things of me that I no longer can accomplish or even care about just cuz I’m considered smart. (I only feel smart sometimes now, mostly I FEEL dumb).
i dunno, my mom has mentioned that she apparently walks on eggshells around me because of my problems but idk
on the other hand, my family goes beyond treating me normal with their estimations of my academic abilities. they seem to think im the goddamn smartest person on the planet and haha no
You seem pretty smart to me @korieve. 
Yes, others treat me like a normie. I think I come off as one so that’s why. Then again I don’t get out much so I don’t know if that’s still the case. I had small talk with some older lady at the restaurant today while waiting for my food. The ever present feeling that somebody was spying on me was there. That just goes to show I’m still battling this illness they call SZ despite how normal I feel. I don’t think I would like if somebody treated me any different.
Others treat me like I’m different because I act a little weird. That’s just me though.
It’s funny because I act a bit off sometimes but my father and brother ignore this and treat me as if I didn’t have SZA.
I guess this is a good thing but sometimes it feels as if they are in denial.
They expect too much from me and I just have a difficult time with it all.
It’s overwhelming sometimes.
Well, yeah, because I want them to.
Other people seem to spot potential in me that I don’t see in myself. It’s why I became employed.
I was psychotic in a cricket club of like 50 members and a captain of one of the cricket teams. Still people to this day who think I’m normal. I had to have a two year break and moved overseas for a bit. So 4 years out and I still have people who say your not schizophrenic!
Seriously. They have no idea! I can manage to fake normal in some seriously stuffed up states! You’ve got to wonder!