Yes. I was dysfunctional for years with things like relationships, jobs and stuff. Always excuses why I was how I was but going psychotic really did me…
Like finding out other people went as crazy really helped me understand it too. i wasn’t alone.
So yes. It really helped the next step which is get functional so if your losing function and that means a mental illness you aren’t really doing what others are doing…so loss of function compared to others is usually a sign.
I wish it was different and I lived my life without if for sure. I’m 55. Dxed at 29 and a late bloomer so to speak so really for me it was lots of wasted years. Even then. On meds for 20 years and treading water till I got on a metabolic approach and now doing good things. It’s a journey for sure.
No I do not fully accept it. I don’t have any delusions or symptoms of psychosis on meds. Initially I went 10 years without a break and it happened as I got off the antipsychotic (with consent from a qualified professional). now I am back on them I have been psychosis free for 5 years. I hope I can go longer without any episode.
Yes I accept it with relief. Something is not normal with me. I go a month without shaving or showering or brushing my teeth once. I have received disability pay and medical insurance for being diagnosed for 33 years. I lived with my parents my whole life. I never had a relationship with others then my family and neighbors and those I did my hobbies with. Something feels like My soul and mind and body and feelings and energy and spirit and emotions and will are being controlled by God or something. What else has power to control me. I am not with it and need medication to function at a level of a teenager. I am in my mid 50’s. I need a professional and medical answer because I am scared for my soul and mind.
No, but I need to. I just need to accept that my health will just gradually deteriorate. I’m just not ready for it yet. I’m 35 and I do not feel as if I have lived a full life. But it’s ok. I’m going to be ok. I’m at work right now and I just wanna go home. I am so exhausted, I just want to sleep. Yesterday I only got like 3 hours of sleep. So hopefully today when I go home I can sleep better.
Yes, I accept I have schizophrenia. My husband said to be responsible and take the medication after I stopped it for five days and ended up in the hospital overnight for observation. This was right after I was diagnosed.
I quickly put together that if I want to stay out of the hospital, then I have to take the medication. Obviously, to do all of that, I have to accept I have schizophrenia. My diagnosis later changed to schizoaffective disorder, depressive type.
In my case I see schizophrenia/schizoaffective as secondary, and ASD(Asperger’s)as primary. The former being caused by the stresses of being an undiagnosed child and teenager with autism. Stress is a major factor in how I’m doing mentally. I’m not stress free, but it’s much lower than the stress levels I had when living in Essex. Being near highly supportive family makes a very big difference to the stress levels.
