I dont think many would care that much to just lurk on here. I wouldnt worry about it.
Yea I wish it was that easy to believe though.
My mind wanders to extremes and does not know how to let go.
But thanks nevertheless
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wasnt the old forum through NAMI? If it was I was on the old one as well. I feel like Iāve been a member for quite some time. Im not too bothered if others know about my Mental Illness. It has never hurt me, its been more harmful when I was too embarrassed to disclose it. I still dont make a big issue of it, but it would be nice to get accommodations or understanding in certain situations.
on that note, it would be really wise to make this forum private to outsidersāat least on some level. Facebook lets you create private groups so that only members can see the posts. It helps protect the privacy of the community. I think it would improve this forum for people feeling more safe to make it private to the public lurkers etc.
I wish there were more diverse forums that I knew about. Just something simple, like a basic art networking forum that you dont have to pay to be a member ofā¦am trying to delete more social media accounts lately as opposed to improve my social standing onlineāIm over itāI want less of a internet footprint than more.
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Definitely. Thereās been many instances of people who got information from this site.
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My experiences were much more specific and personal. You just have to be careful about what you say.
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sometimes I have no filterā¦thats the problemā¦
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I sincerely doubt that. I use the same email here and on my FB account. Iām lucky if I get 3 friend requests in a year.
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Pre sz, I wouldnāt have had any interest in spying on a sz forum. I canāt speak for everyone else, there probably are some lurkers without psychotic disorders, but like I said, before psychosis I would have had no interest in this forum. I would guess that the number of āoutsidersā, if by outsiders you mean ānormiesā, are relatively low. But I guess I canāt say for sure.
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No. The opposite actually. This place is quite anonymous and I tend to conceal my identity. If someone wanted to ID me they presumably could, but theyād have to put forth some effort and the ārewardā would be less than useful or interesting.
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Yea I wish I was still anon.
Would feel so much more comfortable
You are. Unless you revealed your name and address to people.
And guys, this type of thing is why we say - stay anonymous. Donāt post your name. Your address. Any identifying informarion. We also discourage selfies, but some of you insist on sharing them a LOT.
Weve made no secret that the forum shows up on google. Anything you do not want viewable through a google search should not be posted.
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This was happened to me, thatās why I explain here.it was because I wrote a lot of my delusional thoughts here on this forum.
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I was nervous posting my first photos too, I wrote as much when I posted them. but I realized everyone important in my life already knows I have schizophrenia, bunch of other people do too, so who cares if others find out.
I think that too sometimes, but then other times I donāt care. Mostly I donāt care. In real life I have a very open personality so I share a lot and talk a a lot (but I can still keep a secret if someone asks me too).
I donāt think anyone really cares you have psychosis NOS, you donāt like your labia, lol, and other stuff youāve posted a bunch of times. Itās possible someone could identify you in the streets by seeing your photo here but itās unlikely that would happen. There is so much crap on the Internet no one really cares. Iāve read far worse things about other people than what youāve posted about yourself and I donāt really care about any of that.
I suppose some stalker could create a website called maesphotos,com and post all your photos with all the information youāve posted on this site, then share it all over the Internet, but I doubt that would happen, and you could have it taken down by the hosting provider if it did happen.
Itās very hard to be truly anonymous on the Internet. You can get a VPN and surf the Internet with the TOR browser, but even anonymous users on the darkweb get identified.
Who cares? Iāve mentioned my real name in PMs, but I trust them.
Iāve shared my photos, my diagnosis, my name, my old nickname, my psychotic experiences, my location and a whole bunch of other stuff. Itās too late to take it all back and I donāt really care. You make friends by talking and sharing, not being paranoid and private, and Iām not gonna find any other social circle like this full of people with schizophrenia. For the most part I like this website and get along with people. If someone did stalk me and it became dangerous I would call the police.
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And sometimes its nice to put a face to some folks youve chatted with for half a decade lol
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This place is an absolute sanctuary compared to the Schizophrenia Subreddit. Sooooooo many trolls and unmedicated conspiracy theorists there.
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Iāve heard about it but never visited it, the only time I really visit reddit is when it pops up in a Google search. I know there are Facebook groups too but Iām not a part of them either. This is the only schizophrenia community Iām a part of.
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