Do you think you act normal?

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with your SZ/SZA. Can you get away without you looking disabled? I mean in everyday settings with treatment and medication. Can you act normal without medication?

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I donā€™t look ā€œdisabledā€ ā€¦ I might come across as normal to some , weird to others but I certainly dont feel normal

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I know for a fact I can get away it. I can pass as normal for short/medium interactions. Nobody is any the wiser.

The problem is my brotherā€™s wifeā€™s family all know I have schizophrenia. So whenever Iā€™m at an extended family gathering itā€™s awkward. I get the ā€œheā€™s a schitzoā€ vibe from them.

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I act normal, or I donā€™t put myself in front of people. I get trapped in my head ruminating over the same things, and Iā€™ve been told Iā€™m lazy a lot, but Iā€™m figuratively paralyzed. I have really obsessive thoughts. I donā€™t commonly talk out loud to my voices much anymore tho, just sometimes. I do worry I react to external auditory hallucinations in front of others, I get self conscious if I look in the direction it came from bc itā€™s hard to tell if theyā€™re real or not.

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I donā€™t act normal. Iā€™m accepted but I seem more vulnerable when in town.

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I can pass for a normie for short periods of time until my anxiety shows up and itā€™s game over.

My family knows I have SZA/bipolar and most of them treat me as if I were 12 years old.

Itā€™s annoying to say the least

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I live in a group home. Iā€™m treated as Iā€™m 8. Patronised really.

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I sometimes think if I did come out as having psychosis and wanted to get treatment, the people who know me wonā€™t believe me bc Iā€™m extremely careful to hide it around them that I present as normal, even tho my heads a warzone.

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Iā€™m sure my Nurse reads what Iā€™m writing so hi there.

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@fractaled how can you hide it?

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Bc Iā€™m terrified of being forced into a hospital, and sedated, and everyone taking everything I have if Iā€™m gone for a while. I know if they knew I heard voices, theyā€™d want me sedated and if Iā€™m not alert how can I protect myself? So I stay quiet for my safety.

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You stay in control @fractaled. It isnā€™t pleasant being hospitalised

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If im not having an episode yeah im pretty normalish

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Iā€™m really scared theyā€™d want to hospitalize me. I canā€™t be without my dogs, theyā€™re the only comfort I have, and I have no one to take care of them if Iā€™m hospitalized. It would destroy me if I came out of the hospital and my boys were gone.

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I canā€™t help it. I get very delusional and psychotic. Iā€™m screaming from the roof tops.

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Iā€™ve been well for awhile. I still get obsessive thoughts but they are manageable .

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When people look at me they think I am shy or socially incompetent but not schizophrenic I am weird to them introvert stupid sometimes but nobody has called me schizo or crazy I keep my crazy thoughts to myself

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No i donā€™t appear normal
My eyes look like i havenā€™t slept probably because of meds
my anxiety is extreme
In the shop im always paranoia and intrusive thoughts as well as anxiety
Im sure the shopkeepers suspect but i try hard to keep it together

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I pass for normal the vast majority of the time. That is, until I say something that gives away my paranoia or psychosis, or until I do or say something inappropriate.

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I think more than a few people could tell by my gait and physical mannerisms while walking that Iā€™m a bit off beat. Sitting in a chair,or standing still, talking to someone not so much