Looking back on my life I think in many ways I’ve been a bit naive with people.
Maybe having negative symptoms reduces your social defences? Or maybe it had nothing to do with schizophrenia and I was just plain naive!
Do you feel you’ve been naive? Do you think it’s a schizophrenia thing or not?
Yeah, my whole life I’ve been told I was naive. I don’t know if I really believe it, but that’s in of itself is a reason I’m naive.
Yes. Very much so. What my numerous hospitalizations taught me is that I can be nasty as well. I hate the phrase “good guys finish last”, to me it just means that we die after everybody is gone… 
Early on, yes, especially as an Aspie. These days not so much. Now the problem is dealing with people who are naive, but think they aren’t.
Yes, and I still think I am probably much more now due to sz. I got diagnosed with Asperger’s (inpatient paperwork?) but they said I didn’t have it afterwards. I guess schizophrenia makes way more sense now. I used to view myself as an aspie, but probably lacked insight for a while (years).
When it comes to sex and romantic relationships I’m pretty naive, but otherwise I’d like to say I’ve grown to notice undertones to life
Yes in the past I was very naive but the reasons had to do with my mental illness
I’m no longer naive today.
Probably because my med cocktail works for me
Idk. I always look at myself as kinda practical and not overly deluded about my situation. I have a small life though so there’s probably a lot I’m naive about. A lot of my problems come from the fact I’m so disconnected and unaffected. I feel I’ve gotten decent over the years of taking care of myself and not getting taken advantage of. My thing is lack of touch to reality. If you wanna call that naive maybe it is, but on the other hand they’re naive about me.
I’ve always been naive.
Well, idk about naive, but I definitely let lots of things slide that I shouldn’t have.
I’m naive for reason that costantly think people who are bad will change over time for good ones.
So until this day I’m disappointed …
Hi @zoa
Hope you are well
I’m not very streetwise. Is that the same kind of thing? Or a close ‘cousin’ to it?
This world is filled with egotistical narcissistic people and it’s really dangerous having no boundaries.
I also suffer from anxiety and I’m avoidant from having sh-itty people abusing me.
Yes, I’m naive in that sense.
Yes I relate to this a lot!
Kinda of the reason I don’t make any new friends lately
Giving the benefit of the doubt too much lets people get away with just awful things
I was always loyal to people but they took full advantage of this and exploited me for it
Same as @zoa , I naively hope people would improve over time.
Improvement is, of course, a subjective matter.
In my book it means not taking advantage of others and being more responsible for oneself.
I need to improve a lot on many fronts myself, but I’m not naive enough to expect miracles.
I have been told by many people that I am naive over the years, so I guess they are right.
No. Every time I’ve bought a bridge from someone they have always complimented me on my wise and sophisticated judgement. So, I have to go based on their honest opinions of me, cause they wouldnt lie.
Yes I’ve been told that I’m naive.
In terms of schizophrenia I was naïve to believe my delusions. I don’t think I’m naïve. But somehow I think addiction has to play with what would seem to be naïve with me.
I think I’ve been too impulsive, but I’m mostly, usually overly suspicious.