They understand that sz is a REAL diasese and people who had it struggle?
My mom dosent like to talk about this, and my sister thought I was faking the first year after that when I got better she thought I am weak and have what Normie’s call bad days and I can snap just like that out of it
No they don’t understand.
Mine don’t understand. They never even ask about it. They’ve probably never even googled it. I’m pretty much on my own with it.
So long as I’m stable they’re around but if I’m not they’re clueless and to be honest I get the impression they just don’t care.
I think you might be surprised at how much they think about you 
I am sorry @zeno
@everhopeful you are strong, you can survive without them caring for you
What do you mean? “They think about me”
My birth family accept I am mentally ill but don’t ask much about how things are (my brother does a bit). When I became ill in the mid 70s the most accessible books for the layperson on schizophrenia(my original dx) were by RD Laing.
That’s nice, having someone who ask
Mine doesn’t understand either. My mom agreed to get medicines for me but she considers my illness as ‘shameful’. I wish I could tell her that it’s a medical illness and not something shameful…
He’s also developed problems with psychosis in the last couple of years.
Can you have a talk with real talk with her about whats going on with you?
Or maybe ask her to come to the doctor with you and see for herself
No sorry I was relying to @everhopeful that being said, your mom probably thinks about this all the time and just wants to talk to her son about other things so that you’re both not thinking about your illness constantly. They care very much believe me
I never thought about this, you may be right
My family has been in denial about it all my life. The most they would say is that I probably had “bipolar”. When my son came down with sz, they refused to acknowledge it at all saying he was perfectly fine. It totally shocked them when he committed suicide. Even though he had been attempting suicide for years. Now that I’m in remission with my sza, I am in much better relations with my family. It’s like we have a normal, non dysfunctional family now. Totally weird.
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