If so, what is your secret?
I feel like some invisible hand is keeping me pressed in place, preventing me from doing hard work.
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I think I do. I just try to think positive and do the best that I could do.
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i try and do little things, having very poor memory and focus makes it very hard, talking to people makes it easier, i hope i can keep improving into the future
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Same here. Before I got sick, I had a pretty good work ethic. Schizophrenia really tore me down. I mean really. I’m mentally and physically slower.
There is some invisible hand keeping me from achieving my goals and potential–like most of us here. Historically, the odds are not in our favor. But I think with some of us trying supplements, there’s hope.
It shows that we are trying to get better and taking risks.
It’s sort of like a mental wall preventing me from doing any sort of work; I’m lost in my head, in my own little world.
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I got my first job at age 17 in a restaurant. I got diagnosed at age 19. In between that time I had about 11-13 jobs, none lasting more than three months. After 2 1/2years of psychosis and not working I became employed again and my first job after being diagnosed I stayed there four years. Once my boss told me I was their best employee. I’ve been working ever since and at some jobs I shine, other jobs I did not do good.
I wouldn’t call what I’ve done a secret
To sum it up: I have had lots of help, lots of luck and I have worked hard.
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I have had the same job for almost 32 years. I have had schizophrenia for 30 of those years. I intend to retire in a year. So as far as I know, working should not be considered impossible.
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Sz can have motor and muscle symptoms that make it difficult to initiate and sustain movement. One thing that worked for me in this regard is to dance on the spot with vigorous whole-body movements for a few minutes each day. It really activated my body and make it much easier to initiate movement. The effect was as strong as taking a medication the effect was that big.
Here’s a 10 minute clip that explains the science behind the dancing,
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My job is essentially manual labor. It’s difficult some days because I tire easily. But hey. In one year I can go for retirement if I wish to. Sorry to be repetitive. I just don’t think that one should ever be talked out of trying employment. You never know how things will turn out for you. Even part time work can give you a feeling of accomplishment. And if nothing else it is somewhere to go every day.
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I think lots of people put guilt on disabled people for not working (those who do not work)and I do not agree with that at all.
Someone’s existence can be and do good.
Someone’s best may be different than another persons best.
The voices I had used to say I do not deserve food etc so I could barely buy food sometimes
I think that is a aweful way to treat someone
Like a bullying and belittling that a whole community or country can do
Someone might get praised for doing the dishes …
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Some of us make far more positive impact on the world than certain ceo’s…
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Honestly? Inertia. When you get in the habit of being busy, you stay busy even when it’s the LAST thing you feel like doing. 50% of overcoming schizophrenia is replacing the habits the disease causes with ones that are more useful to your function.
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It’s really depressing to see all the people here who are just waiting for the next supplement or pill to cure them. It’s probably the one thing I dislike the most about this forum. Clinging to the dream of the unlikely miracle cure is not the same as really wanting to recover.
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I think everyone wants to recover. I think it’s naive at best, condescending at worst, to make such a blanket statement.
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I feel like a pretentious douche when i say this, but CBD and marijuana have both helped me to keep my cool after a long day.
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Naltrexone +marijuana has been my magic treatment. Everyone thinks I should get a med card.
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I used to have a great work ethic as I worked as a volunteer for years. However now I don’t and I know why. When I had the best work ethic I was driven home from work to my parent’s house in the nice part of town and lived a pretty easy life. When my parents broke up and life became less easy my work ethic began to fall apart. I must say that its easier to deal with the voices when you are doing something like putting books in order on a letter/number system like I did at the Library. In a way my work ethic amounted to being a workaholic. But by the time I had more involving and longer work and I realized my life was going nowhere it all began to die. The moment that broke me was when my niece who I watched grow up picked me up from work as a driver for the first time. I was mad and ashamed for not being happy for her. Around that time my Mom admitted that I had an eye problem that prevented me from driving period so after years of hoping to someday drive I realized I would always be dependent on others and as a man in a city where practically everyone drove that really stunk. You’d only understand it if you were in my shoes.
never really have, my whole life
but when I stick with something
I’m on auto pilot, and it feels weird
when that ends.
I was doing real good at a job no addictions, working out,
I’d say I was in near recovery
until I was bullied out of it over mental illness
probably worse than sexual harassment
doing temp jobs, if I’m treated badly, I typically walk off the job
Naive or condescending? You really do not think highly of me at all.
Everyone wants to be happy. Not everyone wants to recover badly enough to do what it takes. And I’m not saying full recovery is entirely in our own hands, but when you post almost exclusively about pipeline meds and supplements that you hope will cure you, it’s obvious that you’re not doing much to improve your situation. And the reasons for that are themselves a part of the illness. A lot of it is learned helplessness, where you’ve tried so many times and life has only consistently beaten you down, and you eventually stop trying altogether and start to believe that there is nothing you can do to improve your life. And then you end up actually doing nothing about your situation at all, even though there is a lot you could do, if someone just pointed you in the right direction and you really wanted to do it.
Pointing this out to people is not naive or condescending. It’s what you do when you see people doing all the wrong things, and you care enough to tell them the truth. Because you’ve been there yourself. The cruel thing to do would be not to point it out because you don’t want to be bothered by people being offended when you tell them they’re not doing the right things.
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very well said, I think that describes me pretty well
my family is trying to help me or reach me
I’m not even writing anymore
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