Do you think sz make you unique ?
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yes thats why i named myself this
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It makes my life â– â– â– â– with negative symptoms so no, I am not unique.
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But you could be unique with negs
Does dying during birth make you unique?
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You are not dead are you ?
I think there’s something unique about people with schizophrenia, but I can’t put my finger on what it is.
Maybe we are more noble, hm I dunno.
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It doesn’t make me unique, but it does make me distinctive.
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No. But both are relatively rare in industrialized countries and both have horrible outcomes.
We’re all unique in much more important ways than our illnesses.
A lot of things are rare… millionaire are also rare
The point is that defining your uniqueness with an illness is not a good way to boost your self-esteem. Illnesses are bad, and if simply having them makes us unique, then it’s not in a good way. Focus on your positive qualities, and don’t think of your illness as one of them. I’m sure you’ve learned a lot about life from having this illness, as we all learn from hardships (if we’re open to it). You could focus on that.
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Sza used to make me unique because no one understood me and what I was going through. Except maybe my doctors. Anyway, I am no longer unique. Now, I am more like everybody else.
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I thought I was unique… until I found this forum 
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I don’t know. Maybe. People seem to think I’m interesting and that the way I approach life is interesting. How much of that is my disease and how much is my personality? I don’t know. I can’t really tell where one ends and the other begins.
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I’m very unique.
Just like everyone else.
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It makes me unique, but not in a good way. Overcoming it would be ideal.
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I think it does make us unique…prolly sounds crazy but I somehow feel like we are all CONNECTED in some sort of way …: I feel that we all Have/see/feel a deeper meaning to things going around us. I feel like I am a participate in this world but refuse to be caught up in it. Kinda like being on the outside, looking in but into a deeper realm. I think there is really something behind all that sickness/mental illness …or so they call it… I think we are gifted…I think we are cursed but I think we are blessed…I feel like I am not blind like some… I am not asleep … I am woke… I am alert …I am wise …
I refuse to settle for the basic defaulted mental operating system installed by upbringings & a social conditioning … I challenge myself to embark on a higher level… a higher understanding… I don’t want to just understand I want to OVERSTAND… typo
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I get the feeling that “we are all connected”, but it’s pretty overwhelming feeling it 24/7. The thought broadcasting phenomenon can be stopped with the right medication though, thankfully. NMDA antagonists like Haldol or Abilify are the key.
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I feel that we have a purpose … That there is a method behind all this madness …
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Ultimately, you are the master of your destiny, thanks to free will.
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