My wife forgets I’m shizophrenic. I needed 2 days off of work last week as I was feeling overwhelmed and it lead to a huge argument.
I’m so normal these days, she just takes it for granted sometimes. She thinks I’m cured or something.
Do any of your loved ones forget you are Sz sometimes?
sorry you guys had an argument… 
the answer is… no… 
especially as she is ’ paid ’ to be my carer…
!?!
take care 
maybe remind her of your ’ warning ’ signs 
take care
Yes, same as your situation. She denies that anything I do or don’t do is because of Sz. But she still reacts to what she wants out of me.
The problem @darksith is that my triggers are people, places and things! lol!
communicate what your limitations are…especially around this time of year.
and how you are feeling…so she has some warning.
sz suffer from over stimulation at the best of times…but this time of the year is chaotic…
open communication is paramount all year round with your partner.
remember she can’t guess what is going on in your head…you have to tell her.
know someone cares
take care
Ya my dad thinks I’m doing good because I tell him I’m doing good. He doesnt know the severity of my symptoms and wants to offer me 40 hours a week now in the oil fields with a relative.
I think for the most part, my wife is fairly cognizant of the sz. She knows to give me room to breathe. Take today, for a perfect example. I dumped half a tank of gas in LOCAL driving today - didn’t get on the freeway once. I’m a little frazzled and I have a headache from hell, so after I carried in the groceries, she let me escape to the bedroom (where I am now), and catch up on the interwebz. E-mail, eBay auctions, financial crap, food, cleaning, all things that need to be tended to. I operate “behind the scenes,” if you will, and keep the wheels oiled and greased. Her “job” is to go to work every day and cook dinner. I run all the logistics, and she does the things I can’t do such as cooking and having a job.
It would be a great feeling if someone I was close too thought I was doing so well they forgot I was Sz.
I don’t think my sis forgets… she just has been relaxing on looking for symptoms.
My oldest friend I think forgets sometimes… and my gf didn’t know me when I was at my worst and has nothing to compare my actions to.
Other family members might forget… but not for long.
This just me,my opinion,my mom never treated me different because i lost a leg,and soon after got diagnosed with SZ. I lived a long time reading about SZ symptoms And even though it gave me comfort it became crutch. My philosophy is life is life for everybody,slapping a name on it doesnt help.Im thankfull my family treat me like anybody elseEven at my worst times they would get on me for not living up to par.I think life is life for everybody,we have a unique battle on our hands,but ive only got stronger by forgetting the word SZ.I fail alot,struggle a lot,but im happy with my outlook on life, me and everybody else have to deal with life,nothings easy for anybody,take this with a grain of salt,its just what has helped me as an individual,but we’er all different
I live with my mom and sometimes she forgets… We had a huge talk about that yesterday, but still, she wants her little girl to be normal and succeed. I don’t hold it agaisnt her.
I’m sorry you had a fight with your wife. Christmas can be stressful.
It is a struggle,ive thought the same way as u many times
Those are the exact words I use – (only a “he” instead of "she’)
I swear we must have been born Siamese twins joined at the hip and separated at birth.
When I was first dating Fiancé, he used to either forget or severely underestimate my psychosis. We had to have several long talks about it. Now that we live together he doesn’t forget, because most days I’m struggling with something or other.
My family sometimes forgets. I think they intentionally ignore it more than anything. Most of my siblings are displaying symptoms, but I’m the only one who goes to a doctor and takes meds. They think I’m just being a baby and causing drama by seeking treatment.
There can be months or years that I have no problems and it’s not even a topic. I work full time and support my son and husband.
I think my BF thinks I’m just depressed and will snap out of it any day now. Who knows maybe that is all this is anyways? We had a talk not to long ago about the negative symptoms and it was like it was the 1st time he was hearing it. Lay-people know the +symptoms and he knows that I haven’t had them in quite a long time. I think he’s starting to resent me not working, all I do is lay on the couch.
Negatives are a beast. So misunderstood!! I’m sorry skims, I deal with 'em too. Hold on!
i would have loved to have had a great sister like you…
take care
I don’t have a significant other, but my family seems to think that as long as I take meds that I’m as good as normal. I guess so far that has been mostly true, but I still deal with a lot of depression and apathy for no good reason, and I think it’s because of the illness.
Nobody I know ever forgets. I ran into a guy I dated four years ago and he asked me how my schizophrenia was and if I was feeling better these days. My fiancé makes more excuses for me because of my illness than I ever have. My family is the one that annoys me. They all know full well I have SZ but they get annoyed with me when I do anything “schizophrenic.” Like I was telling my dad about how I was worried that people were out to get me and he told me to stop thinking so selfishly because the world doesn’t revolve around me. So I reminded him that I have no control of feeling that way and he told me just to get a grip on reality. -_-