Mental illness has been hell for me both mentally and physically. Meds, exhaustion, anxiety from the psychosis and weight gain. For people that claim to be mentally ill and enjoy it… you are the crazy ones not us. No one would enjoy having an mind altering illness that can effect getting a career, having kids, staying out of hospitals, and having connection to other people.
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It’s an exciting fantasy world, psychosis in the short-term. But yes, not enjoyable in the long-term.
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You get dealt the cards and you deal with it.
Focks sake. I can’t compete in most realms with normal folk when it comes to jobs and stuff but I do my best. I still play competitive cricket at 47 and I do allright for my age.
It’s not much fun but I knew people who’se address was the mental wards. We’ve moved a long way since then.
Seriously. It’s that glass half full/ half empty conundrum. You accept it and you move on. It sucks dirty dingoes balls and it’s no fun but you deal with it and you try your best to get better function. Get yourself a good psychiatrist and look to get well!!
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I say I am happy and want to be double happy, If I will achieve some more success. I have to control my craziness because I am not depending all times on the thinking of psychosis. So I am taking care of it. Enjoying in terms of retaining the life stability is important.
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Hey aku u are good … man u are recovering in a nice way …i just want to improve …!!!
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@far_cry0, in fact I am not recovering but became normal with the schizophrenia itself. Therefore I am using the word ENJOYING.
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I agree @Freespirit. It is hell for most of us. For the few who quite enjoy their delusions, I can only say as long as it is going on in their headspace and doesn’t hurt anyone else I can’t see it as wrong. Just delusional.
I’ve always been off center. In that sense I almost enjoy having a mental illness. I don’t enjoy physically having it but at least it’s something to separate me from everyone else because I always felt different. I still don’t enjoy it but now that I’m stable it’d be hard to imagine any other way. I guess that’s what I’d say on this matter.
Sometimes I do ponder life as a normal though. Where I could be. The pain of mi is vast. We suffer a lot. If you are into suffering maybe mental illness is for you. But usually the pain of suffering with mental illness is not something you just want for attention. You are too far disabled in your worst state of mind to ever wish that upon yourself. You probably are not mentally ill if you have enjoyed it. thinking back though now I am stable, it has positive and negative though. Mostly negative still but a tiny bit of positive.
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We must learn to enjoy our MI, this is the only life we have… 
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I agree fully with @zeno .
You should put on a hat of a spin doctor, and spin everything in a positive way.
You need to look for the best things in every situation.
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Yes it is what god says…!!!
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@far_cry0, What is MI meaning?
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mental illness @anon68148378.
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Mental illness…
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Hey erez u look changed after taking medication…good for u…!!!
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Thanks @Erez_Shmerling, @far_cry0, I think this ( enjoying with MI) is impossible with treatment and meds. Enjoyment is certainly the trick of SZ I am using in normal life with securing myself.
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Aku when iz ur promotion…!!!
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I recently searched 2016 gradation list of our department. My promotion will be in 2024. I am really frustrated. I shall try other options.
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I enjoy myself massively when I’m hypomanic, so do my loved ones. But I’m sza not sz, so I guess that’s the difference.
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Is there going to be any record exam for promotion…