When I was in another center, I had this voc guy that flat out said of my Psychosis NOS diagnosis, “That’s a ■■■■■■■■ diagnosis. Look at you, you’re normal, able to communicate with people.”
I’m no longer at that center,but get the feeling from some outside my care team and in my family that Im some sort of fraud. As if a lonely existence of barey scraping by and using cheap amusements to pass the time is something they covet.
Anyone else experience doubt in others about their condition?
I definitely have experienced doubt about my condition. People are very misunderstanding of sz and there’s so much stigma about us it’s hard to not question ourselves if we aren’t a perfect stereotype. So just know your experiences are valid ok!
Thank you.
And another time a psychiatrist told me if I could stand thirty minutes of being in the center, I could very well string thirty minutes into an hour, into six hours for a job. They don’t seem to understand that every minute wears us down and every little snag stays with us, or at least me. It’s not like with normies where they can build tolerance toward the bs everyone deals with on a regular basis.
I was told by a neurologist I’m not weird enough to have sz. He diagnosed me with OCD. Mind you, I do nothing repetitively. He said my thoughts and beliefs are compulsions and that makes it OCD. He had no explanation for me seeing things my husband never sees.
When I was working I remember how worn down I got just all the interaction and people. Not to mention the paranoid thoughts that came with it. I really wish normies could just spend like a week experiencing what we do cause then maybe they’d take us seriously you know
My family was in denial about SZ. My therapists don’t think I have Aspergers. Apparently I look and speak like a neurotypical. So I felt like a fraud when it came to Aspergers.
I told my therapists before I couldn’t tell if they’re real or a hallucination lol. I had some therapists think I was manipulating them.
An alternative to Aspergers is borderline personality disorder. But I don’t know.
I’ve come to the conclusion that they don’t ■■■■. I mean I was told I had borderline SZ. I scored high for Aspergers. I scored higher for psychotic depression than SZA.
Well, most if not all think I have SZA. So that’s my official diagnosis. Maybe a learning disability or personality disorder thrown in. I got traits of OCD too.
I used to be an ■■■■■■■ so I don’t know.
I would be pissed if I wasn’t really SZ. I mean the meds make me fat and not motivated.
there was one response that made me stop telling people about my diagnoses. “You’re too pretty to be psychotic”. Dumbest thing ever. Maybe in some sick way the guy thought he was flirting with me. Thank god this wasn’t some professional, just some person I was talking to about (his) mental health issues.
I was going to write a topic like this. I feel like people think I’m a fraud ever since this pdoc I seen said I was feigning. Now I’m scared to tell the medical team what’s happening for me in fear of being ridiculed. It was only him saying that really. My psychologist knows I need meds for physcosis even though I don’t think so. I’m glad he sticks up for me and listens even though I feel he may be undercover.
Find someone who listens to you and who you can trust. Don’t tell everyone what’s going on cause they just don’t understand. That’s what I’ve learnt. I’m not sure if it’s good or bad advice but I hope it helps!
Yes, family members, a neurologist which said that I simply needed to go out with my friends (what friends??? 
) and my actual psychiatrist three years ago thought that I was simply a shy loner.