Youtube videos on Sz can be dangerous. There was one on the risks of clozapine - and low and behold there were anti-psych and anti-med posters saying that we are getting poisoned and that “we have special powers” and its the demons. And that we were Shamans and we are just not accepting our psychic ability.
They were more bloody deluded than i am.
My mom knows I got schizophrenia. My dad had it, his brother had it, my mom’s cousin has it. She couldn’t believe how many hallucinations I have plus how they’re so detailed and bizarre. She believes me but she never knew how frequent I get symptoms. My whole family knows I have it. They’re cool with it. My friends are cool with it because I have the same intelligence and personality.
When I first became mentally ill my dad yelled at me and said “your just lazy” but after many hospital visits he became sympathetic.
My family has dealt with psychotic me enough that they know.
My family, after 40 years, is finally just now starting to come around to believing and accepting that I have a severe MI. My niece still tells me not to “own” it. She thinks it is that simple.
my brother thinks there’s nothing wrong with me and that I should’ve worked my whole life…screw him.
My family believed and accepted it for many, many years. I was at all their houses often and included in many activities. I didn’t detect any stigma or felt they looked down on me for a long time.
Then all the crap started with the neighbors…I was in my studio around 2010 and I was calling various family members regularly and ranting and raving about the neighbors. What did I expect from them? I became aware 4 years ago that my sisters think I’m crazy. They still didn’t treat me with stigma or put me down, but their attitude towards me changed for the worse.
Now, they still don’t put me down and they treat me pretty fairly. I can have normal conversations and I’ve come a long way with the paranoia about the neighbors and my remaining sister in the country has made several comments in the last few months that I’m more like myself and that I’m good company again and pleasant to be around. For many years I was pretty negative but I have more acceptance now.
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