To tell people I have schizophrenia…
I am making new friends (or at least trying to) and I have this urge to tell them I have schizophrenia or at least that I have a mental illness… but part of me feels like it’s not necessary…
Does anyone else get the urge to tell everyone??
Yeah 
, I’m the same. But I never do actually tell.
Not me. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I’ve been trying to reconnect with a few old friends on facebook. Some of them I feel comfortable telling – because it would help explain why I fell off the earth.
Lol, I don’t know why I have the urge… I guess because I feel like it’s such a big part of me… and would explain why I don’t have a job and stuff…
Ah, I wish I didn’t have the urge
I didn’t tell my friends I have sz right away, waited a few years before telling them.
Well that makes sense… these people I’m talking to are new people I met online/an app… so…
I suppose you could hint at the diagnosis, by saying you have a non-physical disability or something. And as you get to know them, if you felt comfortable, you could tell them about the sz diagnosis.
Sometimes I do but I refrain. Only my old close friends know what I deal with
Eh, yeah, I think I will just wait😶
I tell my friends and people who i want to befriend that i have a schizotypal disorder.
To strangers and distant people like neighbors i say that i have a mental illness without going in to details.
I use this strategy because i know people who meet me can see that im a bit different, a bit off, and then it’s easier for me to tell them why, so they dont judge me because im not working or having a family.
Just tell them you are crazy and like to stab things with knives. It will be fine.
Totally get that… cause I feel like I come across as a bit “off”
That may be why I have no friends….
The approach is a bit questionable lol
I was kidding. I never tell strangers I have a mental illness. Only my close friends know my story. If I have to mention it, I just say I have a mental illness. It’s really no one’s business. There are so many other things that are interesting about you, that people will want to know. Like your baby. And your love for life in general.
If you do that, i think its a better strategy just to tell them why without saying the awful “schizo” word. People are in general very large to mental ilness and the pricks who think you are a looser because you have an MI - well, we are better of without them
I always tell friends I have psychosis. In the dating world I do too, but ask them if they can keep it private regardless if friends or dating.
It feels so weird, too weird, to not reveal it, as it is a part of me, and influences me in a lot of ways
