Friends with schitzophrenia

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Do you find that you have more friends that are mentally ill since developing schitzophrenia.

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I donā€™t really have any friends, mentally ill or otherwise.

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None of my friends are mentally ill. They are all normies.

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Thatā€™s sad. Maybe you should join some group or classes to make friends.

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Had some friends with, but lost contact.

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yes it is hard to have normal friends because of the symptoms, the stigma and the high sensitivity.

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No.maybe. not yet?

I mean if I really pressed them I could go to group to see if there would be anyone there. yes I know slim chance ā€¦

I dont think I should go yet. Depression makes me very negative and I would just mess it all up. What they are giving me is not working.

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My bf has a mental illness and is also hears voices, although not diagnosed sz. Other than that heā€™s the only one. I donā€™t have many friends though, and the ones I do have are mostly only still in my life because they were friends with me before my mental illness got pretty bad.

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My ex gf has sz all we ever did was argue. Most my friends have mental illness. All of them except 1 friend

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What did you argue about if I may ask?

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My best friend is sza. So am I.

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Iā€™d like to meet a girl with schizophrenia. Although itā€™s hard because the onset is typically later for girls. So if he take me as a model, where you get ill, struggle for 5 years then recover. Hard set to find a girl in my age range who has recovered from psychosis.

Because even the bipolar, drug atticā€˜s, with terrible home lifeā€¦ I still feel their struggles donā€™t compare. Not saying we have it worse, we just have it so different. There still Normieā€™s to me. Even if they have all those things against them. I know that sounds wrong But they just seem like their normal when I donā€™t feel I was ever normal

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Yes definatley. All my mates are mentally ill in one way or another,from bi-polar , adhd, bpd, and another friend who is also Sz. all of them are drinkers tho as we all know each other from the local bar! Most of us are not ā€œnormiesā€ in that pub! It actually helps knowing them - you can tell them youā€™ve had a bad day over a beer with them, and they dont judge you just give you friendly support.

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Iā€™m in the same type of crowds. If theyā€™re not sz theyā€™re adhd.

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I have about 6 friends and they are all mentally ill, mostly with schizophrenia. I have both parents and their mates and a brother nearby who are normal.

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I only have family but they donā€™t really understand mental illness so the only people I can even talk about it is my doctor and here

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Yes definitely. All my friends since 1996 have had mental illness.

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No, I canā€™t handle being friends with most mentally ill people at this point. I had a friend who had borderline personality disorder and she turned on me one day because I didnā€™t like her facebook posts often enough and it affected me very badly. I had a huge setback. Later she wanted to be friends again and itā€™s just like no, I canā€™t deal with this. I canā€™t handle getting attacked and getting worse because of her issues. Thatā€™s a luxury I donā€™t have.

My sister has some sort of mood issue and just her being in the house right now is hurting me terribly. She gets angry and stomps around or sheā€™s depressed and leaves messes everywhere and expects me to take care of her dog. I canā€™t deal with it.

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