Watched a youtube video about schizophrenia, and saw all the comments about how they met schizophrenics who kept saying weird stuff and was violent etc. Said they would never associate with schizophrenics. And then there were families who kept saying how their lives are miserable because they can’t forcibly commit their family members because their family member has schizophrenia.
I’m not schizophrenic, I have psychotic depression. But since psychosis is a spectrum, they don’t know that I’m going to university, speak two languages, get high GPA, and freelanced as a translator for more than a year.
I’m 100% sure they have met way more schizophrenics than the violent ones in the street.
But again, those YouTube comments make me not trust anyone at all. As if I tried to trust.
Trusting someone is a myth, I feel. I’m planning to live alone and stay isolated as much as possible.
I used to think all of my friends would call me violent and weird if they found out but then it turned out they either didn’t care at all or were also on the psychosis spectrum. The amount of people who really don’t mind is surprising.
This kind of comments and talks trigger me too, you are not alone…
Even my own family told me, that i’ll be always sick and alone, while my other ill friends never heard the same from their families… Anyway, lets try to be stronger than that, i wish it to you, huggies!!!
Yeah some diagnoses carry a lot of stigma and sz is one of the grossly stigmatized ones out there… had an ex spread lies about me due to me being sza. Said i threatened to kill her and threatened her with violence and slept behind her back. None of which are true, but people believe it because of my diagnosis. It sucks. I trybto stay above it, as tempting as it is to tell peoplethe teuth of what happened (that SHE was the one that actually got violent towards me a few times) i just go about my business and hope people will see the truth.
Online comments on popular platforms are clear proof why people should not speak unless they can back up their claim with something other than anecdotes
Put things into perspective. You speak two languages, worked as a translator for a year, and you go to university where you get high marks. Why concern yourself with the ignorance of YouTube comments? They are just anonymous blank faces. Don’t give them that much power over you.
I just think they represent the neurotypical society as a whole and therefore no one would really care. Not like I want them to care. I’ve given up any sort of affection.
It’s honestly ironic because I’m often praised by my classmates and professors for being a good student. They think I’m an awesome person who has conquered a physical disability and who is diligent. But once they know of my psychosis I’m probably going to be treated like garbage.