Do you feel schizophrenia has held you back in life? If so, how are you coping with your issues?
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My delusions is what held me back. I can’t recommend delusions to anyone. But I know it’s hard.
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Schizophrenia held me back more than anything else
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I should mention my cognitive difficulties hurt me a ton too. Lol.
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Yes it has held me back and no it hasn’t. It has made me change my goals but maybe I would have got to those goals anyways even without psychosis. I’m currently struggling with eating habits but I believe I can come out of this tunnel, eventually. I have given it two years of self discipline. And hard work hard relaxation before I feel like I can be completely satisfied. I am a work in progress. Every stage in development is important so I appreciate this stage in my life in some kind of way too eventhough it is a difficult one.
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I agree that delusions has also held me back. It is truly a struggle. I feel that moment breaking out of a delusion that you can just go forward but it’s not that simple since other delusions are on top of it. That is the struggle I’m dealing with.
Initially yes for the first few years. Now, no. Have married, raised a kid, had some careers that were successful and some not so much, am a part of my community, and am mostly enjoying middle-age aside from some health issues not related to schizophrenia.
Best advice I can give is:
- Take your meds no matter how much you hate them.
- Work with your treatment providers.
- Think positive, think recovery.
- Push yourself as much as you can in the day you’re in. Don’t stop.
- Set reasonable goals. Hit them. Set more goals.
- Keep a recovery journal.
- Be a part of the world as much as you’re able…
- Keep exercising your body and mind, don’t let either atrophy.
Welcome to the community!
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Well I worked for three years when I was delusional. My boss was my aunt-in-law and she wouldn’t fire me if I got a little crazy at work. It was a truck stop.
Sz ruined everything. Luckily I still have a long life to live and plenty of time to get back on track.
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Yes, I accepted the new me.
If it wasn’t for schizophrenia I don’t know where I’d be. Probably in the gutter; but a damn nice one.
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Did you have biological children or adopted?
One biological, she was an oopsie. Had been told I was sterile. Apparently not! (And, yes, she’s mine.)
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I think it has, undoubtedly, but I can’t blame it all on sz. Alcohol has been a huge factor in bringing me down. It’s been three years and four months since I last drank. That is very positive.
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I just never worked my way up to a job/career that would impress people. I temped for many years because no one would hire me. I have been fired from so many temp assignments and jobs. It got to a point where it was obvious to anyone who did a background check on me. They could see how many jobs I messed up. I suck at working in an office.
Yeah before meds I lived with a lot of paranoia which I just accepted as being other things. After meds I’ve had real relationships with people. I’ve been married and traveled and lived overseas. None of this would have been possible without medications. I didn’t get diagnosed till I was 29. I wasted a lot of years till then.
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Sza has held me back all of my life. It destroyed my nursing career. It destroyed my marriage. It killed my son. It prevented me from being able to succeed at anything. It took away my ability to drive a car. It took away my ability to hold down a paid job. It destroyed my friendship. It robbed me of the ability to maintain a lasting romantic relationship.
It took a lot of things from me. But, thankfully not everything. I still have a lot.
Not so much the mental illness , but substandard tx of it, including failure to see beyond the SMI. Those being autism spectrum ,dyspraxia and learning difficulty .
Everyday I feel it. I just don’t know how to cope with the fact that it my be the end of my dreams.
What is a recovery journal?