Hello. I am new here. You read this sentence sometimes…
On the first place, I want to excuse for my English. I have learnt it a few years in school, but I am still not as good at it as I want or need.
I have read this forum probably for five months and I really like it. Especially how you, people, are kind and supportive to each other. I am not used to it from other forums.
I want to say something about me. I am diagnosed with schizophrenia for seven years, since I was 19 years old, so now I am 26. I have now dx paranoid schizophrenia with residual symptoms, but sometimes they write me as undifferentiated schizophrenia. I have never had hallucinations and have had only weak delusions and then negative symptoms. I have disturbances in mood too, but I was only once in hypomania state. I have had often weak depressions.
I think that is enough for introducing. I do not like to be in the centre of the attention, but I think to introduce myself is right thing.
Welcome to the boards, it’s probably a good place to work on your English. Pretty readable so far. This illness sucks. It’s good to have a place to talk about it.
Thanky you, BryanAshley for welcome. Yes, this ilness really sucks and I need sometimes to talk about it with someone who suffers, too. By the way, I had this idea too, that writing here can improve my English except other things, of course. Thanks again.
I can’t even imagine that. I am sorry for you, that you suffer with voices. But everyone has his own pain. Mine was and still is horrible anxiety when I am in public and almost nothing does not help. I have taken antidepressants and almost all atypical antipsychotic, but still am paranoid and fearfull and have anxiety. I have this horrible anxiety even when I am with friends which I have known for years. And with family too. That is my main symptom and the negative symptoms, mainly anhedonia and lack of interest. I hope, that you find something that will help you to cope with voices soon.
Hello Luna, welcome to the forum! I hope you will enjoy it here as much as I do! Thanks for sharing a bit about your story. I also suffer mostly with negative symptoms, but have a few voices and delusions too, and agitation at times.
Thanks, Saadiqah for welcome. We have it similar probably. I have agitation, sometimes, too. But I have never had voices. I enjoy here very much, I have read forum for maybe 5 month before I signed up, but now I am little scared, because when I signed here up, I got something like a paranoid panic attack and wanted to delete my account right after, so I wrote private message to admin. But now, panic attack is gone and I am very happy, that I am still here. I wrote next private message to admin, so I hope, that I will be able to stay here. I am stupid sometimes.
Hello @Luna. Welcome to the forum. You don’t have to worry about your English as I struggle with it too since it is not my first language but no one has complained yet. It was scary for me too to join this forum as I’ve never belonged to one before. There have been times that I have also been paranoid about the site and the members, however I got some really good advice and support at times when I really needed it. I’m diagnosed with paranoid sz and suffer mainly from paranoia and anxiety. I haven’t had delusions in a long time. I hope you stay and enjoy the forum as much as I do.
Thanks, Fellowman for kind and supportive words. They really helped me. I suffer with paranoia and anxiety too, that are my main symptoms and then negative ones. Nice to meet you.
Hi @Luna. Welcome to the forum . My name is mat and I am diagnosed with paranoid sz. I dont here voices any more and I dont have delusions anymore but I do get paranoid at things and I have anxiety. My biggest complaint on negative symptoms has to be avolition…its really hard for me to get motivated to do things. Anyways, I am glad you are here and its nice to meet you.
Hello, Mat. Nice to meet you, too. It seems that we all have similar symptoms. But I have never had hallucinations and have only weak delusions, but have constant paranoia and the other symptoms. I almost forget, do not know if it is obvious, but I am a man, not woman, like my nickname can evoke.
You write quite well, I am not perfect in English either and I make mistakes sometimes and I have to check my grammar sometimes even though I was in the English speaking world over ten years.
Thank you, bridgecomet and YakDip for welcome. No, I didn´t paint that picture, I do not paint. I have learnt to draw some time ago, but I am not very good at it. It is picture from internet, but I like it.
I suffer with paranoia and anxiety too, that are my main symptoms and then negative ones. Nice to meet you. 
. My name is mat and I am diagnosed with paranoid sz. I dont here voices any more and I dont have delusions anymore but I do get paranoid at things and I have anxiety. My biggest complaint on negative symptoms has to be avolition…its really hard for me to get motivated to do things. Anyways, I am glad you are here and its nice to meet you.