My mom cried, my husband said it’s good to know what’s been wrong. One friend didn’t believe me because I “seemed too sane”
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My friends left me.
Family are accepting, but only my mother seems to really know what it’s all about
Mental health awareness here is shocking
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Yeah most of my friends abandoned me too. I have 2 friends I text with now but they don’t talk to me when I’m having a hard time really.
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This experience taught me that I can only trust family
Being abandoned like that was hard to accept for a while
It has been 9 years now
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I was too wrapped up in my delusions at the time to notice how other people reacted to my diagnosis. I myself reacted with denial.
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It seems to depend on age. Anyone under 50 is super accepting, everyone older is horrified. I guess it’s a generational thing?
I really can’t tell what my friends thought it was hard to know.
All I know is that my friend closest to me at the time, she was extremely scared for me.
As she was talking so much to the nurse at the hospital about me extremely concerned about all the things I’d been doing around her
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When i was first diagnosed - my mother called me a liar and said i was attention seeking. Until i showed her a clinic letter.
But no-one is EVER as ill as she is - cos she treats it like a perverted competition.
Frankly shes a bit of a sad cow. But i have to respect her - cos it would go againest my morals.
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I still present pretty well. I was totally loose when psychotic but I didn’t really burn any bridges with my friends. I still get together with people I’ve know since the first year of highschool. Most thought I was a little strange anyways and the group I associate with were more the nerds and social outcasts. Still some great, standup people.
It wouldn’t go against mine.
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Desbelief, and I believe them.
Haha, My familys twisted lol. Its why i buggered off at 16.
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I lost my best friend and many other friends. Got rid of others before they could ditch me…
I think my mum was the only one who understood. She thinks I’ll be on disability for life. My dad thinks I’m lazy. My sister thinks I’m beingstalked by entities. Most of my friends don’t invite me for weddings and group meetings, but some sometimes call or want to go for lunch. Besides my inner circle I don’t tell people. It’s none of their business and I wouldn’t trust them with that info.
Lost all of my church friends and friends from private school, community college and secondary school as they grew up over the years. About the only friend I have left is an old friend from rehab.
Brothers are reasonably accepting, my sister more, mother the most. Dad is working his ass off but for the household expenses and medical bills.
Brother in law keeps to himself but at least he is polite and friendly with my dad and me at times. Helps out with the dog as well.
I haven’t been diagnosed with schizophrenia, yet. When I was totally psychotic last year and was in a hospital where I didn’t have my phone, my close friends would call me on the communal landline to check up on me even when I was spouting nonsense. My partner wasn’t allowed to visit but would call me everyday and send me food care packages. My mum did the same. So essentially no significant impacts so far, I’m really lucky.
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A few people responded with “like… diagnosed?” As if I would make up having such a serious horrible illness.
Various reactions.
Concern, repulsion, indifference, curiosity…
One friend told me to take the diagnosis “with a grain of salt” like wtf
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