How did you first find the forum? What was your relation with the illness like at the time?

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I found it roughly 2018/2019 I believe it was by chance whilst learning about schizophrenia. I was reading about schizophrenia and then joined, I managed to get my degree during this time period and I was always elated thinking I’d be recovered in the way that John Nash describes “willing it away” - oh how wrong that was and how much stress or pressure it gave me

To this day, I still feel bad for my ignorance and arrogance - I thought if you didn’t recover it meant you didn’t try back then (this was early 20s. I’m now 30). This forum basically made me click with the idea that meds were necessary and coincided with me taking the illness seriously enough to want to learn about it.

I don’t know what my username was initially, it had nothing to do with apples back then. All I know is that, at one point I was KushiBoyy (nothing to do with the drug - but means “happy” boy)

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I can’t remember how I came across it, it was so long ago. I do remember I tried to sign up with the username “MrSchizophrenia” but it was the old buggy forum software and I couldn’t join.

I tried again later on and they had the new software we have now and I was able to join.

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In 2015 I think was the first time I really researched online

Came across this site and found out that Olanzapine had ruined my body and mind

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2015 was my first exposure. It was like 2 AM and my life was flying off the rails. I googled “schizophrenia help” and this was the first result. I clicked through, and the rest is history.

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2010, it was a different before we moved here.

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I was very ill when I joined (I think 2013) I had just got back from living in the USA where I was in a board and care for 3 years. I was also in supported housing when I came back.

I vaguely remember being very paranoid about a neighbour and all my posts being changed to the unusual beliefs category which angered me greatly.

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  1. Searching internet for schizo.
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In the back of a book, that was recommended to me. The Beginners Guide to Sanity. Also led me to Michelle Hammer on Instagram haha

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Do you guys feel, you were somewhat relieved to learn about other people with schizophrenia or psychotic illness ?

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  1. At the time I was quite a frequent poster on alt.support.schizophrenia. It was OK at first, but the time I stopped posting there it had become a very toxic, spam infested newsgroup.
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Internet search 3 or 4 years ago. Didn’t want to believe I had sciz and knew very little about it at the time.

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I found it through google when researching schizophrenia back in early 2019. I needed help with my symptoms, and found this community.

I think my first thread was about dating advice or something. It had something to do with “when should I disclose my schizophrenia to my date?”

I was in pretty rough shape back then.

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For me, my only regret is not jumping aboard sooner. This place is beautiful. At the Psych Outpatients Im around others with Schiz. When I worked, I was around others with Schiz. So for me, I needed a place where I could “facelessly yet face to face” interact with others. Had some real food for thought from the brothers n sisters on here, even if I don’t acknowledge/credit them.

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Back where three places you can go..

There were breaks in time to this forum, financial reasons.I liked some users back then,and now on best and last version of site.

I think it was after my release from hospital,2001 or 2002.

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