Not the scholarship award. Not the world league table. Not any awards. This feeling of recovery is incomparable!
This is the moment many of us are hoping for. Recover from schizophrenia!
How do you feel as you recover from schizophrenia?
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I feel happier, more fulfilled, more self -reliant .
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I don’t think of myself as recovered… just in remission.
But for me the feeling was very tiny and came on slowly.
There was one night where I had just gotten off the phone with my Dad and we had a good conversation. I was watching the moonlight on the water and having a cup a tea. My sis was in her room studying and everyone I care about was safe.
All was well. I couldn’t think of one mishap or tragic thing that could be happening.
It was like my whole brain signed in relief. ALL WAS WELL. That was amazing to me. I was OK and all was well. It was one of the first times I felt truly relaxed and content ever… in my memory. My mind wasn’t racing… it was just calmly in my head.
I was getting the upper hand. No paranoid thoughts, no racing mind, no panic, no voices, no visual glitches… Just moon, water, tea, family safe… all was well.
That small simple moment made me feel like I was really starting to over come this.
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Very encouraging to read this. What a positive remark!
Slowly, and slowly your brain will fully functional at last.
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I consider myself more in remission too as I know that these symptoms can return any day.
How do I feel? The best part is that I feel in touch with myself again…I really lost touch with self during my psychosis…that was painful to spend years not feeling like myself. And this is a very recent happening…that I’m feeling more in touch with my old self…more and more everyday. It’s nice…it’s a good feeling.
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I can relate to that. No more fragmented identity, all become one. Better in concentration and focus of the mind. It is indeed a good feeling!
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Exactly. I have led a charmed life for the last 5 years. No ruts psychologically. Few episodes.Remission. If you don’t count a car accident, owing thousands of dollars, my moms health scare, isolation, losing my only friend, almost getting arrested, etc… all in all, I have it made.
Pissed off at life for bending me over a barrel without my consent. Inspired to dominate life in return. Proud, disturbed, off-kilter, never the same.
I feel more comfortable,less depress and think more positively and are more happy
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I have been recovering. But the trouble for me is that I entered this state at age 8/9 and I’m now 31. I don’t know how to respond to other people as I feel I should. I have had unique experiences. I have just finished school and finally looking to support myself for the first time. I am feeling a lot of judgment from loved ones. As if I haven’t been willing to work and have mooched off my family when all I wanted to do was be productive. I am glad I am in recovery but I am struggling to understand life while not psychotic.
I feel that I can finally enjoy life the way it was meant to be. I still have much recovering. And it’s been 12 years. I know I’m good to work its just they wouldn’t approve my case. Everything’s gravy now. I been living stable but the bumps along the way threaten to derail you if you aren’t careful.
Well I am certainly not fully recovered, but I am optimistic. Even without any anti-psychotics, I’ve been able to get past most of my hallucinations easily and brush them off. Delusions are a bit more difficult, of course. But I’m working hard to become more social and reach out to my friends. It’s exhausting of course, but I know it is beneficial. It’s like therapy.
But even being off meds, my hallucinations are miniscule nowadays…
am i recovering…" yippee "…dark sith can be seen skipping down the street !!
" hey cookie monster, i’m recovering…by the way have you seen my pants !?!
take care
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It is an ongoing process, I would like to get back to work, and regain my figure, but things are ok, I am happy…however I am a bit lonely, I don’t get to see my daughter that often, and my ex has met someone new that she lives with now.
sigh,
I have however made a new friend at the clubhouse, she is groovy and she also has sz. so we are both like rugged rustics riding the railway.
My schizophrenia is chronic rather that episodic, so I don’t feel recovered.
Feel being the operative word for me. As many of my emotions have started to come to the surface again. A bit frightening and confusing at times but getting there.
I usually recover once a week for an hour, and than i go back with my usual symptoms. I dont believe in my diagnosis and i cant find people that go through similar to my symptoms and been diagnosed.