Do you like it when others treat you like a “normal” person?
Or do you prefer that others recognize your mental illness and act accordingly?
Like show more compassion towards you because of your mental illness.
I personally would prefer it if my brother would recognize my limitations more and treat me with more compassion.
His girlfriend is very compassionate.
Normal person all the way.
I didn’t ask for accommodations in school,
I don’t expect them in life.
It’s nice for your family to know your limitations,
But out in the real world, I prefer to be treated like a regular human.
I haven’t been out much since getting sick. I like being treated normally. I don’t get much attention because I’m not super attractive and am not an extrovert. I’m happy just to be around others and be included.
I don’t really want to be treated any differently…outside of the fact that I would find it difficult to work of course 
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When I was on risperidone I didn’t mind people helping me out a bit but on latuda I like being treated normally even though I think my energy is still a bit low. I used to be a very energetic person. I have been getting headaches now.
I don’t divulge my mental illness to most people but when some people find out they’ll treat me different, sometimes in negative ways.
Like treating me as if I were slow mentally or like a child.
That I don’t like.
Same, I didn’t tell anyone at my new job that I have schizophrenia. I don’t want to be treated differently. And no one suspects anything. But as the doctor who initially diagnosed me said I am a “high performing schizophrenic”. If I was severely disabled I ‘might’ consider telling people so they understand, but in my experience people stigmatize you and don’t understand, or care, so telling them is a waste of time. I have had some people treat me normal after telling them but others not so much, especially women when romance is concerned.
I like to be treated like your average Joe. My family is quite understanding of my issues but I don’t tell people that I have little contact with about the sza. I have never been an attention seeker and I like when people keep their mouths shut and let me be me.
I get treated normally. Only close family and a few friends back home know about it. I don’t want to be treated differently because of sza.
I want to be treated normally. My boss knows I am sza and gives me extra detailed instructions and a little more understanding. But she is one in a million. I don’t like being babied, I want to do well on my own.
I don’t want to be babied either but I would like for others to show me some compassion and understanding from time to time.
What I don’t need is people presuming that because I’m good at A then I should be good at B. With that comes the comes the character assassination and sheer nastiness.
To be fair things have been better since moving here. The comment above is how things were for the 42 years plus before that. A lot of that being better , no doubt, is due to my stepdaughter understanding me in a way 99.999 mental health professionals have been totally incapable of doing in a 1 to 1 interaction with me. Having someone in your corner can make a huge difference.
I want to be treated decently,politely and respectfully, with due recognition of my strengths and weaknesses. I don’t want to be babied, but on the other hand I don’t want the negativity that comes from failing to match other people’s misguided expectations.
I like kind and considerate people. I like it when people are kind to me. But not because of my disability just because being kind is a nice thing to do.
My neighbor became disabled and wheelchair bound a few years ago. I asked him if people treat him differently. He said yes, everyone is nice to him now. I thought that was interesting considering everyone talks bad about him behind his back.
I want to be treated like a human being. And to be loved.
I love first class treatment.
I like to be treated like a normal, capable human being but at the same time, I’d like for the person to respect my boundaries that I place due to my mental health vulnerabilities
My total aim in life is to be normal, act normal, and be treated like a regular normie by everyone, everywhere I go.
I have about 3 people I see on a regular basis
My step-dad doesn’t say anything about MI to me
My mother I run everything past her as my decision making is not always good enough
The case manager who seems obsessed with trying to make me think positively now all the time
There is no way I will disclose my illnesses to anyone else unless asked by employer etc
Lost my friends by telling them I was SZ years back
I feel people think Schizophrenia is a mark against your character. I didn’t dabble in drugs, and I still got schizophrenia. Its just a disease. I don’t go out of my way to tell people. If its out there and people in my small town even know who I am, I doubt it.
That being said I like being afforded a little extra leeway when I get upset. People definitely don’t have a flipping clue how hard it is to live like this.
I don’t know if I’d like to be treated normally. The reality of my situation means I’m going to stay a poor person for the most of my life, if I don’t some how find a way to make money I’m going to be very upset if people are disappointed in me, because I’m disappointed in my life as well.
I just want to be treated like a normal person. As a person with a visible disability, people often talk to me like a child or think I’m mentally incompetent to do anything. It sucks.