How do you think you would be with Schizophrenia if this forum never existed?
I would feel a lot more lonely. This site puts me in touch with people I can relate to. It feels good.
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i would be lonely and not know as much about this illness. i like the people i meet on here.
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I would feel a lot more isolated. Sometimes I see symptoms or tendancies and think “that’s me” whereas before I thought it was just me.
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I would be much, much more alone…I don’t have anyone in my life who understands psychosis and this is really the only place I feel I can openly talk about what I experience without being judged or having people freak out.
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And sometimes I see symptoms or tendencies and I think “that’s me” whereas before I didn’t know myself as being like that.
I think this website helped me accept that I have sz. I now have the ability to talk about my sz or not and to know whether or not it is a good thing. Lately the only part I messed up in was that I went and got a pre-employment physical and told them about my sz. Should’ve never went and considered the job lost. Also learned a little bit more about the disease. Things like negative and positive symptoms. Don’t know if I’ve gotten better at resisting the delusions should they come. Also I think this site helped me to become more med compliant. When I first went on them I wanted to get off them.
Best place for knowledge about the pipeline and med discoveries is here thanks to @firemonkey.
Human accounts of the effects of medications have helped me immensely in understanding the drugs, their side effects, and which ones I want to take.
Discussions found on search bar can be extremely useful, for example if you want information about “religious delusions” or “akathisia” or “benzo addiction”. Solutions are readily available on this site.
The human aspect is there, it is anonymous and you get used to the regular users forming a sort of anonymous family or community. I remember the craziest things about people, I probably know more about you than you want me to.
Without this site I would be lonelier at certain times of the year. I live with my parents so my older siblings are out of state at university outside summer but the younger kids are always home after school. So this forum isn’t my sole contact with humanity.
I guess I should be ashamed I don’t have any friends my age. Maybe that will change if I get accepted to our state college and go this fall.
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I would be more lonely too, I could not post my music and art. I like to meet people I already know from here and also new people.