How does the social aspect of your mental illness affected

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With me I’ve always found it really difficult to make friends. Im very guarded i don’t let my guard down easily and find it puts people off. It was a miracle i actually met my hubby ive only ever got to know people when ive lived with them for a while like in shared accommodation or hospital or supported living, i met hubby in shared living he has no mh issues, he finds me difficult to live with but loves me and sees how i struggle.

Can anyone relate to people in general finding you difficult to get to know?

Is anyone else very guarded?

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I dont have much problems socializing. Just finding real friends because alot of people are fake. I like to hangout with neighbors, go to the pier, bars, restaurants, festivals. When i was on respiridone geodon seroquel and zyprexa i hated that crap because it made me anti social and i had trouble conversating. Now i take just invega once per day not to bad.

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Sounds good :+1:

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Very guarded. I dont have many friends, being in public (work, restaurant etc) usually results in mind reading and conspiracies and all gets to be too much pdq.

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I feel kinda sad and embarrassed that ive been like this my whole adult life. It sucks i wish i was different :sleepy:

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I hear ya. I was just thinking something similar.The only time i felt normal and had any normal amount of friends was before I was 10, and here i am in my 50s now.

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Yep it really does suck. I wish i was back in supported living just because then i had different people to talk to everyday.

It gets lonely having this illness and being alone most time

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Its a rough balance. I wish things were different too sometimes but then I start think that I would probably be put on display more and that would lead to things going wrong in a whole other direction. I think at this point I just wanna blend in with the crowd if that makes sense. :grinning:

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Yes i understand
I used to get awful paranoia in supported living
I look back though and at least there was some socialising with it
I get nothing now
Sorry im feeling sad

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All is well, if people went around with stupid happy grins on their faces all the time, thats when something is wrong.

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I’ve been introverted and shy from as far back as I can remember. I have always been one for solitary rather than group activities. My social communication skills are at classical autism level.

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Are you dx autistic? Mind me asking

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First saw a pdoc autumn 1973; a few months before my 17th birthday . Dxed with Asperger’s May 2019,at the age of 62.

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I was practicing anti-social distancing before there was social distancing.

No, really.

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My mental illness made me shy at first. Then, after a series of failures, I became rejecting.

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For me social interaction helps me forget about my voices and they become quieter

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