I don’t feel that I am like my friends, they have no mental illness. I just know 2 szics irl and they have it worse than me, they don’t take their meds. I have you guys but online is not the same as irl.
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Idk maybe its the anhedonia and negative symptoms I have. I don’t have joy in things like I did before sz even when I hangout with my friends.
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Things feel less alive, less emotions.
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I can feel like that at times, too. Mental health issues can make you feel separated from others
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I feel completely alone. My family are a “fair weather family”. They’re ok so long as things are going ok. I can’t talk to them about problems, even non schizophrenia problems.
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I don’t have the negatives you have but it’s good you have some friends, I’ve been told socializing is important even if you don’t feel like it sometimes. I have no friends to call up and hang out with. I have this forum, and the occasional conversation with someone I know on Facebook but that is about it, I do socialize a bit at work but most of my job is solitary work and when I do socialize it’s usually about work stuff.
I have my immediate family, and they are supportive but they don’t really understand what I’ve been through. Sometimes I feel lonely but it’s been so long since I’ve had friends or a gf I’ve gotten use to being lonely, sometimes I wish I had a social life like I use to when I was younger but I’ve come to accept this is my life and I’ve learned to be content with my life, I’m even happy sometimes.
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I don’t feel joy from socializing like I did before sz.
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I find everything boring.
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Yeah, there are quite a few things I use to feel joy from that I don’t anymore. Movies, reading, hobbies, video games, etc… I haven’t socialized with a friend in so long I don’t know if I would feel joy or boredom. Since I have a little bit of the flat affect I would assume I would just be neutral most of the time.
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I have that too.
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@Bowens does your anhedonia make you feel that everything is boring? It does for me.
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Yes. Everything pretty much is boring. It’s very rare that I view anything as “fun”.
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Yea even when I rarely play video games I don’t really have fun, I feel like its a chore.
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Yes, that is exactly how I feel when I force myself to play video games or watch a movie or whatever. It’s just a chore I have to do.
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I feel that way too, I use to love video games. I don’t know if it is this illness that makes me feel that way or the fact that I am older and in my 40’s and have just outgrown video games or that I’ve played almost every genre of game a bunch of times or a little of all three. But I get bored with a lot of games and it feels like a chore to play them. But since I’ve lost interest in other things that I use to enjoy I think it’s the illness.
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The timing is just a little too suspicious in my case. I played video games most of my adult life and then as soon as I get sz I have no interest in them anymore. So, I am quite confident it is associated with my illness in my case.
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sometimes Im glad I am lonely
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