I got schizophrenia and my life is rubbish as a result, all because I was a bad person

That’s the thought I woke up to this morning and it makes so much sense to me that I can’t get it out of my head.

I’ve turned my wayward life around since being diagnosed but obviously it’s too late now. I’ve got schizophrenia.

I was dealt a bad hand in life, but I didn’t play it well and I could have.

Bad things happen to bad people.

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It’s not too late, and you’re definitely not bad. That’s your sz talking. It’s not true.

I know we’re not supposed to have favorites here, but you’re in my top 5 list of respected members. And I’ve been here off and on since 2018.

I’m glad you got this out. It’s rare I see you ask for help.

:purple_heart:

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I don’t think people get sz for being bad. And i dont think you are a bad person either

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I think you are just at the start of your journey. Recognizing something is wrong is number one. You’ve got that down. You have the power to change things.

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You’re not a bad person. You just have sz and its not your fault. We all do here.

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I’ve seen you on here for many, many years and I never get the impression that you’re a bad person.

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Your definitely not someone I would think is a bad person

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The world is pretty much upside down. And we get Shamed for this diagnosis.

It can all trick you into feeling you’re bad.

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There would be a lot of dead or terminally ill politicians if this was the case.

:wink:

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I think the same thing if i wasnt experimenting with drugs maybe i wouldnt have schizophrenia at all maybe

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I tried weed it made sz worse but I think the reason I tried weed was to medicate my symptoms as I didn’t feel normal and was undiagnosed so didn’t know what is wrong with me.

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Don’t try weed! If you have positive symptoms I wouldn’t recommend it.

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Yea I stopped using it a few years ago as it made my sz worse. Its easily accessible here as its legal, you just buy it at the store, the high THC ones are the worst for sz.

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Took me like 2-3 years to recover from one time usage and still not 100%.

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I did weed and also drugs like lsd and mushrooms I think if i hadnt of done those things maybe I wouldnt have schizophrenia

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I never did any drugs at all . Yet I’m on clozapine for fifteen years and still suffer with voices and paranoia.

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Yea maybe weed triggered my sz or made it worse but I think you need to have a genetic predisposition to sz for it to trigger it. My friends smoked all day more than me and never got a mental illness, they’re doing extremely well in their lives

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I wondered always,

I have answers to all the questions in the world.

The thing is I don’t have the answers to none,

But only answers I have is, to my own problems.

And all our problems are the same SZ.

That’s the point we can relate each other.

True, SZ made it rubbish, as per success described by the world.

You are not bad, situations got you to that spot.

In the end, you have still time to either ‘regret’ or ‘forget and make peace with one own self’.

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We’ve all got dealt bad hands
You are far from being a bad person @everhopeful

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If you did a bad act what was it