Would or do you blame schizophrenics if they dont get better?
My recovery has been down to luck, in many ways.
my recovery depends greatly on other people. I find if i’m in the best environment I heal quicker but if i’m in a place where I get brought down I take longer and almost never recover.
I agree that recovery is mostly luck. In other ways I think it’s true that you can make your own luck.
I don’t think it’s anyone’s fault, but I’m saddened when people don’t take advantage of the opportunities they have to heal. Like when don’t take their medicine or show up for therapy for one reason or another. Or not socializing or staying inside because life is tough out there or stigma stops them.
Recovery is hard and it doesn’t tickle, but I encourage everyone to try… you might get lucky. But you only get something out if you put something in. And if you try something and it doesn’t work, then try something else. But please keep trying.
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Sometimes. Not all of the time. You are responsible for helping yourself in many ways. Everybodies case of schizophrenia is different. You or your doctors can only do so much to help you, we have a disease that can’t be cured. In most cases it will always be there and for some symptoms there is just nothing you can do. No one can blame you if you can’t do certain things about your disease.
But if you don’t do certain things to help yourself than yes, it is your fault. If you do illegal drugs that you know will affect your recovery, than that is your fault. If you don’t co-operate in certain ways when someone is trying to help you, and than that is your own fault. You can’t blame yourself for becoming schizophrenic, but you are responsible in some ways for your own recovery. There are some aspects about this disease you can do nothing about. but there are certain things that you can do for yourself and if choose not to do them than that is your fault.
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I agree with @77nick77. If someone does the right things most of the time and still doesn’t recover, I would never blame them for it. If someone continually makes irresponsible decisions, I might have less sympathy.
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I agree. Acknowledging my illness and accepting responsibility for it was a turning point in my recovery.
But Anosognosia for some people is real. If you can’t recognize your illness because your thinking is impaired, are you to blame? It’s a tough call for me. Denial is a feature of alcoholism, but is it just a convenient excuse or a breakdown in your thinking process?
My brother has alcoholism and bipolar disorder. He ‘accepts’ that he has these conditions, but doesn’t stop drinking and won’t see a therapist and to my knowledge only takes medication sporadically. He’s seen my recovery and what I’ve done to achieve it. He’s even generally smarter than me, but he has this serious blind spot. There seems to be no rock-bottom that changes his thinking. I’m sad about it, but I’m not to the point of blaming him.
A related side question, sorry if it’s bit of a thread jack. Do you think someone who allows or encourages others to enable him is a victim, or is it his fault? My parents enabled my brother for a very long time and it seems he’s learned to be helpless and my siblings and I are going to have to care for him.
Tough question, and I think it can spiral into some heavy and difficult topics quickly…
The reality seems to be that we SZ’s can cherrypick what we are responsible for. If things don’t work out well, we can blame it on the SZ, if things turn out for the better, we can pat ourselves on the shoulder for our efforts.
I think if you can find at least one thing in life going for you, then you can latch onto that and pull ur ass out of schizophrenia. for me recovery is as simple as finding something ok and normal to do, that is proof that you are in touch with reality. if you can find a friend and meet with them every day to talk about how absurd the world is and its no wonder people go nuts
I agree with others when it comes to our own responsibility. But it’s not entirely our fault or the opposite. Extremes rarely work.
If one is unstable and doesn’t recognize they need help it’s not their fault. If one is stable, recognizes they need help and keep pushing the boundaries it’s arguably their fault.
Some try to test the waters and see if they can live without meds and usually fail, so that’s not a responsibility issue, is it?
We need to acknowledge that many of us have other people around and our behavior affects them too, so maybe.
But recovery means a lot of things. It’s not only taking meds, it’s also being aware of our self destructive behavior and fighting it. Some are just not capable.
Tough question.
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No I don’t think so. If you are helping yourself and still don’t get better it is not your fault. Maybe you just have a difficult type of sz to treat. If however you take recreational drugs and drink heavily and don’t take your meds as prescribed, it is your fault. It all depends on your attitude and effort towards recovering. If you are making effort don’t blame yourself - and don’t give up either!