Why do some people living with schizophrenia act very childish for their age.
A bit like playing games.
Is this a common factor of the illness for many, that you’ve seen,
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I know I acted up personally a lot
Today I had even enter that very child like manner,
Was this because I get my monthly injection this week
Childish silliness is the hebephrenic/disorganized sz.
I also am childishly silly sometimes
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I used to be like that. In my case I was just over sensitive.
I am under the impression that some people can become stunted after psychosis, depending on their maturity level at age of first onset.
I also think that psychosis can be so traumatic that some folks end up regressing a bit psychologically.
I personally feel like this happened to me.
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I think psychiatry sometimes has the tendency to infantilize their clients.
You need to make an active effort to get some independence,
Yeah the same I have the same problem as @Schztuna and we’ve talked about it that when psychosis onset it was difficult to continue to mature after although I’m really trying to
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I don’t think that needing continuing support because of a disability is immature.
Nor being unable to work or raise a family.
It’s just a different life (for most).
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Same.
It’s tough because society’s expectations of maturity align so closely with a certain life path:
You get a job
Become financially independent
You get married
Buy a house
Have kids
These are all benchmarks used to measure visible maturity, and it’s these benchmarks that can be quite difficult to hit with a chronic illness.
(Of course, there’s different life paths one can take, but these I feel are like the main markers.)
Also, strangely enough, I mentally feel the same age I was before onset. Old enough to know better, but still young enough to do it anyway. It’s weird.
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Growing up I think I was bit too mature for my age. But after getting sick it is opposite. Sometimes I think I am making up for things younger self didn’t do.
I matured late, i don’t know why, people say i have a young persona - but without the childishness.
I get giddy sometimes and feel childish. It can be uncomfortable. Idk what to do about it.
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With the passing of time and the ravages of this disease I’ve become dead serious
I was childlike in my 20s through my 40s
The only time I become silly is when I’m manic sometimes
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Surely takes awhile knowing that inward child is still there,
For me it’s not when I’m manic but when I’m feeling comfortable in my skin.
Generally I live in low moods
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