Schizo is a very depressing disease,it affected my self confidence in many way and I isolate myself because mostly of this illness and taking the meds.Does being schizophrenic,or taking the antipsychotic cause you to feel beta,unsociable and lack of confidence,self esteem?
Because I am definitely feeling like this
You sound like you have it worse than me, but I can relate.
I used to have it worse until I started exercising regularly. Now I’m like 35% of the train wreck that I used to be.
I carry weights six days a week,I hope exercise have much better effect then it actually have.My diet is a little bad,in that sense I enjoy sugary stuff
I really hate the terms alpha and beta, I think they’re kind of toxic. We’re not really pack animals where one male has all the sex and the others don’t. Some women may enjoy sleeping with a guy who sleeps with everybody, but but a great deal of them do not and are instead looking for a steady, respectful monogamous partner.
I felt really confident until I got my insight back, now I feel kind of shaky like you said. I don’t think it’s impossible to feel confident with schizophrenia though. I used to do pretty well dating in my 20s, but I haven’t really dated much since developing schizophrenia… mostly because I lost my truck and a good portion of my money and income during my first psychotic break, so I have a lot less to offer a woman in a relationship these days.
If I could get these things I lost back, I think I would be pretty confident. I have very little to lose at this point so if I get rejected it won’t bother me much. I hope you feel more confident in the future. Maybe go out to a bar/club with some buddies instead of alone? That always used to help me.
Schizophrenia affects every aspect of our lives.
This disease consumes me. I’m not Om anymore. I am schizophrenic Om
I literally feel I don’t deserve a family if I cannot support them. That’s a difficultly I go through right now. But I’m feeling pretty positive I’ll be back on my feet soon.
Its the disease itself that causes this and not the meds. SZ destroys self-confidence because you can’t trust your own mind anymore and because of the negative and cognitive symptoms.
I fee it’s normal to lose confidence at times. Maybe even day to day.
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