in what way is it difficult for you
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I have to deal with paranoid thoughts
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It restrict my life careers wise and personal life
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I feel kind of slower and dumber than before.
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I guess getting tired when it comes to mental work.
Im really sad that i lost my job as a secretary and now have to work as a janitor cause enything mental makes me tired incuding school which i love.
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I had to give up my ambitions and change entirely my routine because of it…
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I would say currently the biggest problem is my lack of motivation. All my other symptoms are pretty ok with meds. I just have to keep reminding myself to keep going with the meds and that’s hard sometimes.
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it makes me upset a lot to see that my loved ones do not understand me and try to change me too much beyond what is reasonable. I can’t do what I used to do and be productive in life. I keep getting stressed and over worked. I hate that.
I want to work in a good job but all I can find is low paying hard labour jobs that suck and make me sicker. Its not even worth it thats why i am student to get a good job as a computer programmer when i finishe uni
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Social skills. I get so anxious and paranoid around people that others think I dislike them. The truth is I’m just scared of people.
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Trying to succeed at anything is darn near impossible with this illness (sza). Everything I try to do, I fail. Probably because my cognitive skills are so poor.
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I beat sz…
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Post is too long. I have no patience.
Me too.15151515
My avolition is killing my potential. The positive symptoms are taken care of with Niacin treatment and low-dose Abilify, but the negatives are hard to fix with supplements and pills.
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I think for me the biggest challenge it created (aside from like…the terrible parts of it giving me ptsd) was making it incredibly difficult for me to connect on a meaningful level with other people. Since I had childhood onset, many of my life experiences were so vastly different than ones other kids were having I felt very alienated and alone from a very young age. I was alone with all of it, the horrors and excitement. Even today I haven’t really bridged that gap and find it hard to feel close to people.
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I’ve been dealing with a lot of “symptoms” for a very long time, so I have experienced everything from visual, auditory and tactile hallucinations, delusions, to complete apathy and suicidal ideation, etc. But I would have to say that the very worst thing is my inability to believe anyone loves me and/or cares. That lack of trust, comfort, satisfaction is exhausting. Beyond everything else, I think that actually feels like the most noticeable disability.
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With sza it is the mood aspect. I have a good support system but my conversation skills fizzle out after 5 minutes with other people. Small talk hurts me.
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At least you get 5 minutes. I fizzle out at “hello”. Buying a macbook from some guy on craigslist was awkward as hell for me.
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I have trouble sitting through whole movies now. I can’t sit in a theater and watch a movie because I get distracted by people around me and I can’t follow the plot.
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I think, for me, the stigma of having a mental illness is the worst. I think I’m a pretty good guy, whatever certain other people think of me… Well, okay: it totally messes up my family relations. I guess that’s the worst. But then, maybe my family wasn’t worth the trouble in the first place.
I cannot choose my family, but I can choose my friends.
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