I mean someone telling you when they first found out you had sz they were terrified you would kill them in their sleep. Then having said normie avoiding you for that reason
I honestly can’t decide. If we could debate this issue here
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Yes, that’s prejudice.
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Sounds like they’ve got a bit of paranoia going on.
I find that to be a bit prejudiced, it automatically assumes you’re dangerous.
It’s hurtful to hear something like that.
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I think it’s stigma and prejudice by way of misinformation.
There have been many chances to inform the public of mental health conditions like sz, but usually people end up being “educated” by pop-culture and movies, or get their ideas of what people with sz are like because of a select few who commit unspeakable offenses.
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I have to agree with @Leaf and @anon94176359 it’s unfair to judge you for something you can’t control
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About every time there is a mass shooting in the US (with the exception of the inner city shootings which don’t reach the national news level usually) the conclusion is quickly reached that the shooter was hearing voices or at least mentally ill whether the shooter is dead or alive or an actual psychologist concludes it. People used to say “he was a quiet man”. But now a person “who knew him” can diagnose schizophrenia in the public’s mind.
But there’s a more important reason we feel prejudice from normies. It’s the general reality of the disease. With most illnesses the person is bad off for a while and then gets better and rejoins society. For many of us we don’t get better enough to rejoin society even with the meds. We also are often saddled with further problems by the meds’ side effects, and the fact our behaviors can include the use of tobacco in order to cope where the drugs run short. So we are often abandoned by most of society and eventually can even be abandoned by our families.
Well - most people are ok with it as I usually surround myself with others that have Schizophrenia however my folks thought I was a slobbering moron when I was first diagnosed … It took years for them to accept me, and even so hide some prejudice of me…
I’m never sure what the exact definition of normie is, so I’ll answer in more general terms. Yes, I believe that anyone who fears someone or avoids someone solely because of their sz diagnosis is prejudiced and is perpetuating stigma. They are also missing out on an opportunity to make a new friend.
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I think it’s ignorance mainly to what sz actually is. The media are the main ones to blame, as they pin pretty much most abnormal happenings on the mentally ill, and sell more newspapers as a result.
Basically I don’t lead with my illness. I don’t say “Hi I have schizophrenia” I let people get to know me a little bit. The response I’ve got from most people is that they don’t care.
Never lead with your illness.
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Yes it is, obviously. Of the worst kind.
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