Accepting my disease means accepting I’ll never have a girlfriend or a job ever. I’ll never do anything productive again. I’m basically out of the game.
I know some of you have partners and jobs. But if I thought I could have that, it would be like living in denial.
I either accept my disease and give up, or live in denial thinking I could have something more.
dunno im kinda accepting but also fighting
and sometimes i make progress other times (most of time) i just look silly
excelent topic btw
i know, it gets depressing at times but acceptance with hope for improvement works for me.
when it feels hopeless try to remember there were better times that just may return in some form, to some degree.
i’ve been there – at the bottom, in the gutter so to speak. now i have a job and am working on my problems at home.
it can get better. you gotta keep hoping.
judy
I was fortunate enough that I had a family and some job skills because I got sick at 30. But I found I would accept my condition then get better, then accept my condition and then get better . This cycle happened several times doing well now.
Not necessarily. I’m accepting and finding out what I can still do with the residual ability. I don’t think I’ll get a partner either. But finding an easy job is a possibility I’ll look into. At first I was thinking I’ll get the easiest job possible. But then I might still have skill in something.
Any job is good but if you find something a bit rewarding or a bit challenging it’s better for your recovery.
It certainly is. Better than having so much unstructured time at hand.
We all live hoping and planning and it’s not unusual with or without sz to plan or dream about what will never be. All you have to do is look a the millions lost by big corporations that go bankrupt by setting their goals to high.
I think if we accept the illness and the treatment we need for it can help us plan and live a better life. Yes I work and at times it is pure torture, but its that or move under a bridge for me, I have no support or family.
Accepting is not giving up. it is one step closer to making the best of what you have to work with.
This is what I have been going through too.
I can not accept it - I push myself a lot which is why I fail a lot.
I think deep down, I need to accept I have a challenge in my life, that other don’t. I don’t think other people would do as much as me with the challenges I have faced and medication side effects.
I just never give up. It is not living in denial - it is trying to make the absolute most of everything you have or can be which is reaching your potential.
so you can totally get a job and have a partner and live a happier life - whatever satisfies you. Just don’t be afraid of failure and don’t quit on yourself. I don’t remember your age.
Acceptance is not the same as giving up. You can always get a girlfriend or a job even if you have this illness.
Cheers to a new year! 
yeah, level’s right. I’ve heard stories of other schizos getting partners. and I know a lot of schizos that have or had jobs while ill, including @77nick77. so it is possible for a schizophrenic.
I wish i was healthy, but not for a girl.
I wish i was healthy so i could drink alot of booze and smoke pot and go see concerts and stuff. Maybe a kayaking trip here and there. Maybe a trip round the globe maybe.
I could go check out an orchestra or some ■■■■.
A girl, no, why would i want to be healthy for that?
Don’t accept schizophrenia either, it’s unacceptable, completely unacceptable, not to be accepted ever any of the time. In fact, most of this crap here is not to be accepted at all.
i kind of acknowledge there is a problem and try to combat it the best way i can,
is that acceptance? i dont think i agree that it means giving up.
Accepting yourself means being ok with yourself, you can tell yourself i accept i have shizophrenia, but i still can enjoi my life and create life i desire. You can be better more unrealistic, optimistic, dont blame yourself i what you dont have. Being happy is more important then having job or partner,
Also i did course in munay ki. It like living as art. And that you have enourmouse time. Would you mind of not having girlfriend if you would live limitless.how would you feel? What you would do if you know you live millions of years. Live us you would live millions of years
I accept that I have to pay taxes, but I still find every damn loophole and write-off I can so I pay as few taxes as possible.
For me working is as much part of treatment as the meds as it gives such a key distraction - not that my thinking isn’t distorted anyway. I do well because I come from an angle that no other employees do because my brian doesn’t think in a normal way. I was lucky that my mother gave me the choice to work in her company, or go on benefits and get social housing.
I chose to work, but I am uncomfortable with the position I am in now. It was much simpler as an experiment whilst living with family.
Now I am on my own, it has become much more pressure that I don’t think I am able to cope with. It’s only been three months and already had a relapse. Don’t know if it’s related or not.
everyone has different passions, and sometimes his passions change. when I was younger, I wanted to do a lot of things, for the sake of a partner. nowadays, I strongly value the Creator. I still think that having a partner would be a great event in my life, but would require a lot of responsibility and love. I would need to improve myself so that I can provide those things to a partner.
so yeah, I know that some people value different things. and people can change: their concept of value can change as well sometimes.