Is schizophrenia a moral changer?

Does having schizophrenia change your morals a little bit? I’m not talking drastically, but subtle changes here and there. Some say marijuana is a moral changer. I wonder if this also applies to having a chemical imbalance in the brain, a la schizophrenia?

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Oh for sure… At least for me, anyways.

The voices defos have a pretty profound effect on how I act these days… I’d like to think I’m more kind than I was pre-SZ.

Experiencing psychosis and the aftermath of it all definitely humbles the Ego.

Still the same person, just different :upside_down_face:.

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That’s how I feel, too. I’m much more empathetic and open-minded since my psychotic break. I’m not sure if there are any studies or anything to back this up lol, that’s just how I feel :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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I think I’ve always been an empathetic soul. But psychosis has made me more likely to express it and talk about it

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I don’t think it’s changed my morals. I feel more compassion for other sufferers than before, but morals? No, not that I can immediately see. Still the same misanthrope after having years of physical and psychological abuse heaped on me.

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I think not. And I believe it doesn’t change ones morals.

I think mine are pretty slack
And got worse with schizophrenia
If I had morals I’d do more for charities

I would say so. I’m much less likely to judge people because I have sz.

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Maybe…being on such a minority/spectrum makes me feel such compassion for others. I find that I get along with others who genuinely have schizophrenia as well. Like we are all on this level of awareness of things. I’m not sure how many others feel that way…I wish I could feel that more. I wish I had feelings in general. Struggling with morality while you have a brain disease that robs you of emotions/context.

All I know is that if more people loved/cared there would be more love/care. And like my dad even said, if more people helped minorities, it’s not like its robbing them of anything, the real illusion is money as a source of control if people realized that there’s dignity in giving, in preserving life, in saving lives/cures then maybe they would stop fear mongering…I may have schizophrenia but I also have a conscience. And it takes work to maintain consciousness, some people read the Bible. Some people don’t. Morals are something that are there, free of charge, and yet tip the balance one way or another toward outcomes.

I want an outcome that doesn’t end in destruction. Schizophrenia is like watching the world destroy itself on replay endlessly in your head and no one but you knows how to stop it from happening. And when you try to voice a solution, it ends up in persecution or fear, or something idk. Now I’ve gone too deep.

Medication has changed my morals… I’m trying to fight it but it’s hard…

Many people have told me I’m a much nicer, kinder, compassionate, and empathetic person since my diagnosis. My entire set of morals have turned around and I think it’s a change for the better

Sz has humbled me.

@Jake put it perfectly.

I knew nothing of mental illness, but I was only about 16 when I first got psychosis.

Pretty sure if they’re not already, they should be teaching it in schools nowadays.

People just did not pay any attention to mental health when I was 16, and the NHS in England basically had a skeleton staff.

They had the hospitals, but back then I do not think Community Mental Health teams were actually a thing like they are today

Its made me more appreciative of things and humble

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I think schizophrenia can’t be understood but only accepted.

Because I learn what is right and wrong everyday with every day experience.

What is right today cannot be the same tomorrow.

Like being vegetarian, I think even plants have life.

I go with the present days moral, which has been thought to me from every one around me.

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