Personally I think it is. Its a curse of an illness and the stress would make your head pop
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I have both bipolar and schizophrenic symptoms.
Even though the bipolar mood shifts can be a handful for me to deal with, its the schizophrenia part of my disorder that seems to be more difficult to deal with, like the ever present paranoia and negative symptoms.
It creates a lot of stress - constantly, it is difficult to get a bit of a break
It’s called the cancer of mental illness for a reason
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I think you said it right…
I’ve lost a couple of friends to terminal cancer. I sure wouldn’t want to compare my issues with theirs, especially since I’m still kicking and they’re not.
10-96
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I was just thinking something like that.
I lost some family to cancer… I cringe when I recall how much physical pain they were in… how they couldn’t even hold down food… the fact that I’m still here…
This is no picnic of course… and I feel that after 30 years on this earth… I’m just NOW sort of figuring out my head.
Some days are too hard to get through… and I feel like I’m almost going to loose it… other days… I think I’m doing OK.
yes, i have the drug resistant, depressive form of schizophrenia, no voices but i used to have a ton of delusions, i went to work in germany, i was in knots, what if i cant get my meds, what if feel ill, prior to that i did two stints in central london working forteen hour days slaving over a mac, faster please, can you not work any faster, f***k this im done, thats when i first had acupuncture, it was like letting the air out of a balloon, i felt so relaxed, ive been a health bore into all that alternate stuff ever since, yawn, another day, another vitamin
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My thoughts exactly. Every licensed professional in psychology knows that schizophrenia is the worst psychological disorder.
Anyways, it is only rivaled by dissociative identity disorder, which is 90% female and 95% abused patients after that…I think that DID is perhaps not a real disorder and just malingering. Like hardcore malingering, perhaps attention seeking or an attempt to get an insanity card.
I dont even have an insanity card anymore, I know too much about psychology and I am responding to medication. DID is just outright perfect for doing illegal things and getting away with them…“Oh I dont even have a clue about stealing cars. No, I cant remember where I was last night, but probably at home asleep.” And if they have the dx of DID they get away with that ■■■■.
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Yeah, in my mind it’s the worse diagnosis ever. I mean, AIDS is a lot more … hands-on than sz, and that says a ■■■■■■■lot. Not to reduce AIDS because that’s horrible too, but… sz is so more diffuse. No one has a clue what in the ■■■■it is. And because it’s more personal/psychological compared to AIDS makes it a hell of alot more difficult to get a hands on.
My life before my diagnosis, I’ve had the normal ehm… knowledge of sz, that it was the (THE!) mental disorder…and…well, ■■■■, it really is. We’re quite ■■■■■■(or blessed), as far as I am concerned compared to “normies”
Is this a cure, or is it a disease?
DID gained a bad reputation after Sybil (which was a hoax!) became popular a while back and tons of criminals began pleading insanity trying to fake DID.
That doesn’t mean it isn’t real though. I used to be pretty fascinated with the disorder and read a ton of books, case studies, personal accounts and more.
It’s actually becoming easier to tell legitimate from faked DID. Alters have distinct differences, such as different handwriting, voices, and even they’ve discovered things like different heart rates/BP and other biological measures. It’s like someone literally becomes another person. It creates elements that would be incredibly difficult to fake.
It’s similar to ADHD or ADD in that it is a true disorder, but due to its rise in popularity and past over-diagnosing now people question if it exists at all.
I’m no expert, that’s just what I’ve picked up on the issue.
well thats good to know- the neuroscience and physiological evidence exists!
It’s fun how you know neuro and I know psych and we learn in our chats 
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I would think bipolar or schizoaffective would be much harder to tangle with than schizophrenia. I’m not saying schizophrenia isn’t a real bitch kitty, it is.
i think it is. i’ve had a job for a while and the only reason i’ve got this job still is cause i’m living with relatives. the reason i think its the most stressful is cause u hear voices- (hallucinations) plus u have to take, i’ll say crap cause i don’t know if i put the other word i’m thinking of, off other people and it confuses u cause u don’t know if they said it or it was hallucinations. so its like having to take twice the load than people without this disease.
Any mental illness can be rough; but, I saw my late sister suffer through cancer. To me, she is my hero. She had so much more courage than I have ever had. Each day, I ask for courage; even if I can never get her back. I do miss her so much. It is difficult being without the one person in the whole universe you could tell almost anything to. But, no matte what, I am getting my true self back, I know that she is in “heaven” proud and happy for me.
It’s really stressful.
Just last night i saw yet more proof of the creation of this place by horrendously evil beings. These things just hurt us all for fun.
It was pretty obvious to. I mean dinosaurs, c’mon, dinosaurs you know. They just love the drama, the bloodshed, and the fact they were all at odds with eachother, they could control them very well and set up all kinds of ■■■■■■■■.
Maybe they were telling the truth during my “psychosis” when they said it was forever. I sank to the bottom like a stone when they said that, i hope it’s not true.
You see the nature of these things though and you’ll just get sick as a human.