As most of you probably know by now, I don’t take any meds because I can’t deal with the side effects. I keep my symptoms under control through diet, exercise, and supplements. I’m actually a pretty lazy person, but the way that I have to treat my symptoms keeps me in shape. I’m starting to think that maybe having SZ isn’t completely bad for me. The delusions and hallucinations and negative symptoms are hard to deal with, but when I was at the gym today I realized I can actually see my abs and it made me think about how if I didn’t have SZ, I wouldn’t feel such motivation to stay healthy. Are there any ways that you guys feel like SZ has actually improved your life?
it stopped me from growing up to be a ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■ like my father.
How did it change the way you matured?? Did it just kinda put life in a different perspective for you?
I feel in the long term my music will prosper by using sz as an outlet of creativity
Before my friend overdosed he told me “people with MI are creative, but they need to live long enough to harness that creativity”
He was bipolar and it’s a shame he died but I’m gonna live through his memory and use his wisdom as motivation/inspiration.
Then again his words may have been untrue but I believe his words, and if you believe it it can come true.
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I’ve been given a lot of advice , heard a lot of things that may be untrue but have made me BELIEVE. And believing is the first step to success
It let me know myself better, what I love， who hurt me really.
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That’s really inspiring. I love music and I used to sing in a band so I feel you about having a passion for music. I really hope you become successful, I’m sure your friend would feel honored to know you’re continuing in his memory
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The important people will stick by us no matter what
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i don’t look down on anyone
i sometimes think if i could find a good rational reason to believe that, i wouldn’t need sz
i mean, many people who are intelligent feel superior to others
and people can come up with other reasons to feel superior
i just don’t want to feel superior to anyone and treat them badly
maybe i need my sz
Edit: as Chordy said in another thread… it’s better to be a victim than a predator. it hurts more, but… its better i think.
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Sometimes I cry because once he said to me “we’re gonna make it”. I kindve shrugged it off. But he never got to make it. But maybe I will. I kinda dedicate my stuff to him because it was “we” not “i” or “you”. If I make it then he made it
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I feel an outsider even here but I hate my illness on all points. I am completely non functional and I live between 4 walls since 20 years. I cant see the positive thing. 
i could tell you my life… but… it would bore you
I quit drinking, I can tell my kids that drugs are a trigger and they need to stay away from them because they are at risk. I think I can handle most anything that comes my way because of all I went through in physcocis . I got some pretty good raises at work because my boss thought she pushed me over the edge and into the hospital.
I lost my stigma towards mental health. I appreciate my job and family more. I think I’m calmer in the face of chaos.
Yes, it positively sucks to the millionth degree.
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we’re all angry because it is unfair
i look at buddhism and it helps me see maybe life is fair…
we all have evil and angry thoughts…
hm?
the other day i thought i found a solution
it gave me a buzz my hands were shaking
but really, there is no avoiding the suffering
so, was it a solution. hm… time will tell
Any benefit from schizophrenia is a silver lining of a very dark cloud.
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i think the problem is… how we react to the circumstances
we get angry and think ‘this is ■■■■■■■ unfair’ and the anger hurts us
maybe it would be easier to accept what is… even if that’s hard too
i’ve heard a saying ‘god doesn’t give us more than we can handle.’
but, maybe we ourselves give ourselves more than we can handle.
i dunno, any thoughts?
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Every silver lining has a touch of grey!!! -grateful dead
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Awww I’m sure somewhere out there he appreciates everything you’re doing in his name. Keep it up! I believe in you too 
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