Anything else in life, all the various obstacles that arise due to physical illnesses, relationship problems, or financial problems can be solved relatively easily. But mental illness such as schizophrenia just doesn’t go away. The battle lasts for years and years, over the course of an entire lifetime for most of us.
It’s tiring and frustrating, and my one wish (which I bet is also a wish of many of you) is to have a healthy brain through which I can perceive reality correctly and healthily.
Anyway, there are many reasons not to give up hope. Things can get better even if you don’t get totally healed.
I think drug addiction is easier to battle vs sz. Its possible to stop using drugs but its impossible to heal a disease that has no cure like sz negative symptoms or treatment resistant sz. Its not the hardest to battle though, I would rather have my current sz negative symptoms than having cancer, Alzheimer, Dementia, blindness, etc
Im with you VanDam, im really with you, i truly understand, this illness, or so called disease what they say, pretty much destroyed me, I live in negativity everyday paranoid thoughts, anxiety, delusions and fear. Constantly. Its freaking horrible. why did i ever deserve to get this disease, Everything happens for reason, so whats reason for this happening to me, why do i deserve to suffer everyday like this. I just dont understand, if there is god why would he let this happen to me. All i can do is hope for the best now. Thats all i can do really.
I struggled with that very thought.
Did I offend someone or something so badly that I became schizophrenic or developed schizophrenia?
Karma if you will…
I still don’t have the answer and I still don’t know how it fits on a cosmic scale.
I reduce the stress of it by handling it day to day; instead of thinking about all the previous days of auditory hallucinations or the future days of hallucinations.
I sad truth is i feel im never going to be cured but i feel i can get better treatment through better medication through therapy, friends like you guys here that i really appreciate trust i really i like you guys you have no idea, Counselors, friends at my program i love to be with and hang out, my pdoc she’s really cool and understanding. I understand sad truth is my disease is going to life long sentence but theres hope. So im not going to give up.
Yay though I walk through the valley of schizophrenia I shall fear no delusion render no voice unspeakable can cast out all that stigmata that tortures thee.
They say the truth will set you free bears are usually compounded by thoughts that are not true all I can say is have faith in yourself and you’ll go far
This illness is awful. Worst thing I have ever experienced. Even medicated I think my coworkers can hear my thoughts and they’re all spying on me through my phone. I’ve seen spiders made of light, had cutting sensations from a disembodied knife, heard everyone talking about me when no one would reasonably think that, and delusions of reference. On top of erotomania type delusions. It is a nightmare no one should have. Though I think cancer is similar in intensity, as well as Alzheimer’s.