- Much less social responsibilities : In the past friends often got upset if I didnt invite them to an event or haven’t texted in a while.
- No drug peer pressure: my friends got me into drugs and smoking tobacco, I still smoke cigarettes to this day. From my experience I end up doing some drugs with friends either alcohol, caffeine (which makes me symptomatic) or something else.
- Less money draining: I have just to take care of myself, no gf or friends means no more money for illicit drugs, dates or alcohol
- No friend dramas: this lead on my first episode to be reported, harrassed by my friends. This dont happen with family
- Less gossiping: friends often spread rumours about you after some events
- Reduced chance of backstabbing
- 90% of normies don’t understand schizophrenia, so they most likely ditch you anyways after an episode or a relapse
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I see your cons there.
But the pros super outweigh all that.
You can find friends/girlfriend if you try.
Even I have friends and I’m a total ■■■■■.
Don’t try to convince yourself this is true,
You should just find better friends.
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The problem is i dont know how to pick friends and at my age people are not getting new friends randomly, I rather spend my days in total isolation cause friends caused to most trauma out of all people
Your choice.
You just seem a little bitter about it.
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I don’t have any current friends and I hate it. I am probably gonna try some Meetups when the whether warms up.
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It is totally possible to find non-exploitive friends. I don’t have many friends, but I am glad for the ones I have.
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I find it amazing that I have a couple friends now and a girl friend. It’s been hard to function and not annoy them. It’s amazing because I haven’t had friend ever since I became schizophrenic. I did the delusional Islamic thing. Feels good now though. As I get better I become a better friend
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Maybe you need to be picky and only be friends with those who don’t do drugs, drink or smoke and who won’t drink coffee around you.
I joined a penpal site but no one wanted to be my friend when they found out i don’t work.
I would love to have friends.
I have a couple x boyfriends as friends but i would love girl friends too.
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I have meaningful and enjoyable friendships these days. I even have a friend with benefits. (It annoys my wife when I introduce her as that.)
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How about friends with others who experience psychosis?
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Mine is “I’d like to introduce my future ex-wife”
She HATES that joke. Lol
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Damn. Like a boss, sir. Like a boss.
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I told her to “be cool”, she said “never”, and I told her it would be noted in her first year report card.
She didn’t like that one either.
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Maybe you just made friends with the wrong type of people?
Imagine you met someone with some form of MH issue (doesn’t have to be SZ) and just wanted someone to be mutually supportive to.
Or maybe they don’t have MH but have experienced someone else with MH and know how to be kind.
I get frustrated with my friends about all sorts of things, but in some regards (drugs, money,) they have been great. Also overall quite sympathetic about my MH needs without asking for too much info.
I don’t know how many groups you’ve been in but there will be other people out there who treat you better I’m sure. Don’t write off the world 
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Reminds me of this classic.
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My closest friend is mentally ill, too. We get along so well, I don’t know what I’d do with my day without her.
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What do you mean by this @Garbled?
My best friend is mentally ill. In fact all my friends are. They are good people.
Anyway, my best friend and I met at the county mental health place and we’ve been friends for 8 years now. She’s very sick (especially right now) but we get along great. I’m grateful she’s in my life.
Another friend of mine that’s mentally ill I met from an online ad. She was looking for friends and I responded. I was extremely careful at first. I sent pics of her, her email, and her cell number to people I know to be sure I was safe meeting her in public. I was. We’ve been friends for 10 years now
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Hey. What I meant by that was that I was a Muslim ever since I became scizophrenic at 21. I had the belief that I was Jesus when I started having psychosis. And I was in and out of psychosis most of my life. But I developed that belief that I was Jesus. It was a delusion and you know how delusions go I even joked about being Jesus a few times. I lived at home and I prayed five times a day. Smoked cigarettes and masturbated endlessly. I was supposed to be on clozapine. I was for a few years I guess. I was just living with symptoms enexplicably. With no one to even mention my medication to me. I isolated my self and didn’t talk to anyone except my mom basically. I was headed for a relapse eventually which took place three years ago. I’m 47 now. I used to write psychotic letter to my doctor. And I wonder even now how the hell I never got help from him. He just let me relapse. It’s been three years now. And I still have some cognitive stuff. I’m on invega. And now I’m the opposite of that horny psychotic guy. You know invega. Let me tell you sexual psychosis is intense. I remem that. But now I consider my self pretty much atheist. But I haven’t been living that long. This is the other side of that relapse. I eventually want get on abilify and have a very good relationship with my new schizophrenic girlfriend. So yeah I was a psychotic delusional Muslim with a Messiah complex. It’s a bizarre story. There’s a brief overview. I’m having fun being atheist though , it feels good. I no longer will let Islam affect me. I’m done with that. I just want to take care of this girl and get on some Abilify. My friends are schizophrenic too. Weird how that happens eh? I still had something of a life. I went on some vacations. But always I thought islamically. Not anymore. I just have to heal some cognitive dysfunction now and be brave enough for Abilify. My girlfriend deserves that. Lol. Now you know. In my delusion. Marilyn Manson was the Antichrist. The Calgary tower was mine. The tower of the prophet. The city of Jesus. Calgary. If you look at the Calgary tower you can see how I believed that. That’s how everyone knew that Jesus was in Calgary. The band bush was also a big part of my delusion. I even snuck into the Saddledome when bush came to Calgary I was psychotic I could tell you more and go on. But it’s a pretty delusional story. During my relapse three years ago. It was the end of my delusional story. I had two delusional wives my own sattelite. I was friends with Donald Trump. Should I go on. I was Jesus. But it’s all over now. I have a cool apartment now. In the heart of Calgary. This is the future. Anyway. I’ve told this stuff before. Hope it makes sense.
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I had alot of psychosis. And you know how hard it is to get better from schizophrenia. Gotta get better
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