She doesn’t understand why I would share my dx with anyone. I really hate seeing all the stigma so I think I should share ,I’ve recovered and think people need to know , that these meds work and we’re just people. Some recover well and some need your support more than others. But we all need acceptance at some leave. The media and Hollywood are trying to strip this from us. I know there are people that may avoid me. Really don’t think there my kind of people anyway. Just looking for some input.
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You should be proud! You’ve gone through hell to get to where you are today. Too many of us stay silent out of misplaced shame. But pride is absolutely justified when you’ve accomplished so much against incredible odds!
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i’ve been in many situations where I regretted telling people about my MI. that’s why i’m quiet about it. wasn’t really about pride or shame, but rather my own safety and privacy.
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If I was struggling I would not be so willing to share. I think it may make my condition worsen ,if that were the case. I’m really not out to keep any friends that can’t deal with the fact that I happen to have an illness that I didn’t choose. I understand that it’s not every one’s duty. I had a random person i sparsly knew came up to me and start talking about her arthritis. Just small talk, but I just wish we could do that.
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I’m proud that you are sharing your dx! As well as any physical condition that someone has could be shared without any fear or stigma, we must to fight for it can be the same for physicological/ psychiatric illness. Isn’t our choice as well as physical conditions.
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And we have the same right to be respected 
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Seems to me from the things you tell that you go about it in a good way. Some pride is justified here. Moreover, I strongly feel that the attitude we disclose with to others is so important for the way things unfold from then. Like, we get the chance to set the terms in which it is discussed. If we show no shame - if we feel no shame, this is in a sense intimidating to others (for lack of a better term). What I mean is that if we don’t give them a foothold, they simply don’t think about it in those terms: if we show shame, they’d suspect there’s something to be ashamed about. Perhaps a fair bit of recovery is needed indeed to come out proud like that. You seem calm and collected about it, and it is my experience that when disclosing in such a way, others will be too.
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I really think we should show the face of Sz in a positive way, rather than like tje news needs for ratings.
Maybe people won’t be so afraid of us.
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There should be an international schizophrenia day where we all come out proud together
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