Hey I’m new to everything and stuff is scary
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Welcome! Yeah, it’s a scary process. Think of it like this. Once you’re diagnosed, you can put a name to what’s going on. Once you’ve got a name, you can do some research about the diagnosis and learn more about yourself. Once you know what to expect, it will be easier to have insight into your illness. It took me a little while to accept I had an illness, but I’m on new meds now and I understand that my mind plays tricks on me. Sometimes, I still find myself having delusional ideas, but I can tell myself that this is the result of schizophrenia and nothing else. It’s really hard. I tend to think my affliction is supernatural, so when I start thinking like that, I remind myself that it’s more likely that I have an illness, and that I’m no more special than anyone else. It may take some time, but it is possible to feel better.
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I think it’s really hard to accept. But @Sardonic is right. I’m still trying to believe it’s an illness but I’m not convinced yet.
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to be out of one’s mind is terrible, and we can’t help it.
Maybe you’ll know what your’e dealing with soon, hope so.
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just try and learn as much as you can about your illness and it should help, i’ll pray for you if you like 
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Thank y’all, we’re pretty sure it’s schitzophernia but for now they just have me diagnosed with severe depression, I don’t know what to make of it is that typical?
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do you see things of hear things?
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I only hear things
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@Beshevatal
I’m so sorry you are hearing things. How long has it been going on?
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About 8 months or so
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Welcome to the forum.
I’d say it’s pretty normal not to know what to make of things. That’s how it was/is for me. I’m not 100% convinced right now that what I experience is an illness, but I am diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder.
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Welcome to here a minor place of here and this not Welcome to here
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Welcome to the forum my friend. Even if you don’t have Schizophrenia, you’re still welcome here. You have auditory hallucinations, which can occur in Psychotic Depression, so if that is what you turn out having you can still participate on this board as we all have psychotic symptoms,
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I just had that thought today - about fear and this illness. I don’t know which scares me more - myself or life. When life gets complicated, I get scared and then when I’m scared I don’t make good choices. At least I have learned to accept that I’m quite dependent and live in a care facility. This Adult Foster Care home is my family. I have lived here almost 15 years and have never been more in touch with myself and some of the people I’m with. What is your living situation? Alone, with parents, your own family?
And Welcome to the forum.
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I’m pretty lucky My parents are very supportive
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Welcome. I’m about where you are in the process. It’s great that you have a supportive family, that’s so helpful.
@Beshevatal
It takes time to receive an accurate diagnosis. Hallucinations can happen for a lot of reasons. Stress. OCD. Depression. Parkinson’s. Bipolar. Schizophrenia. Schizoaffective. Are you in therapy? Have you ever been to the hospital? I hope for you that they go away!
I believe when I was about 20 years old, I had pretty bad depression
wasn’t dx. pd. sz. until age 27.
Maybe your schizophrenia hasn’t manifested yet. not sure,
glad you got helpful parents.
I was In therapy for a little while yes it didn’t do much
About how long did it take to get you diagnosed if you don’t mind me asking