I was just recently diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder (schizophrenia and bipolar disorder). My whole life I’ve been having symptoms, but I thought it was simply part of my cognitive development and would improve with age. I feel so stupid to think that I was normal. I’m 21 right now, and I’m in college. My symptoms took a major turn for the worse about a year ago. I’m losing friends left and right, and my family knows nothing about me or what’s been going on. Apart from recieving treatment I feel so incredibly alone right now. I’m scared of what friends and family are gonna think of me when and if I tell them. I’m scared of what people will think if they know that I’m clinically psychotic. Please help
Hopefully your family will be supportive, probably best to share with them first, friends are really a need to know basis
People that are close to you, should know what is going on with you,
unless you are completely cut off.
For instance, who made the intervention?
Welcome 21Wisco. 
Is your family generally unsupportive, or do you think they would understand?
You don’t need to tell friends right away if you don’t want to.
Welcome to the forum,
If not realising you had a condition makes you stupid then at least you’re not the only one. I am in the same position and am still figuring out things that happened that I hadn’t realised at the time were psychotic.
You seem quite sensible now - What sort of help would you like from us here?