My remaining(one of them died young) sister is more successful than me yes. Than again, it’s not that hard to be more “successful” than someone on disability. She has a job that has something to do with political advertisements I think. Not sure of the specifics.
I consider my step father to be successful and I respect him and like him now. I had paranoia about him for years since I had my schizophrenia, but he seems to have changed and I’m a nicer, better person. I get along with him. Sort of more than my own biological father it seems. My step-father is a small business person and engineer and has successful children. My step-father might be a real genius since he is so smart and has an alleged ‘photographic memory’. I was never that smart but maybe I was. I don’t know or care, but schizophrenia took me down several standard deviations in terms of success and IQ. He’s also a good, decent person.
Oh, have times changed. I got really paranoid about him, but it’s all good now. I think it’s my own schizophrenia and crap. It’s a horrible curse and disease. I don’t have logical thought and I suffer from paranoid delusions and false memories – most of the time…
My half brother is young but I believe he will be way more happier, successful than me – comparable to his father.
My niece is a creative genius. My grandfather was brilliant but lacked the education but had other things going for him.
Personally, I’m ashamed of myself. I have achieved nothing in eternity and in this life, but thought I had because of grandiose and narcissistic delusions that I achieved things in my other past lives in other timelines, but that stuff isn’t real or provable and I just suffer.
My other niece wants to be a dentist and I wish her the best and think she can do it. I’m afraid to pressure people into success because of my mental health and breakdown. I got sick at 22 years old and I’m going to be 32 soon; so 10 years of schizophrenia so far. I have done nothing except reduce my lifespan and rid myself of DP/DR but at the cost of more delusions, paranoia, lowered intelligence, and stuff. At least I don’t have panic attacks.
My step-father’s family is way more succesful and smart than mine, but it’s all different. I don’t care. I thought I was special but I’m just different due to schizophrenia and possibly Asperger’s Syndrome, the latter which I may not even have.
They all are, in their own way.
Oldest-youngest:
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‘T1’ has a 9-5 and has been offered 4 promotions which are his if he wants them. He has a nice apartment in the city centre.
He has a lot of friends, and his coworkes rely on him a lot. -
‘M’ just got her bachelor in socioeconomics last weeks. She’s happily married, and they have a house and two cats. She’s also talended at handcrafts.
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‘T2’ works as a workshop teacher at a senior high, but also has a diploma in plate welding and does that mainly. He lives with his sweet and lively girlfriend, and her equally lively daugher, who adores him.
He renovated their entire house more or less by himself, and is generally very skilled with wood and metal. -
‘T3’ has worked as a pipewelder for several years and does his own thing. We don’t hear much from him, but he seems happy.
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‘L’ just started a semester at a special one-year college in Norway, which will gain her entry to study in the US. She wants to be a mortician, but that’s not a job in Norway, so she’d have to stay abroad to make a living. But she has other study options abroad she’s considering, including film school. She’s very talented at filmmaking.
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‘K’ works at a cruise ship as some sort of kitchen staff, after having spent a few years in the military. It’s paid well, and he gets to see the coasts and fjords of Norway. I don’t hear much from him either, but with him, no news means good news.
my poor parents. They really weren’t too bad, you know?
The kids just basically survive.
Of course from our perspective our siblings will probably look better than we do because being schizophrenic often goes with bad outcomes. But when I see how successfully my brothers held down jobs and raised their kids they are obviously winners in life. It’s more than just a comparison.
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