One of the issues my psychiatrist told me that many Schizophrenics face is isolating themselves from society. I know I have done this exact thing. I’m curious to see what the rest of your social lives look like. Just to clarify, this can be any type of social interaction.
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I never had many people I called friend, even before my illness. Of course I got ill when I was young so who knows.
I think I’m too ugly to go out and way too self conscious
i talked to someone when younger for a while…maybe that was a friend. 
but otherwise, no…though i am married…so have a life long friendship.
i am off to narnia today 
take care 
you are not ugly…that is rubbish…though i can only see half of your face…may i say you look beautiful. 
you are only 16 so you are growing all the time. 
everyone at that age is self conscious.
hold your head up high…be proud of yourself…know that i care 
take care
Thank you xxxxxxx but I more just mean I’m not like conventionally pretty plus depression kinda means I can’t be bothered most of the time
I can talk to people at work… I can be Ok and friendly at school.
But going out all the time… I never have the energy or the idea to do that…
I’m not good with meeting new people unless there are some old acquaintances to help buffer.
I guess I could try to be more social… but the few friends I have… it’s amazing how hard it is for me to even keep in contact with people I trust and like.
I didn’t vote because all my friends abandoned me when I got sick. I’ve always been a very social person and have remained social since I got sick, but none of my friends were supportive or compassionate towards me. Even people that were like siblings to me. I feel betrayed. But I’ve made more friends. Whatever.
I’m sorry that happened to you. My story is the exact opposite. I had supportive friends and family, I chose to abandon them. I guess I thought it was easier to leave them before they did it to me. Heaven forbid I ever take a chance in life.
Thats same as me. None of my friends and family were supportive or compassionate towards me. I dont have friends for a long time…
I don’t think there’s anyone with schizophrenia who has not been affected by it socially.
Socially my friends everything moved on simply moved on. You can not blame not having friends because if it were really on your agenda you could probably make some.
Yeah, it has certainly affected my social life. I’m either home alone or with my wife 95-99% of the time. I go out most Monday nights for karaoke, and will go to the occasional birthday/holiday party. Some say that’s a lot, but it’s pretty reduced from what I did when I was in remission. I was out at karaoke for 4 hours a yesterday, so that’s something. Usually I’m only there for about 2 hours. I have to keep trying and not give up. This illness is a real PITA.
As of late I’ve been trying to hang out more and more with my few friends I know in town seeing as how the friends I’ve known on Skype for years now are too busy to talk or don’t want to or whatever.
It’s hard for me to consider someone a friend because I don’t like anyone I don’t know and still usually don’t like them even after I know them. I guess this is partly because of the paranoia of my illness and the fact I had it since I was a toddler so I was weird and everyone treated me like ■■■■ accordingly where I never really learned how to trust anyone anyway.
Also once someone screws me over, they go on my ■■■■ list no matter who they are, usually forever.
Hey man,before schizophrenia I have people who surrounds me but don’t have any friends.After I was diagnosed,medicated and push towards a healthier lifestyle,I started to find a community of people,friends who also has their own issues.We got together and help each other and do things together…I had also made a few good friends inside.
For me the diagnosis of schizophrenia actually made me find some friends and also a better lifestyle but don’t get me wrong,there is still bad stuff I had todeal with because of SZ.Mostly I found friends and live a better lifestyle because of SZ
@Gtx1990 I tried to become friends with a guy at work one time who said he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was really open about what he experiences until after I did the same he started calling me a nut job and avoiding me which was great considering he acts even crazier behaviorally than I do.
You know, I added most of my high schoolmates on Facebook, then all of the sudden, I deactivated my account, and deleted it altogether.
Hey,you trusted him and he actually betrayed you.Dont worry,I believe you will find a better and more trusted friend soon!
I added nearly everyone I knew that I could in my life at first where I had over 200 contacts, then I purged the ones I didn’t even bother with and got down to around 75. Then suddenly an image was reported I had on there for months where I put myself in the marching hammers scene of Pink Floyd’s The Wall because I thought it’d be funny because I had a trench coat and had just shaved my head like Pink in that point of the movie. So I got banned for 3 days. It was then I just up and requested my account be deleted because I’m not using it if I can’t even express myself in a way that shouldn’t even be offensive.
You don’t feel like reconnecting with them.I had tried to reconnect with my high school mate also,but actually failed.One of my friend told me everyone will always move on in their life,so I stop forcing myself to reconnect with them and take it easy