Did you ever consider changing your name? Why? That was one of the first weird things I noticed about mental health workers. In my first group home a woman counselor called herself Sparrow. Another guy counselor was named Victor but he had everyone call him Adrian. And in my first psyche ward there was this woman nurse called Pepper. I went through a phase when I first got sick where I didn’t like my name and I seriously wanted to change my name to John or Dave or something. Did you ever not like your name and want to change it? Before or after you got schizophrenia?
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I started the process of changing my name while I was psychotic. I was convinced that my normal name was not appropriate for a Muslim and had to be given “signs” to take on my new name. I was going to change my name to Muhammad Abinadab. Which is quite a change from my current “normal” western name. I had received this name on a receipt I received for a donation to the nation of Islam and saw it as a sign that I should take on that name and start a new identity. Fortunately, I was too broke at the time to afford to finish the process or that would be my name right now! I was so crazy 
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So you’re a Muslim?
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No, I WAS a Muslim for about a year while I was psychotic. I prayed 5 times a day and everything. Once my psychosis lifted I went back to being a plain old Agnostic, like I had been for years. I became a Muslim primarily as a result of my delusions.
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Oh, that’s interesting.
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Actually I have, giving up my old slave name as it were. Even before the illness I was obsessed with pseudonyms and heteronyms. I might still go ahead with the plan.
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My name is Biblical. It belonged to someone in the Bible who was considered ugly and unwanted. I used to hate my name. It’s a unique name though. Sparrow is a good name. It’s my daughter’s name btw.
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My birthname doesn’t fit my gender identiy, so I really want Miika as an official name.
I’ve met a lot of opposition, and I’m not in a country where being trans is safe.
So for now, I have to stick to my original name.
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Before I was diagnosed with sz, I legally changed my name. I always hated the name I was given at birth due to a story that goes with it. Now it’s my middle name.
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