The flip side of solitude is a chance to think about what is important to me and what is not. I’m a good listener and can offer a different perspective when my husband is troubled. What I think of as not having a sense of humor, he calls a unique sense of humor.
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It made me stronger.
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For me, I never wanted marriage and kids. But if I didn’t have schizophrenia I would have sleep walked into both. I’m happy and contented being a bachelor.
I have other positives, but they fall into the unusual beliefs category, so I can’t really talk about them here.
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I think it affects how I approach problems and creative projects. My brain is always firing,so I look at issues from all angles. It means that I tend to throw ideas out randomly about things instantly or much later. Never know.
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I agree with @everhopeful that in some sense we’ve been protected from a mundane life
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It positively sucks.
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It has given me perspective.
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It has humbled me and made me more empathetic to others
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It has slowed my life down considerably.
Which I think is a good thing.
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I have a killer sweatpants and jogger collection due to fluctuating weight.
The ladies just be handing me those digits.
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I’m a nicer person again. Was in the very beginning and am again.
I guess in the middle somewhere I had an immature reaction to “Nice guys finish last”.
Plus I was walking around pretending I was in the mafia…
In my defense schooling didn’t prepare for how cutthroat business would be?
Nay, there’s no excuse. I sucked in my twenties. And I believe I was handed schizophrenia for a reason!!
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I think what i say is - if you become normal after schizophrenia, normal with all its positive symptoms and no meds. How it looks like.
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I’m more empathetic.
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Positives?
There’s the positives
I agree with this for me too.
It has humbled me and made me more empathetic I believe.
It got me on the disability pension so i don’t have to put up with being treated badly , talked down at , disrespected etc at some horrible workplace with horrible people who don’t like me or appreciate or value me etc
It gives me a excuse to say no to my “sister “ and others like her if they invite me somewhere I can say no thank you i don’t feel up to it and because of schizophrenia that’s understandable to say no but in reality it’s because i can’t stand how badly they treat me and their hostile vibes and yuckiness.
Don’t want anything to do with those people who treat me so yucky.
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OK then in all seriousness,…
Having psychosis NOS…,
Has a silver lining which is
…,
Empathy, which I try to use in a compassionate way,
For ppl who struggle with adhd, depression, anxiety, ptsd, and obviously, hallucinations.
It also makes me think things through more, because I need to monitor my consequent stress levels, not just the present levels, but those due to my future actions, by planning ahead, being prudent.
It has also helped to mould my belief system about existence,
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You aren’t sure what is positive about having schizophrenia?
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I like being an active dreamer.
It has also made me more humble.
Found the importance of family.
Reconnected with the motherland.
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What do you mean by this? Did you used to live in another country?
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