I was living in New York when I had my first psychosis.
Before sz I lived in France, Switzerland, Singapore, and the city above.
Edit: and I’m from Belgium in case you forgot.
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Wow. Quite a few places.
I like Switzerland. Been there once by the alps. Pretty beautiful.
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I try to be positive in general, but idk what I exactly find positive about SZ 
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I was living in Geneva. Some nice festivals in the summer and the lake is stunning.
It’s there I bought my expensive Omega Watch which I’m trying to sell right now. But no sale yet!
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Could you share a picture of your watch if you want. I’d be interested to see it. Im into watches. This is what’s on my wrist right now.
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I had a normal life. But I was a superficial idiot that blocked everything painful from my mind.
Now I am less superficial and empathize more with people I meet. But I’m in a lot of pain. And still an idiot sometimes.
I think I prefer the latter. But the first was a whole lot easier.
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Wow, beautiful! I always wanted to own a Omega but can’t afford it. I think you should keep it!
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If it doesn’t sell for the right price I will keep it. It’s a company selling it on commission and I signed a contract they have a year to sell it.
Edit: I just wrote them an email to ask for an update on the sale.
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Damn you got a speedmaster. Nice watch. The history of the speed master is dope too.
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Well before sz I was earning well.
Now I’m on disability 
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Right on. I never really had a lot of money. My dad started this thing last year that gets me access to a little extra cash each month. So that’s nice.
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Im more accepting of different states of consciousness and also more awareness on reality.
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There is quite a lot of positive take away if we summarize this post. Adding to it, I want to learn and research more of it, so I can be of help to fellow SZs and MI in terms of recovery and staying in touch with reality. It has given a new perspective to life as well making me feel down to earth and not have the arrogance and too much of pride in knowing things. Having psychosis has taught me what are the different states of mind and what happens before and after and how to be careful and vigilant about it.
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I believe it has helped me understand my younger brother, my sister, and my mom, because they all struggle with SzA, like myself.
And, this might sound horrible, but watching my mom descend into madness… severe delusions, paranoia, hearing voices (one of which is “God” talking to her), and hallucinating people and demons… Seeing that happen to my mom made me realize that I was sick, too, when I started to question my “reality”.
So, I am med compliant and I have researched SzA, Sz, and BP pretty extensively. To understand myself and understand my family members.
Basically, what I’m saying, is that a positive for me… is that I am more stable than my mom, simply because watching her struggle made me seek out psychiatric care for myself, because I was worried about ending up the same as her. She is very, very ill. She has zero insight. I take my meds and hope that I can hold on to the life I have, and keep myself mostly sane.
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I think the negatives of sz far outweight the positives (if any)
Definitely empathy and slowing down, but I’ve changed as a person. I was so judgey before, so close-minded. I’m thankful that it’s not so bad, and I’ve had a chance to change/grow as a result. I hope I keep getting better in this manner.
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Hi, @Blossom . It is very sad that your family are suffering from schizophrenia. But I was talked to my son who is a doctor, and studied psychiatry. He said that schizophrenia don’t trigger every family members and it should left four to five generation to effect in its symptoms to any family. So in terms my children are safe i think.
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Just wanted to add I think your watch would look cool af on a grey nato strap.
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You are excused from a lot of stuff.
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