Hey guys, as above, thoughts?
it got less lonely for me since finding this forum. I feel less alone now that i see there is more people with similar issues. But it’s a lonely illness yea… kinda stuck in a world that the others around you don’t see.
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I agree but also disagree. When I was first diagnosed it somehow got out to my high school and I lost all of my friends besides 2 who I wasn’t super close with. I felt extremely alone in my psychosis. But those 2 friends became extremely close with me because they weren’t judgmental. Now they’re a big part of my support system. Along with my girlfriend and brother. In a way it’s lonely, but this forum helps, and building a good support system can also help
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It was lonely for me when I had delusions and paranoias about different things. I had no one to talk to and didn’t know where to turn. I had no idea this forum existed.
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I am trying to get the mental health services to provide peer to peer support
Hoping it will be like this forum but IRL
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I have a few close friends. Most of them have serious mental illness too. I tend to not let your average bear into my life. I’m very selective/picky for my friends or so I’ve been told. I don’t let myself get taken advantage of anymore. I also think my personality doesn’t fit what I look like. That’s important. Ego displacement. Society expects you to play your role. As time goes on my physical and mental are more conjoined making it easier to avoid awkward conversational moments. Still a lot of trauma about relationships. I learned I couldn’t trust people with this illness. That’s my experience summed up.
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I feel lucky to have a few good friends still. As for everyone else, if they don’t know me what does their opinion count for anyway?
It is lonely sometimes, but I’ve got to hang on to the good parts
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I have my father. Rarely my mother comes by to visit me. If they die, then I would probably just get a visit from my family on my birthday. My brother wants to go back from Germany to Poland. My sister lives three hours bus ride away from me. I have an old friend who lives in Berlin now, we talk via whatsapp everyday.
But I see people twice a day from the nursing service. So there is never a day where I’m without human interaction. And also my father’s people which work for him I sometimes talk with.
I’m isolating a lot. If it wasn’t for food and tea or coffee I wouldn’t go upstairs where they are.
I’m also experiencing a lot of restlessness. I need to lay down on my couch but also get up couple minutes after that. Sometimes I sleep from morning till afternoon, right before the nursing service comes.
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Yes, it is. And now that my 4 year relationship ended and i have no family, even lonelier.
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It can be very lonely, yes. All my friends are neurotypical and have families or partners.
There’s something heartbreaking about watching the world go on while your own life stays stagnant.
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I might be lonely, but I’ve got hamburgers and HBO! Woooooooooo 
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Hmm. . .
I Wonder, Ponder, Wander, Roam, Walk, And Think.
Loneliness?. What Is Isolation?. What Does It Feel Like To Be The Only Human Left On A Planet Filled With ‘Bodysnatchers’ (???). A Song?. A Movie?. Scary?. Eerie?. A ‘Tombstone’?.
I Dunno.
All I Know Is That I Have A Heart. He Speaks.
I Have Lungs. They Speak.
I Have Limbs. A Brain. Eye’s And Ears.
And I Can Feel With My Hands What Is Real.
Be It The Wind. Be It The Ground.
Be It A Glass Of Water.
I Feel With My Heart. And Sometimes…, Speak To My Heart And Aura.
My Shadow Follows Me Wherever I Go.
And If Something Is Happening, Good Or Bad, My Brain Let’s Me Know.
Alone?.
I Am Comfortable. And Resting. Dreaming With Civilization.
That Is All I Know.
~P.s. Hope, Trust, True Love, Honesty, Joy, And Endlessly Eternal Peace!.~ 
you know it’s funny. i always feel lonely but i am thinking i have enough company that i shouldn’t feel that way. it’s like it is eternal loneliness in the sz but maybe it ain’t real.
judy
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It’s an extremely lonely disease . . .
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I think life is lonely and boring for most people. Most people only have one or two good friends and then theres people like me who value their individuality and dont keep any friends. I feel more free when theres nobody wanting you to accompany them or do what they want to do. Ive had friends before in the past and really didnt want to hang out with them very much. It was really just a shared boredom kind of thing and the boredom didnt let off when they were around. So now im not looking for friends and when someone at work aks me to do something i just say im busy.
I have no friends in real life because I’m undesirable and everyone would leave when they find out I have psychosis. I got made fun of yesterday because I use a mobility aid. People don’t like me very much and that’s a fact. And I don’t like myself at all as well.
I feel like people don’t like me either, or even hate me. That’s why I have no friends and isolate and keep to myself all the time. I’m happy this way.
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Yea I feel like people won’t like me so I’m all fake lol. 
I have a few friends now, one calls me everyday. We rarely hangout since I stopped the Abilify. But even when I was on Abilify and hanging out with friends I wasn’t so happy, I miss my pre sz and childhood friends.
People like me but I’m kind of introverted and don’t ask for phone numbers usually! I have 3 friends if they left it would be okay I love being alone I like people too I’m always talkative but I am definately not lonely !