I didn’t know you were Bipolar, nice Avatar btw 
its a big change from the usual pic
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No points.
No afterlife.
I suggest you stop feeling sorry for yourself and focus up all that energy on getting better.
Being on meds,
Having a routine,
Keeping productive,
Going to therapy,
All those things lead to recovery.
You can absolutely do it if you’re willing.
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Agree with others that there are far worse fates on average. Of course some people with SZ suffer terrible fates like harming others or themselves while psychotic and then only realizing it later. The stigma is definitely unfortunate. I never had any secrets before this illness and now it’s hard to be fully open with people.
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Yep thanks @daydreamer
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I live with sz 25 yrs, but seeing my mother declinining of cancer is far worst.
You don’t know whether you’ll see morning without pain.
Care of her was demanding.
For me sz is something I can accept, and with meds it’s barable.
But if you have some other chronic and medical dependent illnes it can go very hard, especially if you are poor.
My hip surgery gave me lesson, and since other is pending, I must say that I’d rather not be able to walk properly, then go through it again.
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Tell em bro.
In my experience with mania (mostly the hypo variety), I would say that the hypomania experience that I always get is insomnia. And I hate that almost as bad as I hate the sz paranoia that I get.
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It could definitely be worse, so I’m just grateful for the blessings I do have and for the fact that I’m finally starting to make some real progress with recovery.
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I think as chronic illnesses go, it’s not that bad. I’d say cancer and diabetes are harder.
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Well once you have schizophrenia you get put on antipsychotics that make you so fat you end up with diabetes anyways
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Sz is the worst and its true,
As per me, you get to know all the fruits in the garden and the best ones no one can see too.
Unfortunately I am not allowed to touch them far from tasting them.
I am an outcast,
Truth of the matter is we cant even recognize how worst it is, due to positivity, or being good.
SZ is very disabling, I am not hyping it up. It is.
World will never be the same again.
It’s a pretty bad illness.
Huh. Wonder how I’m able to work with it if I’m so disabled.
Everyone is different . You are just high functioning
Ah, but I wasn’t. I was written off.
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I think I am complaining for the things not happening around me on the label…
Still the label is present and meds in place.
All can be Einstein?
One could only be the best version of self.
You’re taking energy you could be using to make your life better and expending it somewhere else. How’s that working out for you?
Not good, should make it better.
Everyone is. I’m anotherr that functions well. I work and take care of a large family.
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So now that you know the problem, what steps are you taking to improve things? What’s your plan? What are your goals?
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I want to keep it simple now, just finding a job will be a huge leap, its hard now to find one now.
I will take it even slow, I don’t know whether to apply and prepare or prepare then apply.
Everyone says to apply then prepare, but I have no confidence. Here they have general test from school and pre university subjects.
I have all the study materials, just not getting the go ahead. Like am waiting for an approval.
My decisions are bit fluctuating.
Sometime I am ready to do any job given, after a day I feel its one life got to do something big.
When you say goals I have set a hatered status quote to my actual goal that need to do what I discontinued in masters.
See I just froze thinking of it for 2 mins.
I think to improve it,
- Apply for jobs
- Prepare after application
- And keep searching.
Plan would be to,
- To play and be fit by sweating a lot.
- Shower daily at 12 noon.
- Stop thinking and just get things done.
Goals would be like,
- Do house hold chores first.
- Spend time with family first.
- Stay happy so people around me are happy.
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