When I say to others I have schizophrenia they ignore me 
It is not a joke
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Being up front about it is a good way to filter out the fickle.
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I’m very upfront about my schizophrenia now that I’m older. I believe in the no stigma movement and that I shouldn’t feel ashamed about it. Me being open about it may just give the courage to someone else who is going through it to not feel shame.
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I don’t socialize much. I don’t know how I would bring up the fact that I am paranoid schizophrenic in a graceful way.
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I’m open but still selective. Some people are just idiots and they’ll never get it. Others have no idea and sometimes it’s good to school them. There’s so much misinformation out there it’s hard to describe the realities of schizophrenia and psychotic disorders.
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I usually just water my dx down to something more common say like depression. I’ve tried discussing things like hallucinations with folks before but they can be ignorant of the many things the mind can really do.
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I can believe that they would ignore you. People are weird. I don’t tell anyone about my sza unless I see some sort of sign from them, like cut marks up and down their arm, a semi-colon tattoo- things like that. My hubby, mom, and sister know. My oldest daughter learned about it because a stupid doctor started asking me questions about it in front of her, and I didn’t know what to do, so I answered honestly. I didn’t want my kids to know.
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I don’t think think there should be a stigma. But people around here are so obsessed with proving they’re better than everyone, they illegally try to prove schizophrenics have phySical problems.
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I wouldn’t tell people, no one understands it. I don’t think my dr even understands it except for some model he has for how sz patients present themselves. Have you seen the YouTube video that tries to simulate what it’s like?
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