What sentence of wisdom would you like to pass onto the person behind you in their journey to recovery?
I might share something later, but not feeling it right now
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This isn’t very wisdomness, but, “There’s always hope.”
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And this from AA: “Don’t compare your insides, to other peoples outsides.”
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Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things.
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I would say to take more care of your health, because health is really important. When I got sick, I was sleeping badly and eating a lot of junk food, I wasn’t worried about my health.
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Don’t stay in an abusive relationship for the sake of any children you may have. In fact, just don’t stay in any abusive relationship for any reason - get out.
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Always take your meds!
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Do not be afraid to seek help when it’s needed, don’t be ashamed of your mental illness diagnosis
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“No pain, no gain.”
This is not my wisdom of course. Still I believe it to be the most important notion for the struggle to recovery and survival.
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I think hope is key to finding happiness…I used to be without hope early in my recovery from sz and I tried taking my life…twice in a couple years time…now I cry when I’m really happy because I always realize at that moment I never would have been happy again had I taken my life. Life does get better if you can find hope and patience to make it through…even a little bit of hope is better than none at all.
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Use your time at pdoc appointments and therapy wisely.
When I was in therapy I spent almost a year talking about things that doesn’t matter that much, like video games. Once I started using that time to talk about my issues things got a lot easier, although I know people need to find courage to talk about the bad things that harm them.
Regarding the pdoc appointments, I try to talk about the symptoms and secondary effects of the meds that may get me in trouble, like anxiety and depression and so on. I only have 20 minutes so my advice is to use your time the best way you can.
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The only words of wisdom I could give to anybody is to not listen to anything I say.
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Life is extremely short, try to enjoy what time you have.
Not easy advice to follow always when you aren’t feeling it, but absolutely true. You have a very fine eyed amount of time on earth and it passes quickly. I think that you need to make the most of what time you have.
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If you are diagnosed with SZ and going to college, go to the Office of disability services (Different colleges might name this dept differently) and ask to schedule a meeting with a counselor for information on potential disabilities accommodation.
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Sure, I used them last quarter. They arranged for me to have accommodations so that on the midterm and the final I got twice the usual time to take them. The teacher gave the class 120 minutes to take the final but I got 240 minutes.
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Be honest and trust those who love you.
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All i can think of is ‘yo Momma’ jokes lol
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