Pretty nice for those of us who are out! I am half out to my cousins, now. They are very accepting! It was difficult, but I told them about my hospitalization history and how I get injections and take a ton of pills. I told one friend, but we’re not friends anymore. Nobody on facebook, save for my cousins, know. Most of my college classmates are connected to me through facebook.
Maybe one day, I’ll have the courage to share the orange schizophrenia badge…
I am out about my schizophrenia. It helps a lot to be able to share my feelings with everyone.
I don’t use social media anymore. When I was really bad last month I basically erased myself from the internet - except for two forums (Including this one.)
I told my best friend at the time when I got diagnosed, but then he stopped calling and we haven’t spoken for years now.
I am not sure whether that was something to do with it but it put me off telling people. People just assume I am really introverted and probably a bit odd now when I meet them - I get called eccentric a lot, but apart from family I have no real life connections with others anyway.
I am good at hiding it, but I see little point in trying to tell people I may be acting strange or not always nice to them because I have a lot to deal with in my head. I don’t separate myself from the illness as it’s not going anywhere and it has an impact on who I am as a person whether I like it or not.
Phil we’ve been together 3 days I’m ready to tell you.
Phil says I was on anti depressants once.
I tell him we might be able to drink but no pot
I’ll hallucinate.
The days swim by.
We have good sex and talks.
Rarely about mental illness.