It’s unfortunate that the “normal” people we schizophrenics disclose our mental illness to will either accept us or repel us. That’s just the way life goes I guess. People come and go in our lives.
I would believe the same reaction would occur if I was a “normal” person. One will have “friends” as well as “enemies”.
No one is normal, some are just more acceptable.
“Normal” as in thinking straight with no mental faults. I am constantly in fear of disclosing my mental illness to any new person I meet. Afraid they will eventually find out.
Our upstairs neighbour in the condo was this very polite, dignified gentleman. Wore more formal dress and a bowtie. So imagine our surprise when they mixed up mail for our unit (412) with his unit (421) and we found a beginner BDSM kit with restraints, collar, spanking paddle, etc., in our mail by accident. It was hard to greet him without giggling out loud after that.
Just because you can’t see the faults, it doesn’t mean that there are no faults. Normal? Hah. More like hidden.
Finally… I had to get rid of the bondage stuff quickly as my wife was threatening to use it on me.
some people are by nature people persons most are not. this bothers me.
That’s what my pediatrician said to me when he diagnosed me with ASD: “We’re all human. That means nobody is perfect and all the ‘normal’ people have various conditions that they may or may not know about.”
Humorous dude. It’s like the only people I can confide with are people on this forum since after all we have the same mental health issue.
I feel terrible for being rejected, denied, repelled and or unresponded to from “normies”.
You’re a smart, hard-working fellow who is making incredible progress at getting healthier both physically and mentally.You’ve got good morals and obviously make an effort to contribute to your community. Anyone who rejects you is losing out. Feel good about yourself man, you’re moving in the right direction.
Some normies are understanding such as psychiatrist and psychiatric nurses.
But yeah, feeling rejected bothers me too.
I do my best, but it’s not my fault that I interact better with patio furniture than I do with people.
Patio furniture doesn’t care if I make too much or too little eye contact.
I appreciate your words of encouragement. We schizophrenics should deserve a more positive treatment rather than negative. I guess the negative stigma will always stick with us.
Life is not fair. I admit it. I accept it. I anticipate it. I adjust for it.
The sailboat is sailing along the ocean. Blue skies and a light breeze. All of a sudden the wind shifts. The captain can become bitter and resentful at the wind. He can curse the wind. Or he can adjust his sails even though he didn’t cause the storm. His choice.
Some people on the street talk incessantly when you listen to them. They can really chew on your ear. To be honest, I am reluctant to talk to anyone who appears a little strange.
I was more accepted before sz.
Same here. I know my life would have turned out well if I didn’t have schizophrenia.
Ive been mental ill my whole adult since teenage and i was never accepted
Must be the way i am and im introverted and insecure
(I dont radiate confidence put it that way)
Ive been using Facebook for years so i am good better at social skills online than irl
When I discovered a certain forum at 14 years old I really started sliding mentally after that until I was 25 1/2 I started really getting better. It’s been 6 1/2 years since I’ve been improving steadily
What forum 1212
Espn messages boards I was 14 and I couldn’t handle forums it wasn’t anything bad but I had my issues but no one stopped me ever I created like a billion accounts cux I was banned so many times. Got around The ip ban with a proxy. Because I trolled it and did stupid ■■■■. It was where I developed my main ddnos alters too