When you have cancer, people send you flowers. When you have sz, people want to go after you and beat the ■■■■ out of you. People want to lock you up. People hate you because you have sz.
I sometimes think it’s better to have cancer than sz.
They give us meds- which give us life- which in the end destroys our brains. They don’t care.
We’re so unloved, friends. People hate us so much.
Sometimes I think it’s better to think about suicide than live with psychosis.
Patently untrue.
Many people know I have schizophrenia…can’t think of one person who hates me because of it.
I think we’re very poorly portrayed in the Media, but it has had no effect at all on my lifestyle.
I will be rejected outright if I told someone that I have psychosis. It just automatically sets me as an outcast.
I’ve made a vow to never make friends nor reveal myself in school. People can hurt me like how it happened when I was little.
I’m glad that people love you- that’s a good thing. But that’s not possible for me.
Exactly how much stigma do you face? Are people bugging you all the time because you have schizophrenia?
you can still make friends, you just dont need to tell the world the details. if you ever have to say something just say you deal with mental health issues.
I don’t have sz. I have a severe form of depression with psychosis.
Well, it’s always on the news. Plus, I’m constantly afraid that I will show my symptoms in public because it can set me as an outcast. I’m hiding myself because I’m afraid that I will be made fun of.
The school can be a tight community so rumors about mental illness and psychosis can spread fast. Recently, a girl opened up about depression in an online community and people made fun of her at school. She committed suicide last week. That could also happen to me if I am not careful.
I sometimes think, however, that I’m just paranoid that people will hate me.
Yeah, that’s what I get from your posts. You seem to be the one putting yourself down and hating yourself when actually no one else is doing it. Pretty self-defeating but you’re partially right, stigma is real. But not all the time.
Some want to hurt mentally ill people, but there are also hands held out to help.
Lepers are pretty unloved.
I just don’t want to end up dead like that girl who committed suicide. Stigma is scary- not just for mentally ill people. People hate physical disabilities too.
True, I understand. People at work know I have some mental illness but they’re pretty cool about it.
That’s good. I know that girl wanted to get some relief by posting on that online community, but she got bullied instead. People are cruel. Why would you want to tell someone to commit suicide??
My mom tells me that it’s okay to be vulnerable at times but news like these makes me think otherwise.
Yeah, it’s quite a tightrope act about who to tell and who not to tell.
Yeah, I’ve been trying to discern who to talk to. I don’t even talk to my family.
My mom says if I just close up and shut down I won’t make friends. But I’m really scared of making friends- not sure if I’m paranoid or scared, but I’m honestly scared of getting bullied.
I don’t think you are hanging in the right circles, to be honest.
Hating someone because they have a physical disability or because they have a mental affliction is a ridiculous and shallow way to live.
You’ve got a lot on the ball…I’ve been reading your posts now for a while. I think you just need a bit more self confidence.
You seem to be seeing ghosts around every corner. I think most people are good, reasonable and compassionate. Try to engage more with this type of crowd and avoid the ■■■■■■■■ of this world.
I don’t need a circle of friends. Just having one friend to hang around with and do stuff with is good enough for me.
Speaking as someone who has had both, cancer is harder to have, but you do get a lot more support. People were always sending me gifts, giving me special treatment, and writing me letters in the hospital. When I got diagnosed with SZ, I expected the same outpouring of support, and instead most people stopped talking to me. They didn’t know what to say.
Nurse and social workers were nice to me? Family is kind to me
It can be hard to cope with sz. We can only hope that it will be more openly talked about so that the stigma decreases. I think people who haven’t had a serious mental illness are a little scared of sz because it is in the realm of the unknown. It’s one of those diseases that is really hard to relate to if you haven’t had it yourself.
Before I got sz I didn’t know what it was about at all and I certainly didn’t think it would happen to me. But in the end anything can happen to anyone, it’s just a matter of circumstances, but not many people have that kind of mentality. I had to learn it the hard way.
I have a few friends who know that I have the illness, but it’s not something that we talk about. I don’t feel the need to talk about it either. At work most people don’t know I have this illness. I don’t tell people unless there’s a reason. But I’m not ashamed to have sz.
I have to agree. You dont have to be doing anything too abnormal. If people know you have sz, they will treat you differently and blame you for having it. As if you diagnosed yourself. Others will call you a bad person if you are on govt support because of your issues. Society likes to structure things and I often feel they put me at the bottom of the heap. Alot of people live life on the brink, but I think many of us are living past the brink.
I get the odd comment from lets just say - less moral members of society - Methadone patients and alike. Usually think im thick and will try it on for money.
Ive got 3 mates only in the real world that treat me like a human (apart from family) - and they are my neighbours lol.
Others are just drinking company - that will gossip behind your back.
It used to bother me but dont really care anymore