Living in a complex world using a disordered mind is a great challenge.
It is been nearly two decades living with schizophrenia. Most of the time, I am unaware that I am mentally ill.
Are you aware that you are mentally ill?
- Yes
- No
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I think its more on a continuum and maybe not a black & white thing. My symptoms become prominent sometimes and other times they fade into the background.
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I am very aware that I am mentally ill. On good days, I tend to forget, but on most days, I’m aware.
I’m out in the real world or with friends, and something happens that reminds me. It’s hard. I always feel like I’m struggling to keep up with the normies, and some of my friends and their high-functioning brains are constant reminders that I will never function like them.
It makes me sad and frustrated, and adds to the feeling of isolation, which in turn makes everything worse.
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Both of you meant this. Now I understand.
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I answered yes but it depends on the moment. Mostly i am aware that the voice in my head is just schizophrenia, but sometimes im too sucked into the delusion to know its schizophrenia and i really believe im talking to god.
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I still think I’m normal and everyone else is crazy
I know most of the time. My sz tends to be episodic and I’m on an even keel right now with a few residual symptoms and negatives. I don’t realise I’m ill when it gets really bad.
Right now I know I have a mental illness, being around normies always highlights it to me.