The scale is from 1-10 with 10 being the best. Just something for fun. Maybe others can help with symptoms.
Positive (hallucinations, delusions, racing thoughts)
Negative (apathy, lack of emotion, poor or nonexistant social functioning)
Cognition (disorganized thoughts, difficulty concentrating and/or following instructions, difficulty completing tasks, memory problems)
Positive- 10
Negative- 5
Cognition- 8
Is motivation a negative symptom that’s why I rated myself so low?
Yes it is.
15 char.
Mine for today:
Positive - 7
Negative - 9
Cognition - 4 (and climbing)
You must be a genius if your cognition is a 4 right now. It’s better than mine at an 8.
I feel like I’m slowly getting dumber. 
I’m having a lot more trouble relative to how I used to, but when I compare myself to those lower functioning, I’m still really high functioning in that area.
I’m probably wrong with my score. I’m probably like a 6 cognition.
I think a lot of us on here maybe underestimate our cognitive functioning, but I could be wrong.
What do you do for your negatives?
Sheer force of faking it in the hopes that I’ll make it eventually, really.
So willpower that’s awesome.
If it wasn’t willpower, I’d likely be dead, honestly. I’ve felt a general urge to die for a long time, but with people keeping their eye on me, I have to maintain some sense of functionality, so I force it.
Where do you need improvement with your positives?
Most of mine is in rumination and then the gibberish guy who just blabbers at me. But my Geodon just got upped today, so I hope this time it can kind of stamp down all of that enough so I can still focus in classes and stuff.
You are persevering so well. I’m so happy for you.
Thank you!!! 
I have hopes that all of us can eventually get better at least somewhat, especially with the new medications they’re working on.
Yeah we just might make it.
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