are you obsessed with your sz? spending time talking & thinking about your symptoms? has it become part of your personality or is it simply an illness you have?
I find myself obsessed with my sz & with my symptoms etc.
I have a yellow diary where I write all my delusions & hallucinations & it’s getting bigger & longer every day by adding more & more of them.
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Sup guru…?? What are u upto…???
I have been obsessed with my mental illness but I sort of have to be because I have to constantly be monitoring my symptoms and managing them.
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fine. you???
I think, therefore I am…
You are what/how you think. Sz affects this to such an extent that you can’t really ignore the symptoms and side-effects. I don’t think I obsess but it’s definitely a part of who I am. Otherwise why would I be on this forum?
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I used to journal my madness but it turned out to be a series of depressing spiels that my sane self is ashamed of.
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I used to try various things not to get obsessed with sz/bipolar. Nothing works out. One time i used to write stuff with my blood, most weird thing. Just to make people understand i am going through some of the toughest times and its truth. But it does not satisfy anyone in the end. Quality of life and time spent is something we lack and if it is acheived in regular basis we may not be obsessed.
People with schizo-ocd rather than schizophrenia, like me, often struggle with a tendency to return to the same set of ideas. Basically, schizophrenia is your obsession, the compulsion aspect for you is writing down everything you are experiencing.
Having limited interests or being unable to stop talking about one specific topic is a negative symptom or a thought disorder symptom. I forgot what it was called but I have it too.
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I try to do what I want, schizophrenia be damned.
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I mentioned the colour of my diary cos it’s my favourite colour and it’s part of delusions of reference i have. whatever is yellow can be a part of delusion & has special significance for me.