I feel like the only thing that makes me schizophrenic is voices. most of my paranoia and delusions are gone, i’m able to do things around the house as my negatives aren’t too severe. I think I was just immature when I was diagnosed, at that point I didn’t have hallucinations.
the voices have subsided on meds, but they still do breakthrough at times. I’ve read not everybody who hears voices gets diagnosed sz. wonder why?
part of me thinks it’s best to ignore my diagnosis and move on with my life, like a normal person. I mean once I accepted that I was schizophrenic it enabled me to see some of my previous delusions and immaturity. move on from them and be mindful of it in the future. that said I’m now thankful to be diagnosed sz. because it enables me to draw disability benefits in the event that I fail working. it’s a nice insurance policy.
does anybody else sometimes feel like they should distance themselves from their diagnosis?
Well yeah. I don’t identify with my diagnosis and neither should you, or anybody else for that matter.
I admit having been psychotic in th past but I was lucky enough to receive adequate care and support. I have now been stable for many months and there are days I simply forget about this illness.
And even when I suffered strong negative symptoms I was still able to find inside me resources of hope and confidence that helped me keep moving forward.
I feel like I’m in a similar place. I don’t feel like I’m in psychosis with all the delusions and stuff but I still hear voices all the time and experience thought insertion and thought blocking. I don’t feel delusional but still hearing the voices and it’s hard to believe I’m not communicating with something. It’s hard to believe they are part of my mind. This sounds kind of delusional but I used to have this crazy out of touch with reality feeling and that is what is gone.
yeah I guess I’ve yet to accept the voices are coming from me. I think I’m communicating with something as well. it did make me a little out of reality, I thought I was kinda above the normal everyday life.
I think if voices start up again ill try not to engage them in public like while I’m working. chances are if I have something else to do I won’t pay attention to what’s being said.
Finding a good distraction works best for me. If I just sit quietly that’s when my voices are the worst. Sometimes it’s hard like when laying in bed trying to fall asleep. I’ll usually turn on the Tv.