There is still a lot of stigma on relationships

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Just typed on Google ‘dating schizophrenia’ and found some negative articles about dating people who have schizophrenia. It’s impressive how the stigma is still there. We’re in XXI century and still need to read such stuff. It’s like if people who have schizophrenia will always be paranoid about their relationships. It’s not true. At first, EVERYONE can become paranoid when in a relationship. It’s not an exclusive thing of people who have schizophrenia. And if the person becomes paranoid, it means things are not going well. The couple needs a conversation or even break up.

And there are still people who insist on using the term ‘schizophrenic’ for people who have schizophrenia. Even people who have schizophrenia do that. It just creates more stigma.

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do you think ‘schizophrenic’ is a label,

cuz I hear more things like,

nut-job, whacko, psycho…

the word schizophrenic seems more personal to me,
for some reason,
but I’ll stop using it, if it bothers you.

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I don’t see the word ‘schizophrenic’ as a stigma word.
It’s like someone with diabetes calling themselves ‘diabetic’.
‘Schizophrenic’, to me, just means ‘person with schizophrenia’.

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I called my book “OUT OF IT” because I wanted people to say that instead of schizophrenic…I did my part…haha

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Using ‘person living with schizophrenia’ instead of ‘schizophrenic’ puts the person before the illness. It’s less stigmatizing. People who have schizophrenia are normal people, and not schizophrenics.

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well, we’d have to change the whole word entirely,

let our doctors call us ‘a person with a thought disorder’

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i’m calling it an ‘acquired brain injury’ :slight_smile: this sounds more acceptable :wink: lol

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but people in the know might think we have DID,

that’s what happens with brain injury.

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it is a brain injury though :slight_smile:

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I wouldn’t call it that.
I once related ADHD to brain injury/malformation to some classmates I had, back when the doctors thought I had ADHD.
The classmates thought I was partially retarded since I apparently had an injured brain, and they were not very nice about it.

‘Brain injury’ sounds like some damage has happened that makes us less able than normal people.

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but that is exactly what has happened imo @Berru

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I don’t think so. I see it more as the dopamine levels being imbalanced, altering the brain’s function.
Sure, episodes of psychosis damages the brain a little, but it doesn’t put the areas out of function, it just impairs them.

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you don’t become retarded from brain injury,

it’s a chromosomal disorder. We could claim,

‘person with a chemical malfunction’

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Actually, being retarded can have lots of causes, it doesn’t always have to do with chromosomes. Brain injury is one of them.

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@Berru if you compare a normal brain to someone with sz you will see that there is damage.

@Daze what about bio-chemical impairment? :wink::joy::joy::joy: sounds pretty cool actually :crazy_face::wink::joy:

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What about ‘reality-challenged’? :stuck_out_tongue:
Or ‘Sensory-altered’?

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thanks for not saying ‘disabled’ there,

I hate that word, and every time I apply for a job
they want to know if my classified disabled.

what a way to go into a job!

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i hate that word as well :frowning: i have seen it on many forms :frowning: sucks but sometimes it helps you get a guaranteed interview over here, i was lucky with the last job i tried that they still gave me a chance but i had to resign bc of too many hours :slight_smile:

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@Daze @Berru what about ‘cerebrally conflicted’ :joy::joy::joy:

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In 2002, Japan changed their name for schizophrenia (mind-split disease) to integration disorder. The reason they did so was because they didn’t view schizophrenia as a specific disease, but a syndrome: A constellation of symptoms that are stable and chronic over time.

However, the main reason for changing the name of schizophrenia was to decrease stigma:

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