This site makes me proud to be psychosis dx

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I mean I’m kind of proud, not really obviously, whose proud to be sick lol.

But somehow I am.

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Community is important (not the TV show)

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I honestly think that many of us with psychosis are more deep, creative and sensitive than most other People. I find many of us more interesting.

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My illness has caused me to do some things i am ashamed of. So im not exactly proud of it.

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I think we all have reason to be proud because we overcome the illness and we do so to some extent by being on this site and sharing our experiences with each other.

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yes it does…seem good people.

if you havent gone throuvh the darkness how can you see the light?

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Yeah i felt pretty alone in the struggle before this forum.
I dont know anyone outside of the forum with similar mental health issues.
Except a relative but he refuses to go to get help.

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this site is full of acceptance and support…very good for the mentally ill…I am not ever planning not being on here…when I’m not on here anymore I’ll be dead.

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I don’t know about proud but I definitely don’t feel stigmatized here. I have before, once or twice, from visitors who claimed to be sick themselves (though in retrospect I’m not so sure) but it was super rare. And I’ve been here for five years.

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I mean, it’s a good site… but proud?

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Me too.

I want to find something positive about having schizophrenia. I have a lot of empathy and people like me. The problem is they wouldn’t if they knew I had schizophrenia. It’s like I’m lying to all of them.

Before my diagnosis, for years, I knew people wouldn’t like me if they really knew me.

I’m fortunate my husband and family do though. My husband says to me, “you’re my girl” when I talk to him about sz symptoms.

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I’m very happy for you that that’s how your husband feels about you.

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Thanks @ZmaGal. My husband is angelic.

When we were hanging out early on before we were married, I told him I might be bipolar. The problem is I didn’t have any highs though. I had no psychiatrist saying this either.

He knew I had anxiety and depression. I knew something was really wrong, but I didn’t know what it was and I wasn’t hearing voices. So, he was open to and accepted my schizophrenia dx 17 years after we got married.

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I’m glad your husband accepts you as you are. My poor husband met me while I was working but spiraling into a hot mess. One month before we got married, I was diagnosed with possible sz or sza. He still married me. I’m so grateful to have him.

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That’s wonderful. :heart:

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Yes, this site is a great resource for us. I don’t feel nearly as alone when I am on it. The people on this site can relate to each other.

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I was so alone and isolated before finding this website. I was trying to enlist understanding, support and empathy from my normie friends and acquaintances and it just wasn’t forthcoming no matter how hard I tried. They just didn’t and couldn’t understand.

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I agree with others that I feel supported and less alone here. I don’t have to closet myself as a schizophrenic. I can be myself like when I’m at home.

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Just a tiny bit for living with it, u knw wat I mean?

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Time fly fast when you are having fun.
The sh ttyy part, outside in real life we might be fun for others. There’s lots of understanding here on this forum, that makes me feel less stigmatised and somehow understood.

Lol…I must say I did some strange things. Some to be very ashamed of, and of some of them i kinda feel proud.
Maybe one day we could share some of the experiences we went trough and all laugh together about it.

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