The more I observe my own mind I feel really hopeless that I will never recover. I’ve almost never been free of positives… Now that I’m seeing the mental illness part of my situation clearly…I feel I’m gonna be super messed up forever.
I’m not saying things aren’t better than before but to actually start to except the illness seems like excepting defeat… Like I will be my life from now on…to see the problem and not be able to do anything about it
Don’t give up now, you’re making good progress
Insight is a step in a right direction if u ask me even if there are setbacks involved
Ive been where you are
Thanks man… I hope this is a step to something better. It’s not as bad but it still feels pretty bad even on the good days. Like a runaway train… That’s how my mind feels lol
Many schizophrenics get better as they get older. I was severely ill my first 2 years with the disease but got stable. I relapsed in 1989 but slowly got better. In my mid forties though is when I first noticed a significant decrease in symptoms and now at age 63 the symptoms are not always so bad.
In fact (maybe everyone’s like this) when I’m laying down surfing the web like right now I’m barely even aware of any symptoms. If everyone leaves me alone my mental health is not too bad. I still have stressful situations but I don’t feel like I’m going to go in the hospital any minute like I felt for many, many years.
I feel the same way. Like there’s only so much you can do about certain symptoms. I get a lot of hope from the pipeline. A lot of progress is being made. If you read through this thread
There’s a girl on evenamide who’s reporting pretty drastic improvements. It’s gonna be a little while but I really think things are gonna be better in the future for us when it comes to medication.
There’s also a new type of CBT that focuses specifically of persecutory delusions called the “feeling safe program”.
I’m hoping we start seeing therapists offering this sooner then later. I have a feeling the first people who get to try this are going to get it online and are gonna have to pay out of pocket.
If you think you won’t recover you probably won’t. If you think you can recover you just might. What side do you want to butter your toast on?
I live with them 24/7 now. I’m able to treat them as background noise. CBT is a game changer - look into it.
I want to be on the winning side 
. Foreal tho… I hope I do get better. I kinda think I can but it’s not easy to live from that.
Anyways thanks for the encouragement shutterbug!!! I hope I reach where you are man …
I still hear voices after 12 years every day.
Nevertheless, I’ve been able to get a second degree, to volunteer, to learn Spanish, to manage my own money, to live abroad, to travel,…
A lot is possible, even with Anxiety. Depression. Voices. Odd thoughts,…
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