Is anyone afraid of walking alone, and if so, how did you overcome it? Or did you not overcome it? The place where I live is full of people on the street and this stresses me out because they are very gossipy.
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Yes, in the early days i was very scared of going out on my own, i was paranoid about what might happen but luckily my parents had a nice dog and i took him out once a week to the shops, it was very hard but i didnāt want to let my Mum or dad down by saying no, they knew it was difficult for me but still didnāt like me to stay inside all of the time. I was asked to get milk and things etc the dog was great, helped so much,
I couldnāt keep a dog all the time though as it is so much work but there is a site i have looked at called borrow my doggy and that seems like a good compromise bc Iād get to walk a neighbours dog when it suited me.
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My area is relatively safe, but I get suspicious of cars with dark windows, etc. Sometimes people try to talk to me (especially when I lost a lot more weight, men would talk to me more). Sometimes I say hi, but thatās it. People sort of get right away that I want the conversation to be over with.
I feel better if I donāt get into a pattern of going somewhere at the same time, so mix up where you go and when you go. I hear you about the gossip.
Itās best to just tell the truth about yourself. When people ask, āWhat do you do for a living?ā I say, āIām currently on ODSP, for a health issue. Iām trying to get better by going for walks.ā
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They already know that I have a disease and they insist on making jokes when I leave the house, they stay on the street all day waiting for someone else to talk to, when I leave the house they start to get more aggressive, and my voices get worse with new voices. Every time I leave the house I either go out early in the morning or take an taxi. The problem with taxis is that it is very expensive to go to appointments, especially if it is far away.
Well. When I was younger I had the Walk alone issues like most schizophrenics but today Iām greeting all the people on the sidewalks and in the cars. And let me tell you a secret. Most are greeting back.
You know an alien is just a friend you still donāt know.
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Sorry to hear youāre suffering. Are these real people making jokes and getting aggressive? Can you film them with your phone and file a police report? Phones are useful to rule out hallucinations.
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I donāt know if I could do this and greet others.
What would be delusions, I have schizophrenia but I still donāt understand what it means to think about something that isnāt happening? If so, my delusions wonāt go away with medication.
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Did you try Clozapine? Its the most effective AP
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Yes, I used it for 1 month but I had to stop because it made me very fat and made me drugged.
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Did it get rid of your symptoms? What meds did you try?
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You āmightā be able to catch signs that itās a fake visual.
I remember my first hallucination when I was 24 (one of the few Iāve been able to ācatchā). I was on a bus and I heard people bad mouthing me at the back of the bus, making fun of my hair colour (it was an unusual colour at the time). I got off at my stop and headed toward my martial arts class, but I felt like I was being followed. So I sat down on a bench near a bus stop and looked around to see if anyone was following me.
A woman who bullied me in grade school and high school walked toward the bus stop and just stared at me. I glared back at her, daring her to say something. She said nothing as she passed me, heading behind the bench. I looked back to watch her leave, but when I turned, I saw nothing but the empty field (it was a smallish field). There was no way she could walk away, out of sight so fast. I was very rattled after that. I did not like the idea that I was seeing stuff that wasnāt thereā¦
My visual hallucinations are seamless most of the timeā¦this is very scary. The only other time I could tell it was fake was when a friend pointed out that there was no one there, after I complained someone I used to know was watching me (we were at a mall).
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Iāve tried several, the ones that work best for me are the ones that make me very sleepy, but I donāt know how to get used to the tiredness, how do you get used to it?
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The sedation gets better and I sleep less caffeine helps but the negative symptoms stay
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I only have negative symptoms with medications that sedate, but the more modern ones donāt happen, but I become very psychotic.
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