they dont want us to live a normal life. dont allow us to have a job, family etc…etc… they see us as a threat to the society. we are slaves to this psychiatry machine.
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That’s not true for a lot of us. I’m on meds and work a part time job, am married, and raising kids.
Your life is what you make of it. Medication and therapy and psychiatric medicine helps me reach a higher function level.
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Its not their fault that we have sz cmon be realistic. I have severe positive, negative and cognitive symptoms. Meds fixed the positive symptoms so now I am coherent and able to post here. I still have negative and cognitive symptoms and stay in bed all day everyday but that’s no one’s fault. Life is random.
Recovery is very possible, it just takes time and med compliance.
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I have a pretty normal life.
A schizophrenic man have a harder time to live a normal life than a schizophrenic woman. More men are diagnosed with schizophrenia than women. Schizophrenic women can live off the financial support of a normal husband whereas as schizophrenic men have difficulty supporting a normal wife financially due to the schizophrenic man’s instability of being employed.
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I agree with this a lot, I never say it because I don’t want to be targeted as anti-female, but the truth is a lot of women expect the man to provide even in today’s progressive climate. I feel much more limited as a man seeking a woman. I had a guy try and date me once, he offered to pay for pretty much everything I needed. I prefer women though so I said no, and continue to face difficulty in dating because I can’t really provide for another person (I can only afford to provide for myself). Before getting sick I pulled in much more income.
If I find someone to be with she’s going to need to be able to support herself financially.
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That’s extremely sexist. For your information my husband didn’t support me, I supported my family based on my writing income for years. He’s normal and relied on me.
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Well, I get a check every month just for being mentally ill – I take meds to make me feel better, I have a beautiful apartment, I live close to resources like groceries, my psych Dr cares about me … It ain’t all bad!
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Uh, I would have to disagree with that, the facts say otherwise. I prefer to think of all the jobs I’ve had where I pulled my own weight or how I lived in society on my own for 20 years, working, taking classes, and doing other productive things. And I don’t recall asking anyone for permission, it was me who applied for jobs by myself, went to the interview and got the job.
It was me alone who enrolled in college, bought the books and sat in class. It was me who looked in the classified ads and found places to live. I’m a free man and I’ve paid taxes and stayed out of trouble and contributed positively to society and no ones going to stop me from working or anything else I want to do but myself.
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@anon4362788, are you in the US? Are you on SSDI? How long have you been working part time?
I’m just stating the facts which is men are usually the breadwinners and women are the home makers. There are exceptions such as your case which may be plotted as an outlier on a statistical bell-shaped curve.
My mom was the breadwinner in our family too. I admit it’s not that way with every family, but part of the fact is that I’d love to be able to provide for a woman, I just can’t. I see a lot of women that are supported by their husbands, and it’s intimidating.
Most women I’ve dated back when I was dating expected me to pay for the first date, and I had to start going to coffee shops instead of restaurants to save money. I agree sexism is a problem, but there are differences between men and women (some of them cultural), and merely acknowledging those differences in itself isn’t necessarily sexist in my opinion.
I’m not trying to upset anybody though, just trying to get to a place where I don’t feel inadequate anymore I suppose. Maybe it’s a personal problem for me and I shouldn’t drag others into it, I don’t know.
If only it was 1950 again, ay?
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Yes, I’m in the US. No I don’t get SSDI. I’ve been working part time since December. I was a full time freelance writer and author for over 10 years.
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Yes, those were the days where men could open a door for a woman without being nagged at.
I hold open the door for anyone. I am not bothered if you have a penis or a vagina
This conversation is going off in a tangent but usually a man would open a door for a woman who has a toddler grasping her hand.
Back to topic, there are a lot of people suffering. What matters is we give as much quality of life as we can to people who need it so they can recover as much possible
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It isn’t an “outlier”. Fully 40% of households in the US are headed by women earners. I couldn’t find reliable data for the rest of the world, but I’m sure it’s lower just because of outdated views on women working in some countries
https://blog.dol.gov/2017/03/01/12-stats-about-working-women