Blind people don’t have sz. What about sz getting blind?
Would you be blind to escape sz?
Maybe a temporary blindness. Science can do that.
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I had schizophrenia and no depth perception. It was hell. I was dissociated could only see in 2 dimensions. I was blind in a way.
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No. My mother was blind, she had a much more limited life than most here.
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It takes enormous trust, like taking the unknown experimental drugs. Its disabling.
I am sure we can convince some volunteers.
Personally, I cant think of much worse than being blind. Everything I like to do requires vision, from hunting and fishing to playing video games and the internet.
The few things I can think of that would be worse include being paralyzed from the neck down, or being in a coma but still aware.
Having a psychotic disorder sucks, but for my level of functioning there are a metric f-ton of other things that I would consider worse. This is a personal preference, but I would take psychosis over my level of OCD and anxiety as that effects EVERYTHING I do and the only way to get some kind of relief is to give in to my compulsions.
Psychosis is hell, but mine is managed okay with meds. I still havent found the right meds for anxiety and OCD and I’ve had those longer than I’ve had psychosis of any kind.
Granted, my level of functioning is worse when I’m psychotic, but I dont care as much if that makes any sense.
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You have to be blind from birth and it has to be unrelated to your eyes and the nerves from your eyes. It is a very rare condition.
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Someone worked it out already. It doesn’t.
Would I choose being blind from birth over psychosis or schizophrenia? Maybe. Sometimes, I think Hell Ya!
I mean this because I cannot remember my life really before the schizophrenia. If you ever seen Inception I feel like I’m in Limbo with schizophrenia. That’s how I truly experience the world. I have tried rationalizing things, but it just ends up confirming my thoughts and delusions. I have had some negative thoughts, emotions, and delusions over the years about being hurt, especially in my other past lives. I don’t want this to ever happen again.
Sometimes, being partially blind is worse than being totally blind because when I saw reality it looked like an actual video game. Reality looked really ■■■■■■■ fake for 6-7 years every day and it drove me insane. I’m better now.
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According to the fake thoughts if I was born deaf I would have escaped my schizophrenia, because then the voices couldn’t mess with me.
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being blind is not a good way to look at it,
work on your strengths and try and build on that if you can, if not then just be comfortable in your own shoes. keep taking your meds.
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I find anxiety leads me down a road of delusions and paranoia… ESPECIALLY if my body temperature changes significantly. Does ANYONE else find this to be true? My pdocs, over time, say that this is logical… anyone?
Thanks ever so much! 
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Actually, deaf people do experience sz/sza.
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I’ve had three eye surgeries as a kid and being blind is not a good thing. Sure it was temporary but it was a hell I don’t wish to re-experience. Sza isn’t fun but we all have our challenges.
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I’ve read things about the deaf being tormented as well. Studies have shown that even those born profoundly deaf can hear with the miracle of schizophrenia
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