I’m more interested in learning about negative symptoms, because that’s for the most part all I’ve experienced. but i am interested in positive ones as well. 
I could look stuff up but I’d rather hear from personal experience, what is schizophrenia like for you?
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Devilishly handsome with a side order of charm. 
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constant hallucinations that support the thought-broadcasting/targeted individual delusions…
constant misinterpretations of people’s speech to also support said delusions…
sometimes a lot of cognitive issues and fearing my thoughts or just being generally displeased with how unorganized and impulsive they become…
Not too many negatives…
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Its a bit like a dead Soul…but
medication gives it a meaning…
i am sure ur not on medication …Right…???
I suggest u to see a pdoc soon…Always sooner is better…
Peace…
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My main negative is avolition that I try, somewhat sucessfully to overcome by doing things. But the larger part of my days have been in front of the computer playing games, so… I’m trying anyway.
Have some voices, not auditive hallucinations but like thoughts, have some intrusive thoughts, a little to none paranoia. This medicated I mean, unmedicated it’s Delusions Fest, all of them, you name it I have it.
I like my medicated self
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Right now, my main symptoms are AVOLITION, ANHEDONIA (NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS) DEPRESSION.
ANXIETY, OBSESSIVE THINKING - INTRUSIVE IMAGES, THOUGHTS and PARANOIA.
DELUSIONS and HALLUCINATIONS are in check, so far.
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My positive symptoms include: (according to the psychiatrist)
“hallucinations” visual (good and bad) and tactile
"delusions" The media are broadcasting my thoughts and actions, and the department of agriculture are trying to hack my brain crystals.
paranoia
Negative symptoms:
I’m depressed and suicidal
Lack of motivation
Lack of speech and thought
Anxiety (I think that is a negative symptom I’m not sure).
Have you spoken to your Mum yet? I hope it all goes well for you.
noooo, I haven’t. I can’t build up the courage. I don’t know what to say or how to say it. I don’t know how to deal with her reaction. I’m just scared 
I wish I could help you.
You know how I did it with my Mum? I wrote her a letter.
I had been staying with her because I was over stressed from work and was having a breakdown but she didn’t know the full extent of all my symptoms (as I listed in my other post here).
So I wrote her a letter because I had no idea how to sit down and actually verbalise this stuff.
She read it and quietly approached me about it and said it was all ok and that she would help me. I’ve never looked back.
Maybe try writing a letter, that way you won’t see her initial reaction and it gives her time to process everything you have written. If she’s anything like my Mum she will probably have formulated a plan by the time she speaks to you about it.
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Getting close to others is a challenge but i blame others as much as my illness. When i wasn’t taking meds i heard things saw things felt thingsthings. Thought the CIA and FBI and mafias were after me because i was a threat to satanism with my christian delusionsdelusions.This was 20 years ago. Now im just alone alot
Oh hey if you like Egyptian stuff check out Stargate the movie if you haven’t seen it. @eyeofRa
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Hi there. I have a lack of motivation. I also have split second paranoia.
Delusions, hallucinations, intrusive thoughts, ideas of reference, paranoia, etc etc. Negative ones would be avolition and anhedonia. Technically I have the qualifications to be sz but due to my levels of insight I was diagnosed with psychotic depression. Zoloft took away all the negative stuff until I went on Abilify which made my avolition come back really strong.
thank you! that was my plan, and that makes me feel better about doing it. I think my mom will react the same way honestly. I’m not even sure why I’m so scared to tell her… I talk to her about literally everything and this is just something I don’t know how to talk to her about I’ve known somethin was up with me for a while but kinda just put the dots together recently of what I really think it is, or some sort of form anyway… i think I’ll start out listing all my symptoms and write little notes of how I feel about it and what not.
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The earlier you treat this disease the better
I have Schizophrenia all my life, we all do. We only know of it when males hit 17 and females 30 I guess.
I am Schizophrenic but I don’t know it properly.
I have paranoid delusions and worst memory
and after using anti-psychotics I have negative symptoms like anhedonia and avolution and even worse memory
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You did right. When you see the doctor, you can describe your symptoms clearly.
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Very severe negatives. Meds keep delusions away. But I don’t think anhedonia can get any worse than this. I can’t tolerate anything, even video games or tv I can’t do. I literally spend all day lying in bed (and no I am not tired nor sleeping). I am betting that people like me are prolly part of the 10% that kill themselves.
that’s really sad. I definitely understand the feeling, but surely not as severe… do you ever try to make yourself do anything?
Yes, friday nights and sunday nights I spend with family. I can do little things in very small doses.
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