What do you believe caused your schizophrenia?

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I ate some bad potato salad at a picnic that had been sitting out in the sun all day.

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weed and genetics

sisters both have sz as well as me - 2 of us were heavy users before it manifested, the 3rd was addicted to LSD

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excessive use of porn (similar to drug), antidepressants that may contribute to the dopamine release problems and on and off of drugs( mainly antidepressants +small amount of antipsychotics)

sinusitis may also cause similar symptoms of psychosis as i have got tinnitus recently and i think i gonna have a check for that as well

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Double binds, stress during childhood

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Mental abuse as a child, and 19 years married to a mental abuser. I had no psychotic or schizophrenic symptoms until middle age, although I did suffer anxiety as a child and all throughout my marriage.

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Trauma and genetics. I had a bad experience.

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Genetics
Toxic family and absence of parental affection
Bullyng

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I truly believe my marijuana smoking during my high school days lead to my prodromal phase in college. Combine that with a history of mental illness in the family, and it was a wrap.

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My mother didnā€™t want to let go. She neglected me all during my childhood so that I was not confident about taking care of myself. And then, when the time came to leave the nest, I was unprepared to cope with the realities of life. It was the perfect setup for me to remain with my mother forever.

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Mine was severe stress and no genetics.

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It was the stress of living in a city that just had a creepy vibe to it that didnā€™t sit well with me. I was far from home. Plus the fact that I never ate fish my whole life. No omega 3s to support my brain. Along with some genetic component that made me vunerable to getting it. I never really used drugs.

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Btw why do we have some many anon on here?

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Stress, marijuana and possibly genetics.

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Cat poop. It must have been the kitty literacy. Asked Bob on the bus or in the War To End All Wars.

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Genes which were activated by rampant stress that came on suddenly and which was sustained over a very short period of time which meant no chance to adapt to it.

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I have no beliefs, since my condition controls what I believe, but there are theories, in no particular order:

  • Genetics
  • A great amount of stress or/and anxiety
  • The ET-s:
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I think it was stress that triggered my first psychosis.

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  • Mental illness runs in my family from both sides
  • Mother dropped me on my head when I was young
  • She was and still is intrusive and seeks conflictā€¦ unfortunately, itā€™s because she loves me
  • I did marijuana, mdma, and acid for a short time
  • In grade school my own friends set me up for a fight. Trust issues followed
  • The many unavoidable times I was humiliated and embarrassed

Brain scan proved my brain is not functioning normally and I got ssi

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I actually think the number one culprit for me is low self esteem :((

Everything else stems from that

Like drugs and ā– ā– ā– ā– 

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pornnnnnnnnnnn, obsession