Sz and depression made me unfeeling. I just don’t care about anyone anymore.
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That and medication side effects.
It taught me to be grateful that I have a manageable illness and not something worse.
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It’s done many things to me throughout my life. Too much to get into detail here. But I try not to focus on that. I try my best to focus on the present.
It gave me high cholesterol, made me overweight. Made me weak and scared and lazy
It’s distorted my mind entirely…it’s made me scared of everyone…it’s made me bitter and even toxic at times … It’s exacerbated my other issues …it’s taken everything from me at one point or another except my life …
Thank you life for this wonderful gift 
It transformed me
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It gave me a second chance in life !
With a reminder for every single thought I make
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I heard somewhere about this guy that became bipolar later in life. He said he had to build a new type of life or something. Aside from the struggle that’s what happened to me.
Made me realize that I was very blessed to be born in this period of time with modern medicine. While it definitely has its trials and afflictions, it’s usually countered by finding the right therapy and medication. Don’t give up, that’s what I tell myself.
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It’s the fear I hate the most. I was never very brave to begin with even before I got sick though I had my little adventures. I wasn’t even this fearful just 7 or 8 years ago but now fear has me in its grip. Fear of people mainly. People take advantage of it. I still go out and do stuff but I’m easily intimidated.
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Hmmm lets see what sza did to me. First, I lost my sanity, then, my husband, then each of my lovers, then each of my cars, then my house, then my nursing license and career, then my son, then my job, then each of my volunteer jobs.
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Schizophrenia did to me… well… more specifically psychosis made me lose my mind to a point where my uncontrollable mind made me presently have a semi-functional right hand. I have both an invisible & visible disability.
It took away my dignity. Then I lost everything else. Now I only listen to music. Don’t have much energy for anything else.
I don’t understand how such a horrible illness can exist?
The bullying related trauma and the severe social anxiety has done far more damage than the sz/sz-a. The sz/sz-a has been at the milder end of having sz/sz-a. My daughter’s theory, which I agree with,is that the stress of being an undiagnosed autistic child and teenager led to sz/sz-a developing . Stress has always been my Achilles heel. Lack of help and support for the marked executive functioning difficulties re organising and planning have also also had more of a detrimental effect, functioning wise, than the positive and negative symptoms of sz/sz-a
I’d like to be positive here, but definitely robbed me of a lot of things in life… with that said I’d agree with people saying it makes you more grateful at the same time… so it did its damage for sure
To be honest, it’s just made me lazy. Primarily because of disinterest in the world but also meds. By lazy I mean, weak willpower.
Everything else is controlled/contained by the meds imo.
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I can see toxic people! That’s what it’s done to me… one medication f****d it up for me
Edit: too sensitive lol
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mostly depression