I’d have friends. I’d do well at work. I’d have a family. I’d be happy.
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In some ways being sick really does have perks. Since I can no longer work full time, I have more time to see friends, visit family every year, etc… but if I were healthier I would be more active and focus more on my health and weight, teach full time, and have more friends.
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See sometimes I think that mentality is what got us in trouble / schizophrenic in the first place. It’s not you but what you said. Nobody deserves schizophrenia but I wonder if things turned out this way / my way because of my behavior. I used to be very self centered. Maybe even lacked a little empathy. Now that I am schizophrenic/ disabled / suffering I’m a nicer person.
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Simply, feel good.
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Well, I wanted to work in finance or be an economist. I wanted to be rich. I wanted to be an entrepreneur and retire early.
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I would do hobbies a lot more. I rarely do hobbies because I just don’t have the mental or physical energy.
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I’d have a job in law enforcement. That or I’d be a stay at home mom of 2 or three kids. I agree that sz sucks.
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If I had always been a healthy normie, I would probably be an R.N. somewhere and looking forward to my retirement.
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I’d go jogging, I’d run for miles.
Talking about my heart issues. My head issues haven’t really stopped me from doing anything I want to.
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Believe it or not I originally planned to put rp in the title. Not sure why rp. Me and my friends were going to try and rp on a forum like pathfinder or d&d so I wondered if this had a fun section. I was scared to ask and doubted so I wanted to make my own.
I didn’t know how it would work. With other people or by one self. I wanted more of a story post. Idk what I was thinking.
But wow we all have lives that were affected. Dreams crushed. I mean I loved what I got. I read each one. Yeah I’m weird lol
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I’d travel. I can’t because I’m on clozaril and I need blood test monthly.
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I’d be back to teaching fourth graders.
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I was studying towards becoming a doctor. My childhood dream was to be a pianist. I didn’t make as either of those things. Sometimes I think maybe it’s just as well cuz from what I’ve read a lot of doctors get sued anyways and don’t recommend the profession to their kids. I’m lucky cuz the meds work for me I know they don’t for everyone. At this point I’m interviewing for accounting positions and right now I’m hopeful I’ll get an offer. But I was originally planning on graduating at the same time as my peers and getting married and having kids. I’ve given up on
Having kids. Even if I changed my mind my biological clock is ticking and I don’t even have a boyfriend at 28 years old. Maybe I’ll marry someday. If things had been different I definitely would not still be dependent on my parents or SSI. I’m happy that I’m making progress but I won’t really feel better until I graduate and have a full time offer.
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I’d be happy46788
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I would practice more meditation and develop myself deeply in spirituality.
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Accounting is a good profession.
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What’s wrong with estonia?
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Hard to say, if I could go back as a normal, probably would have been a lawyer
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I always liked doing physical jobs, outdoors. After high school I had no plans, no dreams. I toyed with the thought of becoming a lawyer, I was well read and being a lawyer interested me. It was a short-lived desire.
Right before I got sick and hospitalized when I was 19 I had taken a test to become a highway maintenance person. The guys you see out on freeways picking up trash, taking care of the landscaping, cleaning up major spills or other huge clean-up jobs. My dad had done it years ago, he encouraged me take the test.
I thought it was a good idea, up to that point most of my jobs were minimum wage jobs which was $2.65 an hour back in 1978 when I got my first job. The highway job paid a salary of about $1600 a month to start which was a small fortune to me.
My dad drove me up to San Francisco to take the test. There were about 50 guys taking it in a big room (I remember the guy next to me was cheating). But I got sick right about that time and I didn’t work again for the next three years.
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I would wake up in the morning and not feel like crap for no reason. Then I would lead a full and productive life and raise a family.
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