Who all knows about your diagnosis? I’d say everyone in my life knows pretty much. My parents (obviously) and all my friends- except one and I can’t decide if I should even tell her. In fear she will reject me. I also at some point had my username on Instagram with skitzo in it. And who knows how many people in my town know… word travels fast in small towns
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Everyone in my family. I’m still not a bad person.
At the cricket club…all the really old folk know I went psychotic there 20 years ago…most of the newer folk know I don’t work but I’m entertaining…I get sick of trying to explain things to people who think I have multiple personalities.
I think in the scheme of things I’m pretty open and informative but most people have other problems with their lives and honestly it doesn’t come up much…until you say I don’t work. I’m on a disability pension.
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True that… my friend I’m speaking of is a stay at home wife so I just explain to her that it’s the same for me lol and that’s my explanation why I don’t work. I also feel like I’m still a pretty good person- and that it’s good for my friends to know my diagnosis cause then they can see I’m pretty much just like them still. Hopefully it helps the stigma @rogueone
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A few of my old friends know, but I live in a smaller town so probably many people know lol, also when I told my family besides my mom about it they broke off contact. I’m torn if I ever make friends or date again if I should tell them right away or wait.
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Plenty people know. No one cares. It’s no big deal. I tell anyone if it happens to come up or if there’s a reason they should know.
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I def get you on the small town thing lol. Sorry to hear about your family- that’s not cool! @lofifunk
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I don’t brag about it but if I really have to tell them I do. Like when they ask why I don’t work and why I didn’t continue doing a master in university. My parents and brothers saw me psychotic. My 3 friends know, one of them didn’t accept that mental illness exists, he’s too religious.
He told me to stop my meds and to stop seeing a psychiatrist, he doesn’t believe in science. I don’t talk to him often. 2 of my uncles know because they visited me in mental hospital. The wife and kids of one of those uncles visited me in mental hospital.
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My entire family including my extended family knows that I have a severe mental illness.
My doctors including my family doctor knows that I suffer with bipolar disorder.
A couple of my Aunts know that I suffer with some schizophrenia as well.
It’s basically no one else’s business.
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Yeah, I think a funny part of small town life is when a rumor finally gets back to you and it’s so off and random from being passed through all the different people. And yeah kinda stinks but nothing I can do. I have fluffy animal family now lol.
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Most of my extended and immediate family, but also a few others. This last school year I told my speech class about my schizophrenia. I did this because I thought it was time to open about it, definitely since I was more healthy then. But I also did it because I wanted to reduce the stigma on mental illness, showing even people that had a lot of friends could get schizophrenia. Luckily I did well and I got a 96 percent on it. But yeah, I’m not afraid to tell people like I used to be.
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Hahah I don’t even want to imagine the rumors that have spread about me. (If any have- none have gotten back to me.) @lofifunk
Aw a fluffy animal family is always nice!
That’s pretty brave of you! @John_Raven more power to you!
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My husband, parents and siblings know I have sza (and my pdoc and you guys on here)
My in laws know I have a mental illness but not what it is. And two or three friends.
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Very few people.
My husband,
My sister,
My mother in law (only because she moved in with us),
My parents,
A couple of my friends and that’s it.
Even my parents don’t know I was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia,
They just know I have severe mental illness.
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i used to tell anyone, if it came up in conversation. so a few people know, unless they have forgotten. not many people ask me anymore why i don’t work. i don’t say anything about it anymore to people. probably just family know. im kind of a recluse, so nobody to tell thankfully.
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That’s pretty crazy your parents don’t even know your diagnosis! You must be very strong @GoldenRex
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I’m open about it my family and a few friends know
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My mom, husband, 20 year old daughter, and one sister knows. Oh yeah, and my best friend. No one else knows. I hide it as much as possible.
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