Absolute twaddle. Phrenology is a joke fad that died about a century back.
Bureaucrats…
So, what do you want me to say? That my sister was diagnosed at age two, and I was never diagnosed? Even when I wasn’t walking or talking or using the potty on my own when I was supposed to? I’m not the one responsible for what my mom told me. I don’t remember any of it.
My sister and I are identical twins! To this day I’m still trying to figure out why one of us has severe autism and the other has a severe mental illness. Do you think I’m proud of this or that I am making any of it up?
We each had genetic samples to confirm if we are actually identical or not. Also the tests should tell us more about the genetic component of our mutual disorders. I underwent a brain scan study recently where researchers took pictures of my brain and measured my brain activity using an MRI machine. My sister couldn’t do the study because her autism is too severe. My mom told me there was no way she could lay still in the machine long enough for anyone to take pictures of her brain. If she could, we would know more. It’s unfortunate.
I thought you were complaining you were being labeled as mentally ill when you are not, in fact, mentally ill? This whole notion spawned a rather large thread.
There seems to be some correlation between autism and schizophrenia so it’s not entirely surprising for one twin to have one and the other to have, well, the other. I’m actually DX’ed with both conditions. I don’t consider autism to be an illness, but actually a useful enhancement in most cases (that aren’t social scenarios). SZ, OTOH, is definitely an illness.
What’s your point? The facts are that I am diagnosed as of age 15, I have symptoms, I’m on medication to treat these symptoms, and I attend treatment regularly. I seek it out on my own because I know the benefits.
Maybe the distinction I was trying to make in the very long thread I created was a bit too confusing for you? I was just trying to say that I am a masochist, and at one time sought out the punishment and exile imbued by a lifelong psychiatric hospitalization, which resulted in my diagnosis, and it sticks! I am exasperated as to why the diagnosis sticks, when I was the one who set into motion the activities which led to my diagnosis to begin with.
From now on, I’ll just concede that I’m mentally ill to avoid overcomplicating things, and say that I also have this permanent delusion that I’m not mentally ill. I won’t engage you any further on this issue.
I’m trying to figure out what your point is. You send conflicting messages. This is a site for those who suffer from SZ/A or related disorders with comparable symptoms. If you experience these symptoms, welcome. If you don’t, then wondering why you’re here.
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i believe you @girlbeauty 
i think sz is so difficult to have because of the medication we have to take every day bc i get fed up with them and deep down i really dont want to take them but i have to
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@Webby. I understand detachment from others. I don’t even call my son who lives w his dad and stepmom. I just feel so detached from him.
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