At least one sz admin would benefit the actual kind of people here.
Sz is sort of like a physics problem to schizophrenics, and if you’ve never had it before, then you do not understand the problems nor the solutions. How can you know what is good or bad for sz people with sz problems when you are a shop class teacher, or a home ec. teacher? The one can understand the other, but the other cannot understand the people here with the problems that the forum is about because they’ve never successfully dealt with it.
There are 3 kinds of people here:
People before sz
People with sz
People after sz
It’s obvious that the people who’ve achieved the most and passed the test of sz problem should be the chiefs of the forum. That’s people number 3 not people number 1, otherwise this simply is a place to serve the #1 people who are the few, while the majority here are not represented, so we are under served.
Admins that would help solve the problems of sz would be who we would vote for if we were allowed to vote at least one of us in not an outsider, and if people are being helped solve sz instead of prolong it, then word of mouth about the site will spread, and subscribers and click activity will go up.
While this is not beneficial to the #1 people which are the minority here, it is beneficial to the majority and the website owners themselves.
I like the moderators currently. They do a job I would not be willing to do myself, and they are very fair and balanced. I think they understand us just fine. Mental illnesses have a lot of overlap, and we have many shared experiences. Also, two of the mods do have sz.
@Niceberg If you’re referring to the forum moderators, all of the Mods (except for me), have sz/a or have a related disorder with psychosis. Note that currently a couple of the Mods are on break from the forum.
I totally agree with @Ninjastar
All of the Moderators/Administrators here on this site are fair and display a lot of patience regardless of which diagnosis they may have or not have.
I don’t think it really matters whether the mods are scz sufferers or not… This is an open forum for anybody with scz and their friends/relatives who are seeking support, advice and social contact from each other. The mods job is primarily to moderate the content of the forum, to ensure there is no abuse, inappropriate content etc, which makes it a safer place for everyone.
I don’t. I’m prejudiced while not being allowed to explain myself or even answer questions posed to me before being locked up. Prejudiced = Prejudged. I’ve only been represented by people that either fully believe in their positive symptoms and people that are not sz. I barely got to talk to people who have lived through the sz to the phase where they can manage it and live successfully. What’s the problem?
You break forum rules by presenting unscientific opinions as fact, and opening multiple threads about the same topic, even after they get closed. Any of us would get suspended for that behavior as well. And all of the mods would agree on that suspension.
If you don’t feel you are being listened to by the people you consider to be your peers, try changing your approach. I personally have a hard time reading most of what you write, because your posts are too long. Most of us have trouble with focus and concentration. That might be your problem.
I am sz, and I’m batted around like I’m pulling some kind of fraud. I don’t get how just because people can state how they are uninterested in my perspective means I’m a fraud, lock me up, shut me off.
And you don’t mean to include me in that spectrum of moderation. I’m an sz, and you think it’s okay for me to be swatted around, barred, blocked etc. I’m not even going on about hocus pocus, and I can’t even talk to people that I intended to talk to after I figured out who is who.
But then don’t read them. That can’t be my issue. I have a higher IQ or whatever I don’t do drugs, and I research and work all of the time. I get likes in this forum, but you don’t recognize that because you want control of the whole forum, right? What about me and my social needs? Not every number is equal, so why cut me down to fit. Do we want diversity or equality? If equality, how am I unequal? If diversity, how am I not unique? I’m like a few people here. I can’t be like everyone. Sorry if it seems like the posts are out of your realm of understanding. I really wish I could be something for everyone.
@Niceberg the problem is that some of your posts (both the content and the antagonistic posting style) have been upsetting other forum members.
Also, you have the tendency to make unsubstantiated claims about schizophrenia and to pass off your personal opinion or your personal experience as being representative of everyone else’s experience too. For example, referring to a “sz culture”, stating that all people with sz believe in ESP, that having sz is somehow the person’s own fault, etc.). Then when other forum members question your posts or get upset at your posts, you can get pretty unpleasant in your responses.
The old saying, it’s not what you say , it’s how you say it, in short your posts are arrogant and insulting to others. Many may do it not meaning to, but after you get the anger from many other forum members, one is supposed to be able to learn and adjust their posts accordingly.
I’m not sure what you’re saying here. You seem to be unhappy with how others on the forum respond to you. I was just offering a possible way to improve your satisfaction in that area.
You cut me off before I can explain myself to people who were worried I said something and/or asked me what I mean. You asked me specifics, and then cut me off.
I’m sorry if you don’t know everything about it, and I am an sz while you are not. I like to chat, and I like to discuss things. Yes, I present as fact, but I base my fact on evident facts which I haven’t been allowed to bring forward.
SZ is a problem of psychology, and psychology is a big phenomenon of invisible concepts and mechanics, so it is hard to talk about for mostly everyone in the world, and it is especially hard for someone never surviving it and overcoming it with success and achievements in life too have even a whisper of actual understanding clear enough to present anything contributing to the subject that most people familiar with it don’t already know.
But people like my posts, and people were talking to me after I figured out just who is who. This not abnormal, but for some reason anyone who is not interested has to jump on my threads to tell me my posts don’t suit their understanding. Okay, then ask a question, and refrain from judging, or just blow it off.
I made a few friends, okay. I’m okay on the side of the lunch cafeteria I’m on so to speak. There’s no booby trap or fee. It’s okay.
No, you don’t. You like to lecture other forum members and you don’t respond well to questions or differing opinions. You may not realize it or do it intentionally, but your posts can come across as arrogant and condescending.
As moderators, we need to moderate the forum for the good of the majority of forum members, not necessarily to cater to the individual.
@Ninjastar made some good suggestions for how you might adjust your posting style to get a more positive response from other forum members. Whether you’re open to suggestions is ultimately up to you.
While I disagree with your theory, I am also interested in discussing different theories in terms of friendly and respectful debate. I realise that my theories may well be delusional despite seeming perfectly rational to me, perhaps you should consider that although your own thoughts make perfect sense to you, that as a fellow schizophrenic some of your ideas may not be based in reality. I know it can be almost impossible to tell the difference. However when you said to me “you think it’s okay for me to be swatted around, barred, blocked etc”, I find this rather a hostile response. I will refrain from further discussion with you if you react in such a way to a rational and amicable response.
I talked about sz people being of a kind of culture. I explained the phenom of culture to demonstrate.
I took a poll, and 7 people out of 9 said they believe in some form of ESP. I know of not one sz that does not, and I look forward to meeting if there is one.
People with sz denounce ESP, and they lead successful lives. Trying to learn about psychology to learn how other people are thinking who have singular mind paradigms verses those with ubiquitous mind paradigms is a matter of will.
I have tried give my time in responses with scoops of generosity, but if someone is not on my level, they may disagree, and that may cause them to be upset, blame me for this, and then bring bad attention to me while I was making friends and getting positive responses and likes. You asked me to explain, but you quickly blocked me before I could, and then through me out.
I kind of like to answer everyone, but is it mandatory to answer everyone? Is it mandatory to show how deeply sentimental someone is about a post that may or may not pertain to them instead of going on to the next post or beginning a new one to occupy their minds with? Is it not allowed for a new person to try to get a sense of the forum before settling into what’s going on? I ran some post material, and I was trying to figure out where the people here stand.
I don’t agree with all of the threads and posts, but I don’t get hysterical until their shut down. I just go to threads and posts that apply to me because let them talk about they’re talking about.
I don’t do drugs, and I research and work all of the time. I get likes in this forum, but you don’t recognize that because you want control of the whole forum, right? What about me and my social needs? Not every number is equal, so why cut me down to fit. Do we want diversity or equality? If equality, how am I unequal? If diversity, how am I not unique? I’m like a few people here. I can’t be like everyone. Sorry if it seems like the posts are out of your realm of understanding. I really wish I could be something for everyone.