I saw something similar to this but couldn’t find it again, so what’s the worst thing that has happened to you because of sz? And a good thing?
Only if you feel like opening up!
I’m stuck between never forgive, never forget, or forgive! Hmm
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Worst thing that’s happened-
I almost physically hurt someone very close to me AND I also almost lost my then boyfriend (now husband) because of psychosis.
Best thing-
I don’t know 
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Sounds pretty bad right when you sit and think about it? @anon61987434 lucky none of those things played out right? You in a better position than me that’s for sure… and I can’t think of anything good oh my parents didn’t kick me out!!
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Yeah, I’m very lucky, in a sense.
I assaulted my family and got into a fight with my best childhood friend, I lost that friend. Cops brought me to mental hospital.
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That’s heavy, I wish I went out like that, did have opportunities but with my psychosis I just kept to myself. Do you regret it or nah?
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Got arrested twice, but the worst (or embarrassing rather) thing was when i confessed my feelings for someone in a very public way.
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Yes I regret it deeply, it wouldn’t have happened if I had never stopped my meds.
How long did it take you to accept the diagnosis? I bet you were on top of it is that right?
[quote=“Aziz, post:8, topic:307841, full:true”] it wouldn’t have happened if I had never stopped my meds.
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Yeah makes sense, I didn’t at the start but now I take my meds!
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Good topics tonight.
Turned into a smoker,for a few years I got really fat too cus olanzapine but been off that since Nov. 22’ and been losing a lotta weight.
Mainly though I just feel like it stole so much potential from me. But we don’t get to pick what life hands us.
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Well, I lost my friends, twice now… got minor sexually assaulted 6 times, was petty at the time but I stood up for myself 5/6 times, lucky it didn’t go further, and lost 2 jobs that I liked… this was over the cause of about 10 years!! @AppleKidd @Aziz @anon90598247 @anon61987434
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Took me years to accept the diagnosis. I accepted it half heartedly within a year. But it has taken longer to fully accept.
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What were the arrests for?
Would prefer not to say. It was agression/arms related.
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When I fully accepted it, people started noticing… hope you don’t have to go through what I went through, I suppose we all have challenges…but that drove me nuts, parents got the brunt of it, turned me toxic… hoping time heals all wounds!
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Bad things have happened to me over the course of the last 43 years but I can’t really blame them on schizophrenia. I had schizophrenia when I got fired from jobs, got addicted to crack and got kicked out of a couple living situations but those were all due to bad decisions I made and I can’t really blame my illness. I guess I was delusional about my neighbor when I threatened her and the police came but I still made that choice to threaten her and I could have chosen not to threaten her.
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Fair enough @77nick77 but you gotta admit when you’re in psychosis it’s gotta be a who’s in control situation… like you know where you are and who you are, but, it’s a bit of a doozy cause maybe everyone is different, but I just wanted to succeed and that was it, my situation was that I just wanted to finish stuff I started. Had a good 1.5 years at a job, with no medication, in the grand scheme of things that’s not long, I got fired when I told them I had mh issues, maybe could of worked longer if I didn’t, I just feel a mess rn and numb to things, I know my rights now as well… and I could sue for losing a job, but that’s in the past. Did you have any good recollections?
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Yes, I have some good recollections. When I first got psychotic I was put in a group home. I was 19 and there was this 22 year old woman and we used to fool around; that was fun. When I first got to the group home I used to have little parties in my room with this guy my age there and the girl. We would drink some beer and smoke some pot and talk; that was fun. At first the counselors looked the other way but then they cracked down and stopped the parties.
There was a park at the end of the street with some tennis courts and I walked down with one of the counselors and we played tennis. We have these used book stores in California called recycled book stores and I used to walk 6 blocks down the street to hang out in the book store; did that for awhile. I got up early on a couple of Sundays and went jogging downtown, before anything was open, even before the street people were up and about. Those were some good memories of that place. I have plenty of good memories from my life over the years.
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worst thing…lost my ability to read books…still trying but sometimes it seems it is never going to get better…really frustrated about that…damn concentration.
best thing I got a reason to write my delusional journey in a book…
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