Which would you pick to recover from…?
I would pick getting back my attention so I can watch tv and study for class without any problems.
I have recovered from many symptoms already. But this one persists so I can’t chill and watch a movie.
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I would get my memory back.
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My sleeping pattern. My body clock tells me its night at around 9am and I don’t wake up until between 6 and 9pm…that’s really the only part of my ‘‘negative’’ symptoms that are disabling…I can function well in the hours that I’m up, I can socialise and enjoy company although my social circle is near non-existent so its even more frustrating as I want to go out but don’t really have the people to go out with nor am I awake at the right times to do so.
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Yes I feel the need to socialize too. But psychosis put me in years of isolation. I started to rebuild my social circle by meeting friends at support group, volunteering, classes, wedding, through parents friends and calling up people I used to know for lunch. One person I called up admitted she was sza too and we went on a hike together. Some people will turn you down since you are ill. It is easiest to make friends with other disabled people and those who befriend the disabled.
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catatonia is what id get rid of, i spend most of my day on the couch staring at the floor. i can handle all the positive symptoms–its the loneliness and isolation i cant handle.
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I would choose the same, tukey. Attention problems are also very insulative. They diminish my ability to socialize and they make me very insecure. I would like to have deeper and longer conversations with friends.
The worst thing is not the movies, but the news. They are very fast for me, and with too much information.
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I think I would choose avolition. I don’t know for sure, but it sure would make a lot of things a lot easier.
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alogia ١٥١٥١٥١٥
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Its hard to choose since i feel they are all intertwined
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It’s hard to pick just one but probably my memory. It would make life easier. I have a hard time recalling things I’ve learned or just studied/read ( like crystallized intelligence or putting information into words?). And I can’t remember much before my illness. I also would like better short term memory like digit manipulation or for calculating things. According to a brain game, my listening skills suck, which might be related to attention and memory. I don’t know, but if I had a great memory and didn’t forget things or have things blocked, school and getting a career would be 10x easier. I mean I wouldn’t need to try so hard and would need less motivation. The plus side to my bad memory is some traumatic things I can’t recall. So the meds are doing their job. It might be part of the healing process.
I took calculus like 7-8 years ago and I feel like I lost a lot of the information even though I used it a lot since then. I’m sure some of this is normal but I know some of the other math majors had better retention than me.
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I would pick recover from negative symptoms. I can be smart and feel like crap, or be dumb and feel happy. One might lead to the other down the road but hey, at least I was happy.
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I want my head pain to stop. I was getting voices but those have stopped 99.9% recently. Kind of lonely now, to be honest.
The negative symptoms are all tied to my head pain, the stress of socializing is like an ice pick in my brain.
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Yeah my attention span is that of a gold fish! I’d agree.
I used to have energy. I used to have a manic way of working…that is long gone on the meds and the sz itself.
I’m working hard on attention. No movies but reading daily. I’d like to have a second gear though…that is hard on the pills. I’d love to be able to do what I did but age and sz is a hard thing to overcome!
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I would my attention back too. 
Could you describe your subjective experience with catatonia? 
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Executive functioning.
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Yes, executive functioning.
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It’s hard to pick just one.
But the thing that hinders me the most is my energy level. I get tired very easily, and I can’t function through a whole schoolday. I need many naps, and I sleep for a long time, yet I feel like I haven’t had enough rest.
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