I am a recent schizophrenic. So I am very new to the community. However, thankfully I am blessed with awareness and functionality. I was in the hospital and was ill-treated by the doctor…all of you guys said not to call the police, which i won’t because i decided to forget about it…unless he bothers me again. But what I also heard is that if you are sick laws can use them against you and you will lose legally? That makes me scared. That means health professionals can do anything and get away with it by saying you are delusional or hallucinating.
Anyways it has been a hard battle for me but i am now finishing my bsc honours I am currently following the saying ‘plan for the worst but hope for the best’…because of alot of losses, and these voices are very abusive…they tell me i cant’ suceed i should do my masters etc. And they are very constant despite my medication. So I am using my deaf cousin as an inspiration…i am want to do something in the deaf community as a career…currently though i don’t have masters i have a bsc and i am seeing if i can squeeze into hearing research. i want to learn asl and make new friends…my way of saying voices…u keep making them but im making real friends in different community…and best of all, helping them! But i must admit it is such a battle cuz im alone in a city away from home and these voices swear at me, spit at me, say i can’t succeed…like right now they say ‘aww’ sarcastically…it is sooooooo hard
I was also wondering what you guys are studying or working as…it would be nice to hear what other people with my illness are doing