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Oh man, I'm probably half schizophrenic, tried some antipsychotics at some point and had same reaction, and recently started to spend most my time outside (slee

Oh man, I'm probably half schizophrenic, tried some antipsychotics at some point and had same reaction, and recently started to spend most my time outside (sleeping too), I found a nice spot. Fortunately I still have my remote developer job, and try to remain stable but I'm over sensitive and in the long run I can't sleep in my apartment (noise, smells - cigarette, here in France, it's horrible, maybe WIFI waves too). But isolation tends to makes me a bit more tolerant to people, I love birds and any really natural living being though

iaaan 2y ago
Just out of curiosity (no obligation to respond): how long have you been experiencing these difficulties? Have you always been sensitive to these things?
- 11235813213455 2y ago
  I'm 39 now, since 22-24 so 15+ years, it started at the end of studies, I started to stop spending money (except appt. rent), OCD things appeared, I manage to keep stable jobs and after years I started eating better, fueling better the brain, most OCD troubles disappeared, but I feel like I changed myself to someone more sensitive, more wild in some way. in the long run I can't handle a "normal life", sit down in a closed air-conditioned place, eat industrial food, tolerate cigarette smokers around, noisy motorbikes, and all forms of pollutions. I started to also try to avoid polluting as much as possible, by respect for nature, which is my real efficient treatment I think
  - madmask 2y ago
    I would move outside of the city/town, on a very small but independent house far from others. A quiet and beautiful natural place. Now internet is everywhere and it’s possible to work from nice places.
    - Loughla 2y ago
      The problem is if you need medical care, there aren't great options in rural areas. Source: the closest hospital to me is 30 minutes and it sucks out loud for anything but basic injuries.
      - madmask 2y ago
        May be true, but if there are no other pathologies that require frequent visit to the hospital, and the quiet living might help the mental side of things, why not? Maybe giving it a go for a while at first. Maybe it’s just me, I only once in almost 40 years required urgent medical attention and would have survived without.. so I don’t understand the worry about not having an hospital close to home.
        11235813213455 2y ago
        Thanks yes that's my plan and hope. I don't need much healthcare, except maybe teeth (that got a bit damaged when I was too underweight), not something frequent
        Loughla 2y ago
        Good luck. I really mean that. Rural living definitely is relaxing and helps you connect with nature. But the isolation can be difficult. Hit me up if you want tips on how to cope. I am not schizophrenic, but I do have Tourettic OCD which makes it hard to 'fit' into society at large. I do want to stress, if you have untreated mental illness, rural life is not a cure. It can make it worse.
stndef 2y ago
I'm not a professional, and I'm not diagnosing, but I am diagnosed autistic and I share some of what you're talking about here. I'm sensitive to noise, smells, lights and vibrations (living next to a very busy road, I can feel almost every large non-electric vehicle go by -- makes working from home hard at points). Worth reading into if you have the energy. I do know folks who are diagnosed with schizophrenia and they seem to have an underlying component of some neurodivergence (arguably schizophrenia should also be considered neurodivergence) and went through an extreme burnout/traumatic event. Hope you're able to get some peace!
- retrac 2y ago
  I moved twice in the last few years. Immediately after moving I was completely unable to sleep. Too bright. Too loud. What are these noises? What is that vibration? For me, it fades after a few weeks. The train can be rumbling by with the horn going and I'll sleep right through it now. I think maybe for some, that filter never builds up. Not sure how to articulate it but it does seem a significant component of both autism and schizophrenia (which in some ways seem to be almost opposites) is a difficulty in developing that sort of filtering-out of the constant sensory bombardment we're all under.
  - stndef 2y ago
    Acclimitisation can be hard. In some cases I can put things to the back of my mine, but often it's just hard or not possible. Certainly in my experience and from talking to others who identify or have been diagnosed similarly, in the majority of cases you don't get used to certain things. You can't acclimitise and that's why a load of people who are autistic aren't employed. I might seem okay in the office, but what isn't seen is my complete inability to function at home if there have been too many inputs and distractions. Lucky I can work from home a couple of times a week and my hours are flexible in that I can start earlier so not to travel into the city when it's busy -- busses are quiet at 05:00/06:00 thankfully! Having a small office I share with a few people helps. My last place went all in on the open-planned office and it was hell. I can't see how anyone is getting much work done in environments like that, haha.
- 2y ago
heraldgeezer 2y ago
>maybe WIFI waves too Certified nutcase comment lmao, WIFI waves do not do anything are you gonna buy some shugnite rocks too like the two timer, also smoke smell, move then or move out of city. Im mentally ill too but its mild autism, adhd (takes me all day to watch a 2h movie I pause adn pause and pauise and pause and pause and pause) and depression (I recently cleaned my fridge from 4 year old rotting food) but astleast I sleep inside.
- foobiekr 2y ago
  Being downvoted for tone, I guess, but the "remote influencing via waves" is _the_ classic delusion common to a lot of psychotic disorders. The poster needs to seek actual help.
- 11235813213455 2y ago
  I don't know for WIFI, but I really receive 4 with 5/5 connectivity, and more than 30 in total from my apartment, it's crowded, and that's a bit silly that everyone installs their own box. I don't know exactly where it comes from, but even when it's calm and breathable, I don't feel especially good in my apartment, the difference with outside is incredible, so I'm trying to sleep, eat & work outside. I go back at my appt so recharge batteries, water bottles and food
  - heraldgeezer 2y ago
    It's not the Wi-Fi. >I don't feel especially good in my apartment, the difference with outside is incredible You have a mold issue in your apartment or some other problem like that then.
- snapcaster 2y ago
  A little empathy goes a long way man. I would really consider why you feel the need to respond to people who are clearly struggling like this
  - heraldgeezer 2y ago
    Im just a lil sicko xd No really I probably have some light autism, when I see someone being wrong online I cannot help myself. Having wifi allergy or electric allergy is a mental illness and symptom of shcizo. No need to sugar coat this man he is an adult. There are plenty of other hugboxes online.

iaaan 2y ago

Just out of curiosity (no obligation to respond): how long have you been experiencing these difficulties? Have you always been sensitive to these things?

11235813213455 2y ago
I'm 39 now, since 22-24 so 15+ years, it started at the end of studies, I started to stop spending money (except appt. rent), OCD things appeared, I manage to keep stable jobs and after years I started eating better, fueling better the brain, most OCD troubles disappeared, but I feel like I changed myself to someone more sensitive, more wild in some way. in the long run I can't handle a "normal life", sit down in a closed air-conditioned place, eat industrial food, tolerate cigarette smokers around, noisy motorbikes, and all forms of pollutions. I started to also try to avoid polluting as much as possible, by respect for nature, which is my real efficient treatment I think
- madmask 2y ago
  I would move outside of the city/town, on a very small but independent house far from others. A quiet and beautiful natural place. Now internet is everywhere and it’s possible to work from nice places.
  - Loughla 2y ago
    The problem is if you need medical care, there aren't great options in rural areas. Source: the closest hospital to me is 30 minutes and it sucks out loud for anything but basic injuries.
    - madmask 2y ago
      May be true, but if there are no other pathologies that require frequent visit to the hospital, and the quiet living might help the mental side of things, why not? Maybe giving it a go for a while at first. Maybe it’s just me, I only once in almost 40 years required urgent medical attention and would have survived without.. so I don’t understand the worry about not having an hospital close to home.
      - 11235813213455 2y ago
        Thanks yes that's my plan and hope. I don't need much healthcare, except maybe teeth (that got a bit damaged when I was too underweight), not something frequent
        Loughla 2y ago
        Good luck. I really mean that. Rural living definitely is relaxing and helps you connect with nature. But the isolation can be difficult. Hit me up if you want tips on how to cope. I am not schizophrenic, but I do have Tourettic OCD which makes it hard to 'fit' into society at large. I do want to stress, if you have untreated mental illness, rural life is not a cure. It can make it worse.

stndef 2y ago

I'm not a professional, and I'm not diagnosing, but I am diagnosed autistic and I share some of what you're talking about here. I'm sensitive to noise, smells, lights and vibrations (living next to a very busy road, I can feel almost every large non-electric vehicle go by -- makes working from home hard at points). Worth reading into if you have the energy. I do know folks who are diagnosed with schizophrenia and they seem to have an underlying component of some neurodivergence (arguably schizophrenia should also be considered neurodivergence) and went through an extreme burnout/traumatic event. Hope you're able to get some peace!

retrac 2y ago
I moved twice in the last few years. Immediately after moving I was completely unable to sleep. Too bright. Too loud. What are these noises? What is that vibration? For me, it fades after a few weeks. The train can be rumbling by with the horn going and I'll sleep right through it now. I think maybe for some, that filter never builds up. Not sure how to articulate it but it does seem a significant component of both autism and schizophrenia (which in some ways seem to be almost opposites) is a difficulty in developing that sort of filtering-out of the constant sensory bombardment we're all under.
- stndef 2y ago
  Acclimitisation can be hard. In some cases I can put things to the back of my mine, but often it's just hard or not possible. Certainly in my experience and from talking to others who identify or have been diagnosed similarly, in the majority of cases you don't get used to certain things. You can't acclimitise and that's why a load of people who are autistic aren't employed. I might seem okay in the office, but what isn't seen is my complete inability to function at home if there have been too many inputs and distractions. Lucky I can work from home a couple of times a week and my hours are flexible in that I can start earlier so not to travel into the city when it's busy -- busses are quiet at 05:00/06:00 thankfully! Having a small office I share with a few people helps. My last place went all in on the open-planned office and it was hell. I can't see how anyone is getting much work done in environments like that, haha.
2y ago

heraldgeezer 2y ago

>maybe WIFI waves too Certified nutcase comment lmao, WIFI waves do not do anything are you gonna buy some shugnite rocks too like the two timer, also smoke smell, move then or move out of city. Im mentally ill too but its mild autism, adhd (takes me all day to watch a 2h movie I pause adn pause and pauise and pause and pause and pause) and depression (I recently cleaned my fridge from 4 year old rotting food) but astleast I sleep inside.

foobiekr 2y ago
Being downvoted for tone, I guess, but the "remote influencing via waves" is _the_ classic delusion common to a lot of psychotic disorders. The poster needs to seek actual help.
11235813213455 2y ago
I don't know for WIFI, but I really receive 4 with 5/5 connectivity, and more than 30 in total from my apartment, it's crowded, and that's a bit silly that everyone installs their own box. I don't know exactly where it comes from, but even when it's calm and breathable, I don't feel especially good in my apartment, the difference with outside is incredible, so I'm trying to sleep, eat & work outside. I go back at my appt so recharge batteries, water bottles and food
- heraldgeezer 2y ago
  It's not the Wi-Fi. >I don't feel especially good in my apartment, the difference with outside is incredible You have a mold issue in your apartment or some other problem like that then.
snapcaster 2y ago
A little empathy goes a long way man. I would really consider why you feel the need to respond to people who are clearly struggling like this
- heraldgeezer 2y ago
  Im just a lil sicko xd No really I probably have some light autism, when I see someone being wrong online I cannot help myself. Having wifi allergy or electric allergy is a mental illness and symptom of shcizo. No need to sugar coat this man he is an adult. There are plenty of other hugboxes online.