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I mirror the sentiments of everyone who said to see a psychiatrist. If you do have schizophrenia, the good news is that it's not the end of the world. Start t
by an0nym0us 17y ago
I mirror the sentiments of everyone who said to see a psychiatrist. If you do have schizophrenia, the good news is that it's not the end of the world. Start taking medication, establish routines for yourself, and you can (continue to) lead a meaningful life. One of the smartest and most productive people that I know is a paranoid schizophrenic; another of the smartest people I know is a chronic untreatable undifferentiated schizophrenic. I myself am a disorganized schizophrenic, having been diagnosed eight years ago.
Now for the bad news: you should never have posted this, unfortunately, and you should definitely keep information regarding your mental health very private. Make sure everybody that you tell understands that it is confidential information. I'd love to tell you that we live in a tolerant and understanding society, but we don't. Schizophrenia is not well-understood by the general population, and if people find out that you have it, you will have been marked by the proverbial scarlet letter. If you're lucky, you'll find a group of people who support you. If you're not, you can expect to be hounded, and you may never escape it.
- swombat 17y agoyou should never have posted this, unfortunately, and you should definitely keep information regarding your mental health very private Since I have no experience of having mental illnesses myself, I cannot disagree with you. And you're probably right - many people react with intolerance to anything that's different and hard to understand. However, that could be said for other quirks too (such as an unhealthy passion for programming...), and I would imagine most people on this community are well used to being treated as different. From entrepreneurs to technical gurus (or both at the same time), we have severed ourselves from "normal society" in a number of ways already. Because of that, I would imagine that this kind of community is probably more tolerant of these sorts of differences than most others. One piece of evidence for that would be the useful advice posted here, and general lack of "Lolz you're nuts" or "Get off the drugs" type of comment (well, there's one or two..). I'd like to also offer the anecdotal evidence that I know a number of people with mental disorders and those mental disorders don't get in the way of us being friends (in some cases very close friends). Not everyone ostracises people with mental disorders.