Has anyone here ever dealt with schizophrenia before. I am curious what it really is like?

Question

What you feel, if you really hear actual voices and I guess just what you feel like?

Answer 1

I have not personally dealt with this illness but I know people who have. I do have a website here that might help you.

http://www.everydayhealth.com/emotional-health/schizophrenia/index.aspx

Copy and Paste that into your address bar. Hope you get the information that you need.

Answer 2

When I was 12 I was diagnosed schizophrenic, but now I have been rediagnosed as schizoaffective. Yes, we hear real voices as though someone were next to us talking. Sometimes they're external sometimes they're internal. When they're internal it's like someone else talking but inside our head. Imagine your internal voice, but sounding like someone else and you having no control over what it says. We see things too, real things. Like, full detail with color, texture, if the hallucination gets real detailed you might even smell it.

Living with it is difficult. Your moods either fluctuated or they weren't there. You knew you should be sad or happy, but the emotions never came. A few times I had the wrong emotions, like smiling too much when it was a sad or serious matter. Personal hygiene, like showering, was difficult. During my onset, I think I showered once every few weeks and I wore the same socks for a whole week.

This isn't very common with schizophrenia, or so I've read, but I used to do a lot of cutting. The delusion I was living in had me cut and "brand" myself to please my "master." So I have three even scars on both my hands now from it and scars on my forearm.

I didn't do any drugs or anything like that because I was too worried it would mess with my writing. During that time writing my book was the only thing that kept me from killing myself, even though I did two minor attempts with suffocation.

Answer 3

I went out with a guy with schizophrenia he was the nicest guy but hay when he snapped there is no getting through to him. And voices oh yeah he thought the nurses were trying to kill him so there fore he wouldnt take any drugs for the problem. Its a sad world to live in. We could be out driving he would snap and become a dam fool on the road scared the hell out of me and he had this wicked laugh that he would do but he just kept laughing that was scary too.

Answer 4

it is a out there disorder but with the right meds somebody can lead a happy life. my husband suffers from this, and u do hear voices and feel like somebody else is taking over, some people start thinking that UFOs are coming. watch the movie fight club

Answer 5

It is a physical illness which distorts a person's perception of reality enough that they can no longer understand what is real and what is not. They might be fine for a while, then cycle into the disease. It is somewhat genetic and runs in families. It is a terrible disease that can usually be controlled by medications.

Answer 6

If you want to read about people's first-hand experiences with schizophrenia, check out the comments they have made in forums on the internet, including right here in Yahoo Answers. Check out these schizophrenia forum search results from http://dnoneoftheabove.com/
http://dnoneoftheabove.com/?cx=002486926153363561559%3Ayblv8b6jj6c&q=schizophrenia&sa=Search&cof=FORID%3A9

Answer 7

I work in Mental Health. There are varying degrees to which this illness effects people, most people lead perfectly normal and average type lives like the rest of us, however if they have been prescribed with medication and they choose not to take it , it can have an enormous impact on their daily lives. often they become paranoid and believe the government is watching them, that there are hidden cameras wherever they go which are there just to spy on them. even their closest loved ones can become suspicious to them, i have one client who wont wear her diamond rings becoz she believes her husband has put cameras into them to watch her, she wont bring certain items into her house becoz she truly thinks they have microphones inside them and shez being listened to. another one of my clients thinks God talks secrets to her and not to any body else.... i could go on all day about my experiences with this illness, but the positives are that if someone has good support from healthcare professionals, family, friends etc, then they can live productive happy lives, dont judge them, just try to be understanding and treat them as you would everyone else.

Answer 8

Have you ever had something go wrong and you swore and blamed someone who turned out to be completely innocent? It's like that.

Answer 9

I'd tell you, but there's an elephant running around my bathtub and the moon is screaming at me.