Whats it like to be schitzophrenic?

Question

just curious.

Answer 1

I can tell you it is not much different from so called "normal" after the first few years of adjusting to the horror and fear of having unwelcome voices (sometimes so loud they force you to your knees) in your head and seeing things others can not see. The voices are like your normal little "thought voice" but there may be one or many male or female and usually with negative messages.

Ones attempts to explain these happenings by any logic that they may possess are usually deemed delusions by others. But what is one to do? One needs some rational (or irrational) explanation for them. Others can easily just ignore their implications but they are there, "in your face" to the patient experiencing them. They are illogical. Same with the poltergeist type visual happenings.

Medications help, but the chief criteria for a recovery from the original trauma is the tender loving care of medical staff and family. I no longer seem to hallucinate.

Good luck, good mental health, peace and love!

Answer 2

Frustration is one word.
My husband suffers from Schizophrenia and at this point in time, there is no cure for it ... just management.

There's a myth about Schizo. that it is a split personality kind of disorder ... but it's actuallly not. It's a "split mind" disease where it's not as easy to put two and two together. So although things seem very clear in theory, it's a little hard to put things into action etc.
There's a lot to it than just that ... like delusions.

But it's not pretty. It's a discouraging disease for the person and their loved-ones. Some people who suffer from Schizophrenia also turn to drugs, or have taken drugs which triggered the Schizophrenia (it can be carried on in the family).

Sometimes, for even my husband who takes his medication regularly, he things highly of himself ... then gets disappointed in himself when he does something wrong or not be able to do something properly.

It is - as the first answer mentioned - a disease of the brain.

There's so much more to it, and I can't put it all down here but I've pasted a couple of links for you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia
http://www.medicinenet.com/schizophrenia/article.htm

Cheers

Answer 3

You feel like dying all the time. For me, I hated life and everything about it. I would see and hear things that were horrible. I could not relate to anyone else and felt like I was the only bad person in the world. No one was worse than I was. I thought I had people chasing me with knives. I could not hold down a job and was homeless quite a bit. I would go to the doctor, but would just be put on depression medicine because they would not take the time to diagnosis me. Nothing in my life made sense. I had no friends and my family pretty much abandoned me because they could not understand my actions. God did a beautiful miracle for me and healed me. I am a completely different person.

Answer 4

schizophrenia is a disease of the brain, and in many, it actually destroys the brain a little at the time.

you can find more information if you do a yahoo search on schizophrenia.. loads of forums, and informative websites on the subject.

take care.

Answer 5

I don't know. I'll have to ask my other personality.