Aug 7th, 2008 | Personal survey

I have schitzophrenia and I take life really hard. I was curious what you people would do if you had the same disease.


I am very curious about what people would do if they were in my situation. I have a incurable disease and it is a chore doing day to day stuff. I didn't put this up for sympathy but was curious about other peoples opinions.



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Nimfadora
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Serbia

posted Jul 15th, 2009 at 04:45 CDT

I am on the good way to become schizophrenic as well. Doctors already see some simptoms. And I also have some signs of  epilepsy. I'll just do that if (when) I become...

Distortedsmile
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New York, United States

posted Aug 9th, 2008 at 00:14 CDT

I've always been a "do-it-yourself" person...If someone tells me I have a problem and I realize it, I attempt to change the way I think and act and fix it.  Not the proper course of action for everyone, but I don't like shoving pills down my throat if I don't have to.<center><object width="312" height="331"><param name="movie" value="http://media.socialvibe.com/sv2.swf"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="flashvars" value="s=1-222138"/><embed src="http://media.socialvibe.com/sv2.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="s=1-222138" width="312" height="331"></embed></object></center>

Drowlord
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Texas, United States

posted Aug 8th, 2008 at 17:58 CDT

I'm not sure what Schizophrenia is like, but I have some issues of my own to deal with (mostly dealing with hyperactivity and the distractions related to it).  The only way that I find it easy to function is if I have strongly patterned behaviors.  I've almost trained myself to be compulsive about certain things.  For instance, I decided about 15 years ago the exact order that I want to do everything when I get up in the morning to go to work.  I don't freak out when it doesn't go in the correct order, but it has effectively eliminated most of the thought, stress, and effort involved in the hardest thing I have to do on a day-to-day basis.  My patterns are so engrained that I often arrive at work with no recollection at all of anything that happened prior to my arrival.  I think that there are a lot of tangential benefits to reshaping yourself into a highly proceduralized mindset, too.  No employer wants a crazy, random employee, for instance.  Pets, kids, friends, etc... are almost universally happier with you when you're highly predictable and your behavior is positive.

Bmccue7
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Georgia, United States

posted Aug 7th, 2008 at 03:17 CDT

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