I have schizophrenia. I was actually going through an episode of psychosis recently, and my sister called off of work to take care of me because she didn't want me to be alone at home and her manager yelled at her because of it. I think that normalizing schizophrenia can obviously benefit those of us living with schizophrenia but also the people who take care of and support us.
@lookingupwithwonder Yes this channel has helped me feel less alone in the sense that I realize that I am not crazy and other people are going through similar issues to what I'm going through. Long live this channel and the positive energy it puts into the world 😊
Before I came across this channel I always thought schizophrenia meant someone was crazy and dangerous. I was honestly just ignorant about it. I'm grateful for learning the truth and not some ridiculous stigma.
The Movie, The Hand That Rocks The Cradle was likely the best depiction of my schizoaffective behavior, I found that film to be very triggering and sort of a way of looking at my own behavior. I can't adequately convey my inside view of my way of seeing the world when I'm in a state of mania. I tend to also stare through people rather than at them, that's unsettling to most. I agree, I have been victimized by others during my altered states and there really isn't anything I could do about that. I am envious of your partner, mine left in the end, and I felt he really didn't deserve to live with my disorder, I would have left "me" also. You are very very fortunate to have family you do, I was left on my own. No one to blame. Thank you over and over.
I hope you are doing better now. Us people with vulnerabilities like these should remain hopeful. There are so many resources today to lead fulfilling lives. That film rocks by the way.
How are you feeling now ? Fellow schizophrenic here who experienced their first psychotic episode back in may .. everything has been fresh, everything has been hard to battle.
Many years ago, I worked in a camera store and one of our regular customers had schizophrenia or a related disorder. Some of the other employees were afraid of her, but I decided to approach her with the same courtesy that I tried to use with everybody else. The result was that even when she came in and her symptoms were very bad, she was always nice to me. I learned how much she loved children and I was privileged to be able to see a glimpse of her struggle. She taught me more than I could have imagined, and I have always been grateful for that.
Hello Lauren. I wanted to thank you for all of your videos. I've been diagnosed with schizophrenia this year, but I have had voices for a few years or so. I hear voices that talk about killing my family and destroying the planet if I don't do x or y, or IF I do x or y. It is very very unpleasant. Thankfully my medication seem to finally have kicked in. I've been "voiceless" for about a week or so, and I hope i continue to be "voiceless". I will donate to you when I feel my economy is stable enough. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
How are you doing now? Fellow schizophrenic here just wanted to let you know that there is hope, sadly that hope may be medication 💊 and I know how much we really hate being medicated especially for the rest of our lives and dealing with the side effects but it’s like it’s either or .. I rather have my mental intact but I’d also like to not have all these side effects ( sorry this went from me checking on you to venting )
I wanted to thank you for this channel! I worked with homeless people for a long time so when I thought of schizophrenia I thought of people who could barely function … it’s so great to see that, while you are still effected by it of course, you are able to have a traditional life as well :)
That's because our philosophy about mental health focuses on normalisation not functionalisation. Which is silly, because physical health definitely cares more about functionalisation.
I was told I should be sterilized. It bothers me that everyone is talking about mental health now, but schizophrenia is still a taboo. Even commercials for antipsychotics are always advertised as an add-on for treatment resistant depression, sometimes bipolar. Nobody ever says "schizophrenia." I saw a drama where a character was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and I thought great, a chance to depict it properly and educate people. But then it turned out the character didn't have it after all. I'm ashamed to make new friends because I can't work right now the way I'm doing, and I'm afraid to tell people I live with my mom and have schizoaffective disorder.
Whoever said you should be sterilized really needs to be yeeted all the back to 1940s Germany, because I thought we were leaving eugenics in the past! I’m sorry that rude person said that to you!
I’m very sorry you suffer from this disorder. My mother and multiple family members of ours suffered from schizophrenia. Although the information is helpful, it is often one sided either way. I’ll give you a real life experience and my take about sterilization. First I do not feel all who suffer should be sterilized, but some obviously should! It’s a spectrum so everyone isn’t as impacted as the next. My uncle killed my grandmother and then shot himself during an episode. My other uncle almost beat a woman blank during an episode. My mother’s episodes traumatized her older children, I still have a brother that can’t get passed the trauma, even though we had Dad at home to help balance things. My mother was homicidal even on medication and attempted to kill my father multiple times. This is our reality and it should matter as well. I don’t think it’s right to downplay how very dangerous schizophrenia can be, it’s a spit in the face to all people who have lost lives of loved ones, or have been traumatized due to this disorder. No child should be left with anyone alone who is going through even the early signs of a psychotic episode. I’m also being harassed currently by a childhood friend that has been recently diagnosed with schizophrenia. She made so many terrible false accusations about her ex that he almost lost his job as a teacher. People often automatically believe women. Narcissism goes along with schizophrenia and some of these individuals will attempt to destroy your credibility and livelihood because they believe the voices so greatly. My friend started having homicidal faith based ideations about her kids, so we had them removed. Now she is on a mission to make us all look like lying idiots. Her kids had suffered in ways we could not even imagine. Because she still has the same rights as any other adult, we can’t force her back into the hospital. And getting guardianship over an adult can sometimes takes years! So what advice would you give me? This is what we are faced with. It is also not rare that individuals become violent during an episode, I really wish people would stop saying that. Many of us with family that suffer just don’t report their violent episodes because we don’t want them getting into trouble. Many people still don’t understand the disorder so when a family member becomes violent and assaults them they simply fight back if they can and usually don’t involve police. We need to keep informing the world about this disorder, but acting like it’s not that many individuals that suffer that cause major trauma in people’s lives is a spit in the face to all of us that have been hurt. It’s very one sided and I’m not for that. I wish you the best and I do hope this disorder does not consume your life dear.
Schizophrenia isn't even very bad in some people, depending on intelligence, personality, and general mental health. The person is probably just trying to force uniformity on everyone.
Unpopular opinion. Already know people are gonna hate me for saying this. But this illness has a genetic component. I personally couldnt bring a kid into this knowing I might pass this on. No judgment, but I wouldnt be okay with that.
I don't have schizophrenia but I have complex-PTSD. And meany years ago prior to my diagnosis I worked as a Nurse both in general & psych. I have learned more from you than I ever did on a psych ward. As is often the case with c-PTSD, I was misdiagnosed with ADHD, Bipolar 2, GAD & Depression. And in 1999 I volunteered for an organisation doing talks to community groups to raise awareness and reduce stigma around depression. It was some of the most satisfying work (paid or unpaid) I have ever done. Lauren, I absolutely love your videos, & am inspired by them to keep advocating in the lived experiences spaces for complex-PTSD which of course includes depression, anxiety & so much more. Thank you for being you, & normalising talking about chronic mental illness. As the ignorant comments show, it is very much needed. 🙏💖
Ma'am I've been schizophrenic my entire life. I often avoid bringing up my mental health illnesses because I am afraid of the judgement I can receive. So I chose to mostly be quiet about the issue.
People always tend to take a shot at you in some way, they use your mental state as a weapon against you. I mentioned my mental status at work and I kid you not I had a coworker make a funny remark one day after I made a mistake and say “ something is off inside that head “ I just let it slide it was a female ..
I am diaganized with obsessive compulsive disorder with psychotic features. My late mother was also affected with schizophrenia. Your channel inspires me to be resilient always.
Lauren, I have learned so much about your disorder through your videos. I struggle with OCD which I’ve finally gotten a handle on only in the last year or so - and I’m in my 40s! You’ve helped me reflect on my own issues as well as broadened my knowledge on other disorders. So, thank you so very much. As for the discrimination you’ve experience in the workplace - it’s narrow minded and disgusting. (Not to mention illegal.) I’m so sorry. Love and look forward to your videos. Keep them coming. ❤
I empathize completely. That's so upsetting and disappointing, and I think it happens constantly to folks with all kinds of mental and physical illnesses.
I’m glad that you have this channel. You give a perspective that many can or cannot understand. I live with my sibling who has Schizoaffective Disorder. I’m trying understand or get a clue as to what is going on. So channels like this are a blessing to those that want to understand. So thank you and keep going. You’re doing great 😀
Thank you Lauren for all your hard work in educating people about your diagnosis of schizophrenia. I am learning so much which helps me care for a family member with that diagnosis. With more knowledge I am better able to advocate for my loved one and speak to others on her behalf, especially when she has a hard time articulating her needs and has a hard time being able to follow through. As her legal guardian I am allowed to participate in her care and help bring her needs into focus to the people who are in charge of her medical, housing, and community needs. The workers in the mental health field so often do not have an understanding of how the brain of someone with schizophrenia works. They often have unrealistic expectations on what the needs are of someone struggling with schizophrenia and what that person is able to and not able to accomplish. Thats where I come in to educate the staff on what are realistic expectations. Please keep doing what you are doing. Thank you so much.
This is great! I work in a locked mh ward and my brothers had/have schizophrenia (one died 😢). I'm surrounded by ppl with schizophrenia and have noticed how incredibly creative and bright they are. I am neurodiverse myself and early on in my life, i had some hard times and weird beliefs and I wonder if I was on the borderline of having schizophrenia myself. It doesn't matter though, I am what I am and I take good care of my brain these days. I embrace neurodiversity with all my heart. ❤
Lauren - after hearing about some of the garbage comments you receive, I have a comment for you. You’re awesome. You have purpose and you are making a difference. Your perceived shortcomings are some of your greatest strengths. Keep going, girl. Keep going.
I can't tell you how important this video was for me. Many of the psychological problems you experience, are the same problems I experience. Yet, supposedly I lived a "normal" life. Of course, that's BS. I don't believe anyone is "normal." We are all located on a spectrum of psychological fitness. Each persons mental health changes from minute to minute or year to year because of our changing external or internal physical environment. As you say and I believe, we need to better understand each other as individuals. Don't buy in to what Hollywood Society or Politics defines a psychological health.
a small change ive made to my vocabulary, aside from just not calling individuals "crazy," is replacing it with the word "wild" when talking about situations/ideas. ex: instead of responding to your friend telling an exciting story with "thats crazy!" i say "thats wild!" its a tiny thing, but its also a super easy to change to make, so like. why not?
I don’t mind saying the word “crazy!” Vernacular isn’t going to change. What matters is the thought behind the word. I don’t call people with schizophrenia “crazy.” It’s a health condition and not to be demeaned or minimized like that.
I would also love to see you critique a police crisis training program and give your POV on what is missing. I’m extremely appalled hearing stories about allegedly crisis trained cops being abusive or rude to people in crisis. And I want to understand what is going wrong.
In my city the trained cops are usually much better than the untrained cops. If you ever have to have the police involved ask them if they can send CIT or cops trained to deal with mental illness. It could save a mentally ill person's life. The cops took me to the psychiatric unit many times in the past. Before
I wish Bipolar Disorder was normalized. 😢 My life is so up nd down , people just don’t understand at all in my life. So thankful for you and your channel.
I love your channel and some of your content the thing is the more serious mental illness can be terrifying for outside viewers. That’s why disorders like schizophrenia, BPD, bipolar disorder, and antisocial personalities have such a huge stigma. Some people might be able to empathize with us if they are close to us, the thing is, the behaviors associated with these disorders are terrifying in-person and in movies, whether we pose any real threat is irrelevant, individually we know we aren’t dangerous but people outside don’t know that because our behavior is best described as unpredictable when we’re having an episode
We have to normalize mental illness in general. We HAVE to give it a name. A face. Schizophrenia is a Sprectrum. Some like Laurn can live a normal life with support (meds, therapy) to out of control like we see in the media. But normalizing Schizophrenia- well mental illness in general...giving it a name, a face- showing people there is a real person with real needs, wants, dreams and a family- it humanizes it and makes people understand it better.
2:25 - It honestly breaks my heart that people are actually clicking on your videos to tell you that you should be institutionalized and shouldn't have a family. I think that this is one of the most hurtful things that you can say because they're basically saying that you arent capable of handling even your basic human rights and your freedom. Something I have noticed ever since my diagnosis of bipolar 1 with psychotic features earlier this year, people who live with disorders that involve psychosis tend to be dehumanized because its such a foreign concept. That is the only possible way that I can see someone being able to tell an innocent mother who is literally helping people on the internet that she shouldn't allowed to be with her kids and husband. It's such a shame because if they had just taken a second to skim through your channel with an open mind instead of locking on judgement before even clicking, they would be able to easily see that you're a hero.
While I’ve never been scared of schizophrenic people (partly bc I didn’t grow up watching TV or having much media in that way, partly bc I’m not sure it just wasn’t something I thought to fear), I also obviously didn’t know much about it. I still don’t know enough it feels like but I’ve learned a lot in the past few months, after meeting someone with schizophrenia made me interested in researching the heck out of it. Honestly schizophrenia is a horrible mental illness that people have to live with and it’s not fair and I wish there was a cure. But everyone with schizophrenia is just as deserving of love, respect, kindness and acceptance as everyone without schizophrenia. I wish this channel and many others I’ve found with ppl that speak about having schizophrenia had much more views.
I wish someone would dispell these ideas of reality melting all around you and dozens of 'voices' speaking to you. Schizophrenia isn't some magical experience of impossible things happening it's more like an uneasiness combined with a sense of loss of reality, loss of self, feeling grandeur/hopeless (sometimes both), perceiving voices calling your name out in the distance (ROBERT!) but no one is there. A sense of impending doom as if death itself is lurking in the shadows during an exercise. It even manifests as a slowing/speeding of time or even sudden skips of time where you feel like you were only driving 10 minutes but it's been hours. I have schizo-effective disorder combined with dissociative identity disorder (strangely also borderline personality disorder) and complex post-traumatic stress disorder. I used to be a lot worse during my post break up period with my ex-fiance where I had a complete mental breakdown. Not a year later I had my best friend commit suicide a couple of days before we were supposed to meet to start hanging out and get involved in each other's lives again. After that I found myself emotionally and psychologically numb to everything except for feeling rage when people were behaving unjustly and cruel to me. I, more than most, understand what she is talking about and that's why I know she's not faking or fabricating excessive symptoms. That glazed look and inability to focus on the subject at hand are telling signs of a dissociative episode induced by the illness.
Keep your head up, chicka you are one of many. You are doing great in bringing awareness for those of us to afraid to talk about what we are going through. You are right about the word crazy but, I feel that we as a whole need to work on proper labels and understanding what they mean, I had to correct someone the other day when they said being bipolar means that a person has more than one person living in their head, which is just wrong on every level. I am pretty sure they were talking about DID but even that is wrong.
You are able to imagine entirely new worlds and realities. You know how when you're daydreaming you can just sit there maybe in class, you're bored when you used to be in you know literature class or something in high school you were so bored you would just sit there and stare out the window and just daydream as a teacher was yakking on about Shakespeare or something and you were sitting there. You're just daydreaming about some videogame world that you wanted to inhabit and you just got lost in this sort of reverie of this sort of fantasy world you went into this world. You were running around as an elf doing something. Fighting somebody whatever. That is a little taste. A little microcosm of what can really happen. What God is doing on the macro level. So when you crank up the consciousness and you crank up all these other dials. Your imagination goes through the roof. your creativity goes through the roof. You literally tap into the source of creativity. Pure infinite creativity which is responsible for the creation and the imagination of all of material reality. This pure creativity is responsible for creating atoms, molecules, planets, galaxies, science, mankind, languages, animals, you name it and you're tapping into that and it feels so surreal and unbelievable because it's too good to be true. Here you were living this ordinary life. Thinking that reality is just material and physical and now one day you find yourself in the nexus of creation where God's mind is creating the entire fucking universe.
Thank you for all of your videos. they really help trying to explain things to friends and family. I've always been really quiet about it. for reasons you've explained in this video actually. it's really wonderful to hear someone talk about it and be able to explain things as well as you do. some things are different for all of us but the stigma and misunderstanding about it is the same. again, thank you. you are wonderful and i hope all the best.
Ive had a psychotherapist I worked with for three munts straight up state I dont have schizophrenia and I should get reassessed. Its funny though that all the nurses in my small town hospital think Im delusional everytime I come in with a health issues because I had alot of health anxiety and panic attacks when I first moved here. Its a rough situation. Not to be believed either way.
Hi Lauren! Great video. I have SZ-Affective Disorder. A young (23) friend of ours has SZ and is homeless again. He was in re-hab but got kicked out today for 30 days because he used the "n" word joking around. If I have said it once I have told my kids 1,000 times that they should not say this or type it in their social media. Was he wrong? Yes! Did he deserved to be kicked out? No! He should have received a punishment like extra chores. And it should have been brought up in group. How many ppl in that group, esp the young ones, use that all the time? Most probably. So he is back at our house for a few days, but we have small limit on the number of days he can stay with us. Hopefully his uncle will take him in or he will be on the streets. Blessings!
@@arlenefisher1164 Of course. It's because we rent and our landlord is an asshole. His new rule is that you cannot have a person stay more than 14 days per year with you.
First of all, I want to echo what so many people have written to you, Lauren: I don't have schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, but I've still been getting a HUGE amount of help, information, education, support and affirmation from your videos, which I've been consuming like actual food. :) I live with multiple chronic illnesses, the most severe of which are ME/CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -- I've had it for 34 years) and peripheral neuropathy, and the resulting depression and anxiety that I suspect almost everyone with profoundly life-changing, limiting, soul-crushing, isolating illnesses experiences. Even though your videos specifically address schizophrenia, almost everything you discuss has relevance to my life: how to balance your energy when your capacity is different from most people's; how to understand and deal with complex symptomology, especially when you're not always sure what health issues or life circumstances are causing what; the frustration of medication side effects; the pain and sadness of losing friends who can't cope with or understand your health issues; I could go on and on. Your content is SO RELEVANT to SO many mental and physical health experiences, and you present it with such compassion, clarity and accessibility. This video, too, encapsulates topics that are at the very forefront of my life, in that there's still such a risk in our culture of being discriminated against for "coming out" as chronically ill or disabled. I hid my chronic illnesses for decades, terrified that if people knew I had ME/CFS, I'd never get hired for a job again, and would never be seen as capable, competent, reliable or responsible...I'd be reduced to someone with a weird, possibly hypochondriacal(!) illness. In 2010, it was clear that I couldn't disguise my CFS anymore, and in fact, all the things I was afraid of DID happen. I got fired from all my jobs, I was mocked and gossiped about, I lost friends, I experienced a ton of marginalization...but all of that turned me into the disability justice activist I am today, because NONE of those responses are okay! As you state so well in this video, the only way our society will change its attitudes towards disability, and create radical inclusion, acceptance, accessibility and a serious shift in basic human rights is if more and more of us stand up for normalizing the range of human biology. This degree of disability justice is LONG overdue (I'd recommend that anyone interested n the history of disability rights watch "Crip Camp" on Netflix, and read/watch/listen to everything and anything that Judy Heumann has created!!!), and creating a more inclusive and accessible culture benefits literally EVERYone, not just those with physical, mental and emotional variations from what we've decided is the norm. The truth is that there IS no norm -- there is no such thing as "normal" -- and a world with greater compassion, understanding and inclusivity, and less fear and stigmatism, would improve the well being of everyone. Anyway. You are a gift, and I'm so grateful for the work you and Rob are doing. Sending love and admiration.
I lived with someone with this illness their behavior is challenging most of the time despise increase of their meds the shouting and temper is the worse
Many many years ago I had a friend I went all through school with who developed schizophrenia. They didn't have medications like they do today. She would call me often and state she was god, then go on with word salad things. After I'd moved away she'd write long, long rambling letters. She eventually ended up in a psych hospital and died there at a young age. I wish they had had the tx. options then. God rest her brilliant soul.
I also have schizoaffective disorder, sending you so much love and support. I feel such deep gratitude to you for sharing your experiences and wisdom. Your channel has helped me in numerous ways, especially in my process of finally acknowledging my diagnosis and moving towards a better life with an integration of my mental diagnosis. Blessing to you and Rob and the kids
I think for one part .. Companies should have in house therapists to help with coping mechanisms if one is unable to concentrate or feels out of place or judged that he or she got the job because there's a quota for disability and people think he or she is not qualified.. though in reality he or she definitely is. Part two would be a dedicated work buddy able to help if things get tough. It may not be affordable sometimes but to assist someone in need is a gift some schizophrenics are denied. Hope this helps ❤
Imo, just the same accommodations most nontypical people would benefit from! In general, employees need more lenience for sick days and on duty support. Just the ability to step off duty when a worker is overworked, or call in sick if they arent capable that day. These are obviously more systematic than what an employer could do affordably, but im hoping to send the message that our needs dont actually differ much from other people who are quicker to overwhelm or stress
There are so many retired therapists, nurses, social workers, drug/ alcohol counselors etc. that if the need were known would probably volunteer to help. Sometimes we forget to think outside the box to solve problems.@@elladay5720
Agreed that schizophrenia is depicted as fear but could not be further from truth. After 16 year since diagnosis I am now diagnosed schzoaffective. I feel calm but misunderstood with what my 'illness' is dipicted as. Disagreement is easy for family to blame the diagnosis on me.on challanging this I wonder if there is a diagnosis for ignorance.
As someone with depression and anxiety who has a personality disorder - avoidant-evasive, I feel your pain and the sentiment. I know you don't make these videos for acknowledgement but you are a very inspiring person to me and an example I strive to mimic. Being open and maybe at times radically honest to my surroundings have really helped me find compassion and understanding.
Something I think people get confused is positive being good and negative being bad. But we’re using positive/negative in the mathematical sense. 2+2 isn’t better or worse that 2-1. They’re just equations. Same here.
I go out in the local community, like today, and transfix people with the sad songs I sing in the street and make homeless alcoholic bums cry, struck dumb at my poetry. Write poetry, create art, share magic. Be the force that changes the world.
Don't be afraid, share your experience with a journal, and laugh at the ridiculous thoughts. My Ally pushes me around, to prove things that are not real love me. My demons are real, and I know them.
I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder 25 years ago there were people just as understanding then as now but as a rule of thumb I never shared that with people unless I trusted them and when I revealed to them that I was schizoaffective they were always in shock proclaiming I was the most sane person they know I guess sometimes we just work harder at sanity than others over the years I ran multiple businesses was always self-employed and at times was on the couch watching my toenails grow and as far as being called crazy I never found that offensive I've been on both sides of the looking Glass so I understand where that comes from doesn't make it right but it's understandable
i am not schizophrenic. i just want to be normal and have a normal life, i dont like talking about mental illness. i talk about it when i see my doctor and other professionals. i want to be able to work like everyone else
As a mentally ill person I call people who do dangerous things crazy. Like drive twice the speed limit or skydive. But I don't say it about mentally ill people.
Hey I have an idea/thought: those police shows, like criminal minds, L&O (insert SvU or others), and other shows portray police as the heroes who save the world type of thing. Would you be open to doing a video where you watch clips from those shows where they’re interacting with a schizophrenic and explain why it is problematic. I feel like those shows contribute to the idea that police should respond to mental crisis.
Holy shit. Some of the comments on this post alone are a special kind of nasty. (Don't feed the trolls, don't feed the trolls, don't feed...) Lauren, from a professional and very much educated standpoint, your work is invaluable.
My SZ friends are some of my favorite ones. The most observant, empathic, creative, funny, and so on. I hope I'm not perpetuating stereotypes here. I'm sure some of us are perfectly ordinary! I hope one day I own a business where I can hire them all. Considering that supposed neurotypicals will reject and ridicule people just for having the "wrong" shoes, house, parents, hair, body, music, or anything else (even if it's just a game), it's not as if being "different" is even unique to us, in any way except that we don't like to be rejecting of others. Is that what makes us odd? It seems to me that SZ is just the extreme end of a scale or spectrum that everyone is on. Everyone has the same emotions and experiences to some degree. A difference in quantity, not in kind. BTW, Law and Order has had several shows where someone with schizophrenia is blamed for a rape or crime that they didn't commit. The show could do better, but they occasionally try.
I've done a few videos on working with schizophrenia... one pet annoyance when it comes to being "normal" is a guy with tattoos all over his face and arms... (Nothing wrong with that like schizophrenia) doesn't look after himself... social media of him doing drugs.... etc etc etc etc will get a job over a schizophrenic who lives a healthy straight forward life they just might waver when stress gets elevated... it's just a fact I see it everywhere... if the employer knows they are schizophrenic... people don't realise we are actually quite normal... if we are sick/psychotic it's no different to a mental health day for others IE we'd probably just have a day off and if we couldn't you probably wouldn't even notice in my case it's mostly internal... anyway just annoys me... the mentioned tatted up party hard drug lord is "normal" or more normal or better accepted than a schizophrenic .. attitudes need to change... PS I remember not being hired by a cafe to Waite tables and I was FB friends with all the managers... instead they hired this young tatted up kid and on his Instagram he was hitting the pipe in every post not joking and it's not a funny situation thanks
Fighting back against ableism and ableists is always going to come with pushback & vitriol because fear and hate drive it. We just have to keep pushing back.
Man, if I lived in Canada, I would totally help you out. For instance, if someone accused you of being deranged, you could just bring me into the room and present me as an authentic example of derangement: “No, no, no, you’re quite mistaken about me. Now this man? _He’s_ deranged.”
i seen genetic research, the "schizophrenic" gene is actually the one responsible for auto-immune problems, remember reading about some auto immune response where the body's system attacks the brain itself, also seen studies linking some of this to pollution, which makes since, if foreign objects are detected, and you can see how high i.q. people have the same hypersensitivity, and how all of it is kind of connected with many of the same traits and whatnot
People who make negative and hurtful comments on this website & others really are just trolls & they do that on most of the websites they visit. They are sad & small people whose goal is just to elicit a negative reaction from what they post. One of the first internet "rules" I learned decades ago now was: "Don't Feed the Trolls!" Just ignore them because they can't stand that.
I understand the intention, but people who are actively hurting people having their actions minimised to a silly petty little thing also minimises the experience of the people who are hurt by them, and when someones actions hurt people i think the empathetic thing to do is help them understand how they could be doing harm, everyone is capable of learning empathy and i dont like to deny people my own empathy out of an assumption that they arent intelligent "Dont feed the trolls" both hushes victims, and leaves potentially unsupported people in the dust
@@BaddeGrasse What an incredibly naive opinion! The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. What number of the many would you allow to be hurt by the few trolls whose only intent is to spread their mocking pain? And that you couch all of this under the guise of empathy doe not make it any more valid. Engaging trolls only foolishly feeds them and further hurts the many who truly need empathy and help. Ignoring the trolls is intelligent advice.
@@stevec3872 ah you may have proven your point 😅 i still have faith in everyone, some people might see that letting people be mean isnt very nice but of course no one has to take on the responsibility to be nice and im not trying to pressure you to, just posing a more thought out opinion
Hello Lauren. My daughter was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder finally 8 months ago after numerous psychotic episodes. She is 43. Most recently, she had a catatonic episode which did not resolve until about a week in the hospital because she had other health issues. She was never sent to a psychiatric facility after her physical health issues were resolved. Sent home with no medication. She is still in denial about her illness. I see her already getting paranoid. As mom, I can be seen as the enemy. What can I do to help her accept this? She doesn't even have a psychiatrist right now!
My family (parents and siblings) wanted nothing to do with my diagnosis. They must of wondered why I was going in and out of the hospital. When I tried to talk about it, they rejected the idea of discussing it. It was very isolating. My late husband and my son were the only ones I could talk to. So glad you are helping to open up this issue and making me feel less alone. (with my schizoaffective disorder).
I agree with you people do not understand skitzophrenia The thing is you acknowledge that you have this condition and understand the importance of taking your meds and stability . In a psychiatric hospital there was a video on you tube where as a patient got free out of a locked ward and was wearing a diaper All he had on was a hospital gown and a diaper he was later retrieved by police and returned to the hospital . Things like this stigmatises people whom have a psychiatric disorder such as what you unfortunately have. You and your husband are a lovely couple I live in the UK but my son has this disorder but lives in a sheltered accommodation unfortunately due to distance caused by re marrying I now live 250miles away and as I am in my late 60's don't get down to see him as much as I would like too . My other Son whom don't have the disorder keeps me appraised of how he is !.
I personally wish terms like "normalize" would be removed from our vocabulary. Life is so much more nuanced and complicated than that. I feel like it places a lot of stigma on people who don't fit a certain stereotype.
