MentalIllnessAwareness

One thing I have come to really enjoy is exercise. I’ve been going to the gym for almost two months daily. Yesterday while at the gym working out on the treadmill, I started hearing a voice telling me that people were all staring at me and I was being filmed and broadcast. This made me want to leave as soon as possible. I was experiencing positive symptoms of my schizoaffective disorder. Positive in this case doesn’t mean good, it’s experiencing things that usually aren’t in someone’s day to day life.

I try to not let schizophrenia control me but sometimes it’s very hard. Today I had a panic over leaving the house to go back to the gym. I was sure that something bad was happening or going to happen if I went.

Delusion s and hallucinations are what people mostly think of about schizophrenia. But another set of symptoms that are troubling and can interrupt someone life are negative symptoms. These symptoms take away from a persons experience. For example lack of motivation or lack of pleasure in doing things they like to do.

I love crochet and knitting but lack of motivation and pleasure from these things keeps me from being able to do them as much as I like.

One thing that helps me feel like I have control when things feel like they are spiraling is stick to a routine. I have a fairly strict routine that I try to stick to and every day. This means I try to wake up and go to bed at the same time each night. I take my meds at the same time each day. I set aside time to exercise even if it’s a short walk around the block.

When schizophrenia keeps me from doing things , I try to not let it keep me down for too long if I can and if things get too much I talk to my doctor.

It is possible to live a full life with schizophrenia even if it means I have to try a little harder than others sometimes #SchizoaffectiveDisorder #Schizophrenia #MentalIllnessAwareness

Most people when they hear schizophrenia think of a person hearing things or seeing things. They also may think of them believing strange things like the government is after them. While hallucinations and delusions is a big part of schizophrenia there are other things people might not be aware of.

Schizophrenia is broken down into positive, negative and cognitive symptoms. Positive symptoms don't mean something good, it means something added to the person with schizophrenia life like hallucinations or delusions.

Negative symptoms are difficult to deal with and arent talked about as often. They include things like lack of motivation, not being interested in things, not taking care of hygiene or important things like paying bills or even eating. These symptoms can look a lot like depression. The negative symptoms I deal with the most is lack of motivation, lack of interest and poor hygiene sometimes.

One way I've found that helps negative symptoms is sticking to a routine even when it is hard to do. I keep reminders on my phone. I wake up and go to bed at the same time each day. I wash my face and brush my teeth and take my medicine. Then I make my bed and eat breakfast and exercise. I get dressed even if I want to just wear the same thing every day.

Cognitive symptoms are difficult too. It is difficult for me to focus for too long on anything. This makes reading and even watching tv difficult. Even writing this is a challenge because it's hard for me to find the right words because sometimes my thoughts feel jumbled and jump around.

Everyone with schizophrenia has different experience and these are just some of mine. I hope this is helpful to understanding schizophrenia a little better

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I worked a VERY long time on this video and did so because there really isn't anything on the internet that includes all the mental disorders.

In addition to watching it yourself, please share it with your friends and family or anyone you know who would like to know more about mental illness.

I am especially trying to reach out to educators (teachers to show students or professors teaching our future psychiatrists.   It is a very valuable resource.

Thanks so much!

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Anyone else ever has panic attacks so often that you get so used to it and no longer panic emotionally, but your body still show all the symptoms physiologically?

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I’ve had many experiences where opening up about my conditions are met with disappointing replies like, “but you’re in college, you’re smart”, “Just pray more”, “Why are you the one getting anxiety and not your family members?” (I was diagnosed with depression and panic disorder after my grandfather passed away, just some context for the last comment). I’ve also had family members laugh in my face when I was opening up about my OCD and saying that they have anxiety attacks too just because of mild heart palpitations (it was just that, nothing else to indicate an attack).

I hope that, by sharing this and hearing from you guys, that people who are struggling because of something they’ve heard won’t feel so alone. I hope they know that this has nothing to do with anything that they’ve done and more to do with a lack of awareness on MI as a whole.

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