I have accepted my diagnosis and feel like I am on the other side of it now living symptom free. For different reasons not everyone with a mental disorder is able to accept their diagnosis and I have recently been educated on that fact. For me it was very freeing to have a diagnosis to […]
I read someone’s blog today and it made me feel like I was less than. This is the dangers of comparing. I have my own story with all its nuances and different interpretations. It is not good to compare with other’s my stories. Bottom line. I try to share my experiences with the hopes of […]
Sometimes I really wish I could work in my community with fellow people with this disorder. I have recently worked in my career with 2 people who have psychotic disorders and I feel I am really able to help them mainly because of my personal experience, even though they do not know I have a […]
Today was my first day back at work after the holidays and for some reason I am a little stressed out. It is the end of the day and nothing bad happened at work, nobody got mad at me for anything and it was a pretty easy day, overall. But tonight as I get ready […]
Well, I took in the New Year watching a movie I don’t recommend by myself. It was fine. I spent the day with friends and family but decided to go catch a movie by myself. I take this as progress. I never would have been comfortable to do so up till recently. I love to […]
my personal recovery from schizophrenia 