SCHIZOPHRENIA: It's Not All Bad
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2023
- Living with a chronic mental illness like schizophrenia can be really difficult and challenging. But there are aspects of my illness or the experience of living with it that I am grateful for. In this video, I share what these aspects are, but I also share some of our audience's responses to what parts of living with schizophrenia they are grateful for or feel positive about as well. Thank you to everyone who shared!
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Well, my brain protected me. My Hell's teeth, as Marilyn Manson would call it, and he didn't sing, "Beetard." Plus, I've had it so long that it isn't just a disease, it's knit into my personality. It's made me more content with other worlds. I have almost no understanding of a normal life. While some parents help their disabled young adults, mine were bent on punishing me for themselves. We went through hard times in HS. They talked about how much they hated my mother but didn't help her or us. She was punishing her guilt. Mom is free now. We won't start on my father. He would have had a great career in the FBI. lol I also went through Kickapoo, which was a nightmare. Other people have had issues with them and special needs. We are judged for our behavior and the normal kids aren't. I had this happen many times, so I went to Beetard land with sweet honey. I started believing that I was causing storms and other nonsense at work. I remember telling my manager about that, and she was very confused. At one point, I kept running into walls. I can think about my experiences during psychotic times, what being in a delusion is. I've searched a long time running around thinking that I was lost. I've done some odd things, especially in the army, which was fun. I did like the army for 2 years, but of course... What's cruel is that when we've lost our egos, they go after that, too. I get to fight angels/agents. I totally invented the number line in the ward. We won't even go there. Of course, I can't say anything. What has it been like for you when you're delusional. How does it feel? Do you get lost in it? Do you have issues with thinking a twig is the most important object of the universe? I'll admit that was annoying.
aversion...ownership
Do you have a Facebook group?
Priest wikipedia schizophrenia
Thank-you Lauren 17:53
You know what, even though I am schizophrenic, and it's horrible a lot of the time, I wouldn't change it for the world. It's part of who I am, and while it doesn't define me, I define it.
Please dont praise this illness 😂
@@luljah244that's not what I meant at all 😞
I am too and I appreciate what it has taught me , that some people will judge and disappear but there will always be people who love me for who I am , no questions asked .. And I am more loving because of it making me compassionate , empathetic and caring for those who try to be a part of my world and even those who don't. I wish you well.❤
I understand what you meant and it’s beautiful ❤
And it's only a part of who you are. It's not all of who you are.
I’ve been diagnosed with schizophrenia since 15. I’m also a horror artist, and im very self aware when it comes to my symptoms being diagnosed in my mid teens. My brain makes some of the weirdest looking monsters and I use my hallucinations in my artworks.
I love this! Thank you for making art!
My daughter is 20 and has been in the hospital for two years now! She started symptoms at about 17 😢 I hope she finds art , music or something to help her cope ❤
@@karayoung4411 sorry to hear that. Hope your daughter finds a passion to carry her through the worst parts of the illness and that the worst is behind her
have you been tested for the mthfr gene mutation?
@@naia-gl2nf no i haven’t heard of it until now! But I did have a mri and a neurologist look at my brain and didn’t find anything other than what I’ve been diagnosed with already
Sorry I couldn’t help
I am living with Schizophrenia in underdeveloped country Uganda and I always benefit some thing from your contents, thanks alot.
I really hope you have a beautiful support system around you, and im so glad you found this channel to help you. I also watch videos from SchitzoKitzo, who i recommend if you dont know them! Do you have any recommendations other than Laurens amazing channel here?
@@guillaumestl2859 the one works for me well is called paliperidone er and mostly not available in Uganda, so I have to switch between olanzapine and paliperidone when available. thanks for asking!
Holy shit that must be rough
I'm an American who's never left the country so I have no real idea what it must be like but I certainly hope you're at least getting proper medical treatment
@@emilygordbort7300 Thanks
This is a really advanced concept Lauren is talking about here. Metal illness (and disability) are so medicalised, and Doctors are seen as the font of all knowledge. But lived experience is important, people are not their diagnosis!
What you said about doctors is actually annoying sometimes. The arrogance of reading a book and thinking they know more about it than the patient
Someone once said the worst thing that has happened to you is the best thing. Mental illness made me give up intoxicants.
My 31 year old daughter has been suffering with schizophrenia since 15. It went undiagnosed for year. She indulged in illegal drugs all that time. She is now confined to a wheelchair, and will be institutionalized for the rest of her life. Her more prevalent symptoms were people who were in her head. Clozapine is her medication. But she has gained over 100lbs. I really wish, we had discovered this diagnosis when she was young.
I needed this video, I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder almost a year ago. I’m still trying to accept myself and the diagnosis and look through to a positive instead of feeling so negative about this.
Im so glad you found this channel. If youre not familiar with SchizoKitzo they have great videos and community too. These are the only two youtube places i know i can find this kind of content, do you (or anyone else who sees this) have any recommendations?
And i really hope your journey gets easier, and that you can be proud of yourself!
@@pbgv399sorry I don’t have any other recommendations. This has been the only channel I’ve watched and found. Thank you for your recommendation, I’ll look into it.
For me, I was a little bit relieved when I found out. It explained a lot of things. I didn't get diagnosed until I was in my 30's though. My symptoms and paranoia got to be physical. I went to a regular doctor for trigeminal neuralgia. My face hurt and I guess I was clenching my jaw so bad that it rubbed the coating off the nerves in my face. I was given a medication for that and it worked at relaxing my jaw, but I had a bizarre manic reaction to the carbamazepine. I went back and I was in such a state that all the nurses looked scared. I got on antipsychotics a few days later and the pain went away. I also was having high blood pressure, heart rate, tremor, and tinnitus. All of those went away and I finally was able to gain weight when I started meds.
U'll be ok
I'm a therapist in a hospital with bipolar disorder.
I'm open about it and I find I'm able to have a deeper empathy with patients because of it and also some patients feel safer talking to me than some of my colleagues as well.
It also lets me talk to patients about medication from a first hand perspective. Some patients when they are first prescribed anti-psychotics are worried or distrustful and I'm able to reassure them.
As a therapist, I would think you would have taken more of an unbias medical approach.
What worries me about this content is that if you pay attention to a majority of the comments, you will find people whom are self diagnosing and self medicating based off of comparisons to likeness.
Now, on my personal youtube page, I do not come from a Drs standpoint. Its conflict of interest. Though, I can appreciate these pages to a certain degree,I often watch for consistent similarities within other based medical diagnoses. Key words or a pushed interference. Such as, "you may be schizophrenic if you experience these symptoms", or "are you schizophrenic?" And then a list of symptoms or realities are pushed forward. You would have to agree that Bi-Polar disorder and Schizophrenic/Schizo-Affective Disorder display similar symptoms. What you will end up seeing is a shift in cognitive awareness to a set of symptoms that were never there in the first place. Would you agree with this?
@@dro2000 Using 'therapeutic use of self' is a valid and recognized approach to treatment.
People with mental illnesses can still provide treatment using established medical practices. Having lived experience does not mean I am biased in my treatment. There was a time when people thought women shouldn't be doctors because they will be biased towards their female patients.
The majority of your reply doesn't seem to relate to me and I am having trouble parsing it.
@@rect7840 o no sir, im not exactly speaking to you but more with you. I apologize if I came off that way. You are of a medically sound mind. As I am. Im not sure how old you are but I received my medical degree back in 2005. Once social media came along, Ive seen a huge spike in self diagnosis which then leads to antipsych meds that are unnecessary. Is this something that you are seeing as well? There is something about channels like this that is concerning to me. I would love your input from a medical providers stand point.
@@dro2000you state you have your MD since 2005. We can see your previous comments that medication is poison and you don't believe in all man made diagnoses with no context. That's pretty dangerous it's self especially posting that on a public page advocating for mental illness. ??
Good for you! I am also a therapist with bipolar disorder. I am a new therapist and I am still trying to find my comfort level as far as self disclosure in order to serve my Clients best. I definitely think there’s still a stigma and I really wish there wasn’t. Nobody would bat an eye if a doctor who had cancer shared that with their patients, but I have always felt I have to be Super careful with self disclosure. Personally, from a provider and client standpoint, I love channels like this. I think if more doctors saw their patients as humans, they would see the value in having these conversations, instead of worrying about people “self-diagnosing.” No matter what, people are not diagnosis, they are human first. Channels like these allow most people to feel supported and proactive advocates of their own health and wellbeing.
As your channel is growing and as we are evolving you will have a growing base of subscribers who are a third category. Those who are just interested and enjoy learning in your channel despite not necessarily having a mental illness and not directly knowing someone with it. The way you present your videos is very helpful for anyone who wants to learn and grow and understand other people. We all suffer or go through the human experience differently. Getting a different perspective of those living with a mental illness helps us gain a greater perspective ❤
The hardest symptom of schizo spectrum conditions is medication
Yes, most definitely
I used to volunteer helping youth learn how/practice talking to their doctors about difficult topics and it's important we know how to talk about them (medications) to our doctors/practitioners, who are Not always very good on this topic, sometimes they tell us what we feel, what the meds r doing, and I've even heard of doctors denying that we r experiencing side affects... At some point we should not have to keep "proving" ourselves, it's like they don't trust us, trust that we ourselves genuinely want to get better, live better, (not be cured, but I mean we take our meds, we r proactive in self-care, we don't want to be bad, but if we feel bad we ought to be safe saying so...
Over and over, you help me to lay hold of the ways in which having schizoaffective disorder/schizophrenia is one more way of being human. You enhance my life by sharing your own thoughtfully examined and richly meaningful life, and I thank you.
My dad always used to say to be kind to everyone because you never know what they're going through. I miss him lots- he and my husband and my mom and everyone who has supported me (including you all) are the best!😀 I don't have schizophrenia, but I do have anxiety, panic attacks, and OCD, and I definitely think it has made more empathic. Love you all!😀
Lauren,once again,
Deep Respect and Gratitude 💐💚🎉
for all you are doing on this channel.
Inspiring and beautiful post.
💖❤🧡💖❤💜💖
Thank You so much Lauren and to all who contributed.💐😊🎉
Thank you Lauren. You’re immensely helping caregivers of loved ones afflicted with Schizophrenia.
I'm not schizophrenic but suffer from other mental illnesses, and this video has given me so much hope ❤
i have had schizoprenia for 55 years the wost part has been the deppresion its been a struggle eric rorris minnesota
This is kind of refreshing actually. Schizophrenia is one of those situations where no matter how much wisdom, self awareness, emotional intelligence, experience, self reliability, etc. that we gain, it seems like most people (me included would trade all that to be without it without a shadow of a doubt. I'm included in that group so maybe I'm biased, but this is a new perspective nonetheless.🤘🏽
I have Bipolar Disorder I and I agree. Having resilience and a better understanding about the Schizophrenia spectrum illnesses, makes a huge impact on all of us with the illness! Hearing other people’s experiences, helps, not only me, but makes a big impact for our lives. It’s good to hear from you Lauren. Your videos inspire me to be myself, and embrace my passion for simply being me. Hope your doing well.. take care! 😊
I'm bipolar type 2 it's a roller coaster
@@heatherghimire7744 I understand. It’s a lot to deal with, especially during depression. Just take one day at a time, and know that you’re strong!! I know you may have some days where you feel like doing absolutely nothing, yet that too is okay! What matters the most is trying your best and doing what you can do. I believe in you! ❤️
Your videos helps a lot .I'm living with schizophrenia since 2018 I've accepted the illness but the treatment I get from people even my friends treat me differently more special after relaps people make funny of the things your were saying while you were not okay .I wish people can treat us equally because no one chose to have this illness . I'm from south Africa
Knowing when I am well, and when I'm not, having insight, being able to be aware of when a symptom is bothersome, of if it requires intervention(therapist, psychiatrist, crisis line first responders, hospital if needed). Accepting the diagnosis, and staying on my meds, allow me to be present, and be able to relate to others better
Schizophrenia took everything from me. I am not grateful. The only thing that I am useful for is being able to clear up all the mystery and crap that anyone who actually cares (almost zero) around what schizophrenia actually is but I have had to write letters/defy psychiatrists/ and sometimes pretend that I am not schizophrenic for decades. Only after my brother died of a toxic “overdose” of his meds did I publicly reclaim the label of schizophrenia. And I stand by the no meds for me, just megavitamins and very low sugar/stress diet in relation with a health focused lifestyle. Lowest incidence of “suicides” as well.
baby you are the greatest ,as jackie gleason said i can relate jackie didn't say that. i did.
I'm diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic. My brother was undiagnosed, and he ended up killing himself a year and a half ago. I do not see this as grateful at all whatsoever??? I ABSOULETY every day WISH I was NORMAL. I wake up every day tired of what's gonna happen next with my mental illness. 😒
@@alimeow1140 It’s true that so many people have a resultant schizophrenia from PTSD and then the illness often creates more PTSD and it’s a big catch 22. Trying to find calm while finding self-autonomy is pretty important for schizophrenia. I hope that you find a good therapist.
Yes. I’ve never met anyone that really has schizophrenia that is grateful for this debilitating illness.
I find that taking care of my physical health is important for me (paranoid schizophrenia is my diagnosis) because it affects my mental health. So an overall perspective of taking care of myself better, mentally and physically with nutrition and exercise and avoiding alcohol and smoking etc. I’m just taking care of myself overall better than I did before I got mentally ill.
Absolutely, nothing in this world is all good or all bad. I was diagnosed with cancer last year and it showed me very similar things like my own strength, strengthening my empathy, teaching me how to support others when they are going through something awful, made me more grateful and mindful, and shifted the whole paradigm of what I assumed my like would look like. I would go ahead and pass if I could go back in the future and not get cancer of course, but you’re right that suffering brings valuable lessons.
I still would not wish psychosis on anyone, but living with it has really shown me deep insights on where I am stuck - my shadow side. It showed me where I actually lacked true compassion and unconditional love for myself.
Since learning to become a true friend and ally for myself it has become so much easier to stand up to voices, to ignore them and their stories, because they can no longer hook on all the negative ideas about myself that I used to hold.
As a result I think I have attained spiritual growth, and my voices have become much kinder. I have found radical acceptance, radical acceptance, radical trust.
I am still deeply devastated that it comes paired with complete dysfunctionality and loss of capacities in so many ways, and yes, I wish I could have read and learned it from a book... but I think it would not have forced me to go so deep
I have schizophrenia nos and I have gained a lot of wisdom and enlightenment from my suffering
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Am I the only one who experianced the sense of oneness in my psychosis? And I kinda get more open with people while being in that state. I think that was a very positive thing.. of couse it was also terrifying but.. that oneness feeling was really nice.
I came to this channel because of an interest in Schizophrenia. I stayed because I have Bipolar and there's so many things I resonate with here!
I'm very grateful for all of the mental health issues I went through. In my case, I was misdiagnosed with Bipolar with psychosis. I believe my issues were caused by narcissistic abuse, PMDD, and Multiple Drug Intolerance Syndrome. Cutting the narc out of my life, removing my ovaries, and stopping all meds has mostly cured everything.
I completely agree that my issues have increased my empathy. It has made me lose my shame and just be authentic with others.
Most importantly, I have 5 kids. 3 ended up diagnosed with bipolar, 1 with OCD, and 1 most likely had autism. I have had to guide them through their mental illness journeys- and my own experiences have helped me to comfort them (for example, one was having akathisia and I recognized it before the ER doctor- and even told the staff in the hospital to adjust treatment).
I am also back in school for psych because of the medical abuse I experienced in the hospitals. If someone tells me wild stories about abuse by doctors, I am much more inclined to believe them.
You’re a badass! As someone with a schizoaffective disorder diagnosis (the diagnosis wasn’t even shared with me; I had to read my medical records) who also suspects MDD or CPTSD with psychotic features is more accurate, you’re EXACTLY the kind of person I’d want to talk to in a mental health crisis.
I’m sure you’ve been an incredible help to your kids. It takes a kind of rogue mentality to make our way out of the fog, and light the way for others.
Thanks for sharing. ❤
I agree. Narcissistic abuse is terrible and can also cause accustic hallucinations via narcissistic introjections.
And what's overlooked, a full blown narc loops in their own distorted psychosis, too, and drags you into their (psychotic) world.
And that's also very dangerous when shrinks have npd and many have...
Before getting a diagnose: check your environment.
Lauren, this is a great video about schizophrenia and it is good to have it in that it makes me more sensitive to other people that need help and compassion towards them. I have had the illness for many years and even when I was a child and baby of experiences that I have had of head banging and injuries to myself and others until I became aware of nice people and friends that want to help me get through life. I have had two hospital experiences in my marriage and my husband helps me a great deal and my children have schizophrenia now. We are a good family as well.
I don't have schizophrenia but I do enjoy your content😊
thank you for this video, when i started watching i was fixating on signs, on the eyes of the recommended videos off to the side, on the numbers in the duration, on spots of dust on my screen, by the end i stopped interpreting those signs as threats and was able to come back to a place of reminding myself that the things i notice through this experience aren't out to get me but are just part of my own mind and the world around me guiding me towards a place of love and acceptance inwards and outwards
I worked with dementia patients and could really empathize with them. It was a tough but rewarding work. I loved at the end of 12 hour shift listening to the stories the patients would tell me.
Thank you ❤ you help alot of people 🙏 Love your channel
Excellent video. I think the invaluable support you provide to others must be the best aspect of your own schizophrenia. Keep it up.
My partner of 14 years has schizoaffective disorder. One of his symptoms affects his language. Sometimes when he’s talking, he’ll be looking for the right word to use and he’ll say a word that’s not an English word. Just completely made up gibberish. He’s able to do it at will too. Well, over time, he started building a “secret language” just for him and I. He incorporated in other magical elements and built us a whole magical world. When I’m overwhelmed by life, he’ll take me on a verbal journey, using word salad, taking me away from the stressors of real life and make me feel …. different…. better, calm. I’m grateful for his neurodivergent way of thinking and the magic he brings to my life.
Apparently schizophrenia comes with:
• Increased resistance to viral infections
• Increased creativity, mathematical reasoning, and sometimes general intelligence (by the way, I think the reducing symptoms of high intelligence schizophrenics are due to their intelligence overpowering the illness's effects, meaning they won't show up as being schizophrenic a lot of the time)
Plus probably:
• An increased resistance to boredom, as your mind is always doing something
• An increased frequency of psychotic breaks, while negative while happening, can lead to the mind reshaping into a more generally healthy form
So that's nice.
Also, you are very articulate in speech. Which might have something to do with it.
Personally, I think schizophrenia is the body's resistances to the natural madness of humans being too weak, so its origins are all over the place.
Generally schizophrenia is associated with lower IQ across majority of the scientific studies done to date.
I did not say IQ. What they lack in normal reasoning, they often make up for in creativity, especially in art.
Plus, those tests 🧪 use measured schizophrenia, which basically removes the most intelligent among them due to milder symptoms/intelligence naturally overpowering the symptoms because it makes one harder to fool, even by their own psychosis. @@darla8786
@@darla8786 It is, but more because of the fact that the constant state of anxiety and fright really doesn't allow the brain to learn new things (just like in people like me who have chronic depression and have lower IQ scores because of many of the same reasons despite not having chronic delusions or hallucinations as such)rather than the stereotype of that "ppl suffering from schizophrenia have delusions because their lower levels of intelligence make it harder for them to distinguish their reality from the objective reality"
Enhanced creativity , general intelligence , mathematical reasoning ? None of those are true .
"Creativity and schizophrenia spectrum disorders across the arts and sciences"
Says so.
Also studies in psychology basically never deal with asymptomatic cases (cases where the person does not need mental health care due to being able to function anyway), without any real reason, which unfairly excludes the highest performing people with mental health conditions.
If you take away the top percentages of any demographic the average will go down, as the top performers bring up the average disproportionately.
So it is pretty safe to say if the studies put them as near equal, they are actually at least slightly ahead.
@@michaelblankenau6598
I echo the large amount of empathy I've gained that some have said and it's definitely something I am thankful to have gained from the struggle of this illness. Additionally, schizophrenia opened up a form of creativity for me and allowed me to express it musically. I actually wrote a piece of music that captures some of that intense "brain noise" that can come during a psychotic episode and, if you don't mind me sharing, I'd love to post a link here for others to hear. Music has been a great reliever of my symptoms and maybe others who struggle would be able to glean something from it as well.
So much love for your channel and I really appreciate all you do in representing those of us with schizophrenia and being a positive voice for us to resonate with. ♥
This is.very sweet! It's nice to hear positives about the illness which I've thought about myself lately! I still don't wish it on myself or anyone else yet without a cure for all of us living with the mental illness I do have to appreciate what I can and have gratitude. I do believe it is fixable though, and we will know how to fix it or even prevent it over time! Can't wait!
I'm incredibly Grateful for this channel and all you & Rob shared. As a caregiver for a family member fr many years, at times when it feels like there's not enough support frm the system - gov or private, This channel & community is a big eye opener with lotsa emphathy & humanizing the awareness & experience.
i got my schizophrenia diagnosis quite a few years ago. at first i didn’t know what it meant, all i said was “ok.” but after more time i started seeing the separation between my mind and reality. i always wonder what it would be like to live without a mental illness but i do find comfort in it every now and then. i remember being young and hating reality. now i don’t have to worry anymore, for that i’m grateful because i don’t need to use drugs to escape. i’ll never deal with it again and i can be alone inside my head. to me, that’s the positive part of it.
i'm grateful for these videos..i've been schizophrenic about 25 years..and in most that time videos like this didn't exist..it is nice to see awareness now in these times..and people who really care enough to speak about the condition..may God bless and protect all of you..
I really enjoy the videos on this channel, I suffer from Bipolar 1 disorder as well as obsessive compulsive disorder and while I can’t directly relate with schizophrenia, my mental health struggles have helped me to be more empathetic and I’ve also gotten better at managing my illness
I totally resonate with so much of what you and the community have said in this video! Thank you so much for spotlighting these beautiful aspects of our lives, more people need to have this kind of understanding of how developed and expansive we are as people.
Ive seen more negative stigmatisation and demonisation of psychosis and our diagnoses/experiences than usual in the last few months, so this is so important to me.
And thank you for including my comment on video games 😅❤
definitely the social aspect of understanding suffering might be the trigger and the cure... in sanitoriums patients were the best healers, not the doctors. seeing how well off i was compared to others helped.
That last sentence. Sounds shitty. But it does help. I think of people that are homeless with the same illness. Someone always has it worse
i know i can be shitty
@@garsto9718
i loved hearing everyone's experiences and Lauren's analysis of how mental illness affects us
your doing such a good job im proud of you! keep shining and fight through the pain, you are a blessing. dont let your doubts get the best of you, your amazing hun!
Thank you for posting a positive spin on mental illness. I live with anxiety, panic attacks and depression and sometimes it can be hard to not focus on the negatives❤
Thank you for these videos, these are very useful for supporters of people with schizophrenia, my sister has catatonic schizophrenia so your videos are helpful for me.
You definitely find out who loves you and who doesn’t. I went from a huge group of “friends n family “ to LITERALLY one person who I know loves me even though I have this disease. I’m grateful for this person thou.
and you found out who's fake as well, who's not really empathic, who's not really generous, ...behind their society's masks!
I'm glad the channel has given you accountability and healthy routines. You're lucky to have support and enough awareness to take care of yourself enough to keep it together most of the time. It must be very difficult for your partner
Also, I love "help who you can till you can't"- so true!😀 Thank you to all!😀
I am on an ongoing journey of acceptance with the chronic depression I suffer from. This last video really spoke to me. Thanks 🙏 xx
Thank you so much for this video. It's very uplifting.
u are so strong...i hope u know i see your effort, and I'm amazed by your fortitude. 💗
For me, a benefit is (ironically) increased skepticism. After recovering from delusions, a lot of my other opinions and understanding of the world started shifting and changing. I gave up some beliefs and changed others. It takes a lot more to convince me of anything now. I see delusional-type thinking even in healthy people.
I wanted to tell you that I truly am inspired by your story. I to have these issues that I deal with on a daily basis. Not just with me but I have 2 adult children that have the same issues. ❤
💕💕💕💕Lauren, you - and your family - are gems.💕💕💕
Nice to hear from you again I hope you're doing better I'm still recovering from my mood disorder
Very positive and encouraging interview. Lovely video...
Antii-depressants. Are not bad. I have not schizo defective disorders. I have not schizophrenia. My health. Health cares. Diagnosed. Better accept myself.
I liked your videos.
Never give up.
Your videos are helpful.
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Thank you for this (as with your other videos). Life spares no one hardship, but we must never forget the great joy it can also bring.
I can't think of any positives other than I can be sympathetic and empathetic towards others with mental health issues. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. 😢 But my mental health is at least MOSTLY manageable at this point. Keyword mostly. ❤
A wonderful video! Thank you to the host, and to everyone for your comments displayed in the video!❤
I never miss your videos. Thank you, Lauren. Be well.
I love being schizy, i would NEVER give it up, u couldn't buy it from me, I find it strange u said ud choose otherwise, I guess I am different, I don' suffer it, I'm not afraid of the scary things, I can sometimes enjoy the "trip" I call it schizyness, a quality that can be chaotic and disharmonizing but I feel more, "powerful" smarter, more unique, I just dont get the notion of self-hating or deprecation, I am proud of who I am
That' said I do think u nailed this video, u captured in particular the correct information about how we grow and learn more of who we r and what's Right, and we learn our value to ourselves and others as we volunteer or work within the lives of those affected by the "disease" (hate calling it that),
community it seems is a recurring theme in our lives...
who want to be a BORING "Healthy" neurotipical???!!! ehheheh !!! Cmon , I still have neurotipicals looking at me as Im an alien in a good way ;)
I am grateful for this beautiful mind.
... good for you... great, forthright, and steadfast comments...well-expressed, too...
Very very good video thank you very much for explaining what I'm suffering with and l am grateful for that, it's really necessary to learn these points to feel more comfortable about what I experienced before with mu illness (Schizophrenia), I Love you and I will need your videos for my whole life I guess ❤❤❤
Thank You! Very Helpful❤️
one other positive that i can think of is that it has given me a lens to see the world differently on a spiritual level, i grew up obsessed with science and never saw myself as a spiritual person but the experience of schizophrenia has opened up avenues of personal spiritual belief that i never thought would reach a place where that spiritual belief could be one that enriched my life instead of only causing fear, but i can honestly say the renewing creative spirit and sense of who i am that my spirituality now gives me are worth it even amidst days where i struggle, and that may have never happened had i not experienced a schizophrenic perspective on the universe and my place in it
I love how you do your hair. You should do a video on self care
My dad got it but it's been more then 25 years he didn't see or hear anything so it can be cured
Thank you for this🥹
Thanks for this video, truly
Thank you for helping me Lauren. Wishing you a peaceful and safe day
Thanks!
It definitely is a good reminder to put mental health first, weakness to strength.
Its definitely made me more empathetic towards people in general. I used to be in the toxic mindset of comparing issues/struggles. Now Im more of the mindset that life is hard for everyone. Also, I used to be ashamed of not being able to hold a job. Now I think I just wasnt meant for it. Dont know how it is in Canada, but here in the States there is legitimate incentive to be more selfish.
thank you for this video..
You are an incredibly beautiful soul.
You are a very articulate and beautiful young woman. My son was diagnosed when he was 18. He's 28 now. His was drug-induced. He unfortunately disconnected from us. He has been homeless since he was 19 or so. He refuses to get off drugs and being homeless is just fine with him. I did try and take him to a psych hospital si they could stabilize him in meds but, as soon as I left, he chose to leave. He was an adult and I have no say in decision-making. I even asked a judge to remove his rights so if I did put him in a psych hospital, he wouldn't have been able to just leave. He's not a danger to himself or others. He's just not willing to bet help.
Once again I send you a big hug Lauren 🤗🤗🤗
🤍 love your channel. thank you.
I have schizophrenia, im currently dealing with the numbing side effects of the medications
I have sent you healing. I hope you feel better soon.
It makes you a better person❤
The love of my life left me because of my mental illnesses.. :(
Deeply sorry for you Marcus, if there's any comfort in this, just think, if they were mentally ill, would you leave them? if you would or wouldn't, what is your reasoning?
Why did they decide to leave?
Becuase i have empathy as I do for the mentally ill.. it would depend on the circumstances.. I dont agree with her leaving me in the end... but setting more boundaires I understand. I will forever love her and we are still friends.. it just hurts my heart. @@joshy2joshy
I can't think of anything good about my schizophrenia.
"healthy" neurotipicals would lie and make up a positive answer (:comment) more favourable to the "community" ,in order to make the community appear more "likeable" or "interesting" . you said your TRUTH Bluntly regarless of what other people would think. it sounds a good trait to me. ;)
Hello... I am wondering what medication you are on. You are sooo clear and concise in your videos. May I ask which one you are on?
great video lauren!
I am living with schizophrenia and i take antipsychotics but the med give me side effects like tremors
Its sorta forced me to delve the darker aspects of human psychology which has helped me gain a deeper understanding of people and a fuller perspective of humanity as a whole. Also I'm sure some people may think this is a negative but personally i love the quirkiness it gives me. And although this was horrific for me before i understood what was happening to me, now that I'm aware of my condition and have a good grasp on it i rarely have bad symptoms anymore but when i do lowkey its kinda fun, i like feeling "crazy" sometimes bc it makes things interesting i guess. I only say that tho because im aware of whats happening and it doesnt get out of control anymore, again before i had this awareness it was horrific lmao but now bc im aware and its milder idk i kinda dig it. Plus it makes me funny at parties when i say some off the wall comment sarcastically but lowkey i only had the idea bc it came to me as serious thought first. Gotta look for the cameras"as a joke" ahaha everyone laughs and i just play it off as sarcasm lolol *sweats internally*
one thing i can do is stay calm. and think of peaceful things.
Pretty much all of us are or have suffered in some way. In your case, it's a mental illness. In my case it's a derious physical illness that I got from Covid that makes my life so much more difficult nowadays. Because of this we can have compassion for other people because most of us have something we're dealing with.
Not that it's a competition, but long covid is not psychosis.
@@libbyhyett6625 No, it's not.
Our experiences help form who we are, both the good and the bad.
In my case, I'm autistic. And I would definitely say that my autism has helped more than it has hurt. Some of my senses are heightened, I have heightened spacial awareness and heightened self awareness, I have a much easier time with pattern recognition and logic, I have very outside the box thinking, which enables me to come up with unique solutions to various problems, adapting to and accounting for my differences makes it easier for me to understand certain aspects about people that most other people don't see, I can hyper focus on whatever interests me and develop my skills in that area much more thoroughly than most people, I have a sort of innate artistic sense, I have an incredibly vivid imagination, I am incredibly stubborn and can really stick to my goals (That one's a bit of a double-edged sword), I was able to hold on to my inner child no matter how tough life got, I have an easier time just being my true self regardless of what other people think of me, I have a strong sense of justice and am a very honest person, I'm incredibly optimistic...
Comparing all of that to the downsides of minor social difficulties, the occasional misunderstanding, and more vulnerability to social stress, and I would gladly take the autism any day. Even if the autism didn't come with all of these upsides, my autism is still a crucial part of me. It's still a piece that helps make me me.
I factor in the terrible job doctors do diagnosing "schizophrenia", like when it changes from "chronic schizophrenia" to "bipolar", and they even change the meds.
I have both Aspergers and Schizophrenia. And ADHD, Tourettes and severe OCD. And developed severe C-PTSD due to being raised by bat shit crazy parents.
Not thankful.
Its hell for me
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Yeah man I love all I've gotten to learn and gain but I would trade this for most things in an INSTANT☠☠
@@extraordinarytv5451my life turned upside down from this debilitating illness I honestly don't know how people with it are positive because it's constant hell for me anyway
Like most mental illnesses/states it varies wildly in likability depending on your personality.
Plus, I think mental illnesses get amplified by your desire to bottle 🍾 them up (otherwise they stay at low levels of effect), which is heavily tied to personality.
Suffering provides enlightenment hang in there I also have schizophrenia but when the suffering subsides sometimes I have a deep time of reflection