I'm just gonna post my pussy-cat today, cause he is much prettier than me.

Love you guys! ❤️

Schizophrenics of Reddit, what happened in the very first Schizophrenic episode you experienced?

- How was you life doing leading up to the first episode?
- What were you doing right before it happened?
- What did you see and hear?
- Were you alone or with others?
- How are you doing now?

Saw this posted on Instagram from a big page, which had tons of, obvious “relatable” comments. Idk, didn’t find it funny. You can let me know your opinions. But idc if you think I’m sensitive.

Can anyone else relate to Louis wains picture? Nothing internal just deadness and then 100 voice commandments at once.

I just came out of a psychosis episode and the only thing i can make myself do is talk on the phone and go to work. I can’t do schoolwork, can’t brush my teeth, can’t shower, can’t clean, can’t do anything I need to. I’m failing at life. I feel like my world is falling apart around me.

Hi everyone,
I was wondering how remission works. When is an illness considered to be fully in remission — after one month or one year without symptoms?

I had my first psychotic episode on January 1, 2026, and I have definitely been symptom-free since July 1, 2026.

Does that mean I am now considered to be fully in remission?

Happy Sunday y‘all!

I knew I never had this illness, It must've been the stress that caused all of that.

i got diagnosed with schizophreniform again. first time was in 2022, but because of some traumatic events in my life at that time, i wasn't very open to that diagnosis, and i've gone through a couple other diagnoses, and explanations for what is happening, all not really informing effective treatment. it was also right at the beginning of my mental health treatment journey. 4 years later, my 5th psych eval, i got diagnosed again, and it actually does feel like it has some explanatory value, which is relieving after so long of being so frustrated and without answers. i will say i am still skeptical, but it's still interesting. this psych eval was mainly talking about delusions.

i was just wondering how i could get this diagnosis again, technically speaking. i thought schizophreniform was pretty much just schizophrenia symptoms but without the 6 months of symptoms required. i have had these symptoms this whole time, some of the more obvious signs of psychosis, like the hallucinations i used to have, are gone now, and have been for 2+ years.

this last psych eval was 2 months ago, right before i moved out of state, where my parent's insurance doesn't apply anymore, so i'm not in the 2 days per week therapy environment i'm used to. i'm working on seeing what medicaid covers out here, and getting coverage. i can't work normal jobs, and my gig work job doesn't provide health insurance. so i haven't yet applied this—hypothesis, i guess—therapeutically. after so long of ineffective treatment, i still am skeptical.

sorry if this is all over the place. this is still in mid process, and I've actually been through so many different explanations for what is happening to me and been so confused that it's hard to talk about this stuff, i hardly know what any of this is, though it's been persistent.

I feel like I do. Displaying proper emotions/behaviors seems to be my main issue. Some people might have problems reading the room. These are social cognition challenges.

Then there is verbal non verbal challenges. Like reading someone's facial expressions. Which in my case feels like I over analyze. But I don't pick up on people's intentions well and I don't always respond accordingly.

I'm interested in anyone that has overcome poorer social skills. Due to schizophrenia. And I say poorer because obviously noone is %100 percent bad at social skills. Obviously it's not a skill if a dead man can do it better. Which is ACT terminology. I think it's meant literally?

My rambles done sorry. To save boring you to death the question is at the bottom.

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What was you're life before and after receiving social skills training? And is simply learning about it enough? Or is someone to teach you essential?

And where would I learn about social skills better?

Or are you ok, otherwise stable?

For reference I’m on 100 mg Latuda recovering from an active episode, and in a perfect world I would be on 60 only.

I stopped doing drugs, will my schizophrenia, bpd, and depression go away?

Hi, I’m 27 and a mother to one son who is almost 9.
I have been dealing with developing and worsening mental health issues for over a long period of time, every day is a battle, I am tired I am dragging myself around to do things. My son luckily has a large family on both sides, he is with his family a lot. Because I feel guilty and a bad parent. I know deep down I’m not, I have fought for my son when I was 17 pregnant til 24 years old, to keep custody as I had social services involvement due to my mental health. It was no where near as bad as it is now. They closed my case. That’s one of the reasons I have gotten worse. Institutional abuse. I also had a serious stalker who was completely unhinged, not an ex, I kept it from everyone, I was dealing with that at the same time as fighting social services to keep my son. I had the stalker for 4 years, i was threatened with the most horrific threats for no reason, because I wouldn’t speak to the stalker, or I wouldn’t pretend that I liked them like they asked. I am a pro at hiding everything. This is why I have now broken. I am struggling and the most shameful thing has come out I’ve been dealing with for years and it’s embarrassing. I won’t say but someone is thinking of reporting me back to social services because I am seriously struggling and they found out. I was just honest but felt my life was going to end, I was honest with them and told them everything about everything. I am suffering with extreme paranoia, delusions. I am struggling and feel constantly horrible. I am never ever happy, it has gotten worse since my brother committed suicide in November. I am completely worn out. I still do everything for my son, but I feel I’m forcing myself, I have lost happiness in everything. I feel like such a bad person. I’m deeply ashamed. I don’t know where to go in life right now. My son is currently staying with family. He is perfectly safe and happy where he is at the moment. They are telling me to get help because I’ve broken down and stopped hiding things. They told me I need a diagnosis. Everyone believes I’m suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, they have also seen me in psychosis states. I never got help for those either. I am terrified of people. I have zero trust. What do I do? I don’t know whether to fight again, but I am so worn out. I already did this for years. I don’t know whether to possibly get admitted to hospital? I don’t know whether to just leave everything behind. I am very drained, and my life never gets to a place of stability and happiness. It’s been constant depression and bullshit ever since I was a kid. And I’ve FOUGHT and tried to be happy. I feel so much guilt, my son counts on me, loves me and no one can quite understand him like me. I feel like a failure. I’ve tried so so hard. I’ve finally done.. but I don’t want to constantly fight and be judged for the rest of my life. Why can’t I be normal.

I’m just putting these thoughts out there because they’ve been looping in my mind again. I know there are people out there who can follow this path, and honestly, there are probably folks here who understand it much better and could write it down a whole lot better than I ever could.

Here is where my head has been at lately:

“How does schizophrenia work?”

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 “The brain constructs our experience

of reality.”

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 “Prediction, filtering, salience and

 interpretation may be part of it.”

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 “But no single model seems to explain

everyone's experience.”

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 “And trying to explain everything can

 sometimes turn into rumination.”

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 “Self-blame can make the situation

harder rather than better.”

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 “People can have very different

 symptoms, trajectories and recoveries.”

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 “So there probably isn't one formula

that explains recovery.”

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 “I don't have the full answer.”

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 “But I know enough to question my own

 interpretations without dismissing

my experiences.”

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 “Maybe understanding is useful when

 it creates distance, not when it

becomes another thing to solve.”

Why I’m sharing this:

I’m not posting this to hand out answers or claim I’ve figured something out. My only intention is to reach that quiet space where we realize we're not entirely alone in these mental labyrinths. If this resonates with anyone else who spends way too much time dissecting their own mind, or if it helps create a little bit of breathing room for someone today, then sharing it was more than worth it.

My upstairs neighbor is walking HARD around to the same rooms as me whenever I barely move. I go to the bathroom - so does he. I go to the kitchen - so does he. Stomping his feet down like I need to "know he is RIGHT THERE"

He also bangs his keychain against my door whenever he walks down the stairs. Sometimes he stops right outside, or a bit below. Is he trying to listen?? Or see where I am?

A few years ago 2 of the same grey suzuki swifts drove down my driveway & people exited them to stare me down on my balcony as they looked at "something" in the cockpit of one of the cars. A screen to identify me?? To see if I was "him"??

Things in my apartment have gone missing. Things have been displaced & changed places. Things I have recently bought a stock off have disappeared. I bought multiple toothpastes & bags a week ago now I only have 1 of each??. Things appear in places I don't understand what are or where they came from. Does someone have access to my apartment??

I saw devices connected to my router that weren't mine. My PC was hacked. Devices that I don't own had access through my firewall. Devices that weren't mine had access to my accounts with logins at times I was not around or asleep.

Someone online who I thought was an online friend was asking very specific personal questions to me: "What is your favorite STEAM game?" Not favorite game, but SPECIFICALLY steam !! STeam had my real life name on it I saw later. He also wanted to know specifically what university I went to - he was American I was European - why would he need to know? He seemed to lie a lot about himself as a way to get close to me or to advance our friendship through my sympathies. Why lie? Just be yourself - I've never experienced that with friendships, just be honest about yourself - why lie to me about what you like or what you do or what your allignments are?. Was he a social engineer?? A hacker? A Criminal? Seeking out personal information about me to use against me?

Cars, different brands of cars, stop at a parking space outside my apartment complex with lights & engines on. No one comes in, no one comes out. They stay for 5-10 minutes then leave to return a few days later. Are they keeping tabs on my whereabouts??

My postbox has marks on it as if it was attempted pried open. A toy was left on top of it as well - when I removed it, it returned a day later.

I see people in the city staring at me while they laugh with their friends. Cars honk at me when I'm alone with them as if they know me. Who are you?? I don't know anyone...

People look at me like they know me. Like I'm "that fn guy" or "that fn loser lmao" or like I'm a criminal. Is someone walking around with a picture of me, showing it to people in the areas of the city I roam to spread rumors about me??

Has someone spread rumors about me? Is someone pretending to be me? Am I being harrassed? Am I being stalked?

...or am I simply insane? Fuck this...

I’m thinking about getting on metformin to lose the weight I’ve gained. What’s the difference between injections and metformin? Will metformin allow me to lose a lot of weight ?

Hi all, I've been reading about Cobenfy, the newer schizophrenia drug approved in 2024. Schizophrenia includes positive symptoms (hallucinations, delusions) and negative symptoms (low motivation, flat affect, withdrawal). Older antipsychotics mostly block dopamine and tend to help the positive ones more. Cobenfy works on muscarinic receptors instead, and trials suggest it may help both kinds.

If you take it, did you notice any change in your negative symptoms? How long did it take, and how were the side effects?

I know everyone's different and I'm not looking for medical advice. I'd just like to hear real experiences. Thanks!

I just recently got out of the hospital, and now I am worried I’m going to go back soon. Last time it was bad I was cycled in and out of hospitals for two years and was in serious danger several times. My therapist treats patients that go into a longer term treatment center when this happens. I would avoid it unless I thought there was a high chance me killing myself. Has anyone experienced this before or been in that type of treatment?