Information and opinions on Schizophrenia from womanc at SchizophreniaConnection.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708 http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708 http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/80294/work Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:04:07 -0400 womanc I went to this hairdresser who asked did I work When I said no, said 'lady of leisure' and went on to say she had been working hard and working since she was 15 and because of work she finds it hard to even do her shopping. When she said this, I felt bad despite having a good reason not to work. Why are people so nasty when others don't work and why do they ask so many questions? http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/80294/work http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/77153/natural Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:39:43 -0400 womanc I have ordered it, and am just wondering if it is safe and if it woks. If anyone has taken it please share. http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/77153/natural http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/74880/unwell Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:10:37 -0400 womanc In terms of hallucinations, delusions and paranoia. I am interested, that's all. Did your family realise you were unwell or did they believe the plots that you described to them? Just wondering. I thought there were rumours about me and that my whole family were dying of aids. I thought the doctor was out to kill me and that this person was stalking me. I thought terrible things had happened at my work and school and college and my parents... http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/74880/unwell http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/65379/patronise Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:57:08 -0400 womanc I have had many professionals treat me as if I am dangerous, an idiot, intellectually disabled or just plain strange. I now have a good doctor in a private practice.    However, people who I have not disclosed to also treat me this way due to misunderstanding of my social anxiety and nervousness, which they think is shyness and lack of confidence. When people treat me like this, I feel hurt and over sensitive and even begin to... http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/65379/patronise http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/64495/harrassed Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:28:46 -0400 womanc Ok so this guy on Yahoo messenger contacted me. He was nice to start off with. Then he started calling me nutter and a mental case without me doing or saying anything much at all. He said I needed help and I keep blocking him but somehow he keeps getting through. All I said when he asked did I like sex was that I had no interest in it. He then said I had mental health issues and that I was off kilter and said I needed mental help. He... http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/64495/harrassed http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/64362/partner Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:32:20 -0400 womanc My bf and I have been going out for a while. He is supportive and kind but I am worried he may not understand what I have been through. For someone uneducated who gets their knowledge through the media and Hollywood, it would be scary if someone tells them they have schizophrenia. I have learnt that. People think I am dangerous or a nutter or insecure if I tell them. I was scared when I was first diagnosed. I would have been scared if anyone... http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/64362/partner http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/64361/find-hard Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:26:32 -0400 womanc I studied counselling at college and graduated, but found it very hard wo work and even get through a full day's work there. I would get tired, get so nervous talking to people and when the phone rang I would jump. I also found it hard to process information and to remember little things and to speak to people. I finished that job before I got fired. Then I took on a job as a nurse, I still got nervous and made the patient's nervous and left... http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/64361/find-hard http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/64356/anxious Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:56:41 -0400 womanc I am well and living a normal life, except I feel greatly anxious around people and remember when I was sick and have flashbacks on my illness. It is hard to move on in my life, despite having two college degrees since I finished and to have moved on physically. I feel angry and hurt when people criticise me and still feel worried and angry by all the things people say to me. I am living in the past and find it hard to move on and forget what... http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/64356/anxious http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/63177/survivors Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:38:30 -0400 womanc Alas, schizophrenia is not the end of the world. There is so much living in all of us still. It is terrifying and debilitating, and we should congratulate ourselves on being so brave and courageous and make every mental effort to get better, surround our mind with positive thoughts and people and always be positive. Why do I say this? Because if I did not have strong religious faith and the ability to always be positive about myself and my... http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/63177/survivors http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/60739/success Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:30:35 -0500 womanc My life living with schizophrenia has not been easy. I will give you a run down on what it is like. In 1995 I had graduated from high school and was at college, living away from home. I had these unusual thoughts about things I had seen on tv. They started off normal and went to bizarre. I thought famous people were after me to be one of them. I locked myself away, everyone I saw looked like a famous person. I knew this was strange. I thought it... http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/573708/60739/success