I am very excited about my growing blog, I have picked up 11 followers in last two weeks. My blog is about my triumph over schizophrenia and other things related to schizophrenia.
The purpose of the blog is to spread awareness about schizophrenia and to fight stigma. I think I am getting through to people, I just hope the site will continue to grow so that people will talk about about it, and not share sentiments such as media portrays people with schizophrenia as violent, or have no hope for recovery.
I started my blog in September 2008, and since then I have learned so much about schizophrenia. It feels good to know more about my illness, it feels like I am in control.
I have been out of institutionalization for a little over a year, and it feels great! My recovery is progressing very well. I am doing the things I used to do prior to my nervous breakdown in June 2007, I have a marketing internship and a relationship.
I am so glad I have your support to share my joy with and to get advice.
My blog, Overcoming Schizophrenia, is located at http://overcomingschizophrenia.blogspot.com.
Do you have a blog, so that we can network?
Ashley
Thank You for posting on this site. I have learned so much from coming to this site and am always trying to learn more about schizophrenia. I agree with you 100% about how no one really talks much about schizophrenia. My Mom once told me she thinks that schizophrenia is a hard illness because it is different from say bi-polar. Everyone suffers a little different.
I do not have a blog and was wondering how a person starts one and where you can post your own blog. I have written share posts here and have commented on what others have written.
Thanks again for posting and maybe we all need to network on ways we can stop the stigma attached to Mental Illness especially schizophrenia.
Hello Janet,
Thank you for stopping by my blog. I appreciate my readers a lot...To start a blog is very easy, first, you should have a gmail email account (gmail.com), second, go to blogger.com and create a blog. If you go to the "help" section you can find a video that will walk you through the steps to create a blog. Good luck with your blog!
Ashley