I Have A Mental Illness That I Am Not Ashamed Of

I have Schizoaffective Disorder. I'm sure many of you have never heard of it since it's extremely rare. To put it in a nutshell, it's a mixture between Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder.
I deal more with the highs and lows of the bipolar more often than the many faces of Schizophrenia.
Feel free to message me or leave a comment if you're interested in knowing more of what it's like to walk in my shoes every day. I am sure it will either fascinate you or creep you out lol. Either or, I am very open and honest about it. :)

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Unlearn · 41-45, M

Tell me about schizophrenia...

PerseveringAngel · 31-35, F

@Unlearn it's an illness where those who are diagnosed with it have hallucinations of all kinds (visual, hearing, smelling, hearing and taste). Voices can give commands to do things that the person wouldn't naturally do. Some select few can actually becone catatonic.

They can be violent but it's mainly because of the paranoia that sets in and they feel threatened for their safety.

So yes, this illness can scare a lot of people but most of them that have this are the nicest and kind people you'd ever meet.

I only get the hallucinations when I'm sick, thank god.

Unlearn · 41-45, M

@PerseveringAngel do you really feel they're hallucinations?

PerseveringAngel · 31-35, F

@Unlearn If you're in your house by yourself and you start hearing voices you don't recognize and they are telling you bizzarre off the wall things, than yes.

Unlearn · 41-45, M

@PerseveringAngel who are they? :-)

PerseveringAngel · 31-35, F

@Unlearn honestly I am not sure. All I know is they are annoying as hell LOL

thinkbigaboutlife · F

@PerseveringAngel I don't have schizo, but I have heard voices before, seen things, felt things. In my case it's because I am hyper sensitive to imbalances in my environment and I feel when there is a 'presence' around me. But it all stopped when I moved to a new house.