I Have Schizophrenia - My experience with severe mental illness - living with schizophrenia

I also have schizophrenia, it's difficult, I've been dealing with medication for 20 years, it helps me find reasons to have hope and lead a simpole life, going for a walk in the morning, staying busy. different laboratories are developing new medications that can help us with negative symptoms, many are already in final tests, that gives me hope, thanks for sharing your experiences, and I hope that all of us who have to go through this have the strength to continue with life, seeing and appreciating beautiful things. Courage

i don't have schizophrenia, i have bipolar disorder, bpd, ocd, anxiety, mdd and add... i accidentally stumbled on your channel and i subscribed immediately, you seem like a very nice and humble person, and yeah, your kitties are not your only friends 💞

You said that you think your life is boring. I don't think so. I think you're an inspiration - to me at least. I admire you because you do everyday things, you have a routine, you have coping strategies, despite having schizophrenia.

You’re cats aren’t the only ones who need you 💕

I feel you. The antipsychotics that we are prescribed actually cause the negative symptoms although they treat the positive symptoms, and we struggle with feelings of inadequacy and failure. From an outside observer, your service, through these videos, is a worthy role to play in our society, and I appreciate it so much. Nothing ordinary about it!

Thank you for sharing this video. Yours is the best description of the “positive “ and “negative “ symptoms I’ve come across.

I love how you’ve shared your story. Many people share but they don’t talk about how frightening this can be. My son has schizophrenia and it breaks my heart for him and for anyone suffering from this illness. Also I am disappointed in the medical system because this is a neurological disorder yet it is considered a mental illness! Maybe if researchers would change course from mental illness to what it actually is as a neurological disorder this could be treated better and or cured ❤️ God bless you in your journey

Thank you, Kimberly, for being so open about your story. You are helping so many people, definitely me, by being so transparent. Never doubt if your story connects with anyone. It does ♥

Thank you for sharing this, I can imagine it must have been nerve wrecking sharing your story. My brother also has paranoid schizophrenia and has actually experienced very similar symptoms to yours. The more that people share their stories, I think the more stigma will be removed ❤️

Thank you for your post! I too have paranoid schizophrenia. The fact that you have a giant bookshelf in back of you, full of books, shows how intelligent you are. Very best wishes with you going back to school!

Thank you for sharing. I suffer from premenstrual dysphoric disorder have done so for the past 30 years and I thought that was difficult. I cannot even begin to imagine how difficult it must be to have Schizophrenia. You are very brave.

Thank you for being bravely honest and dispelling the stigmas associated with the illness. We need to hear the real story about schizophrenia.There is sadly so much misunderstanding rampant and it just makes the pain of the illness worse to endure. Education +knowledge =Understanding and Empathy.❤❤❤❤❤

Great video! I don’t understand much about schizophrenia but my uncle has it. He never got any professional help or medication, unfortunately he’s too far gone and can’t distinguish his hallucinations from reality. I’m glad you’re open about your mental health to remove the stigma schizophrenia often has, I know it must be hard. I wish you the best.

I'm so sorry you have been suffering from schizophrenia. I also feel that my mental health was deteriorating when I was around my father. I didn't like him as a child and I wasn't realizing it then. But I was afraid of him. I developed epilepsy and I had a major brain operation. I'm healthy today. I'm your new subscriber♡Love your voice and calmness!Thank you♡

thanks girl for sharing, it will get better. i have a precious cat too and being a cat mom is a very important job in life that holds so much meaning. so keep working toward your dreams but don’t forget just taking care of yourself snd your cats is not easy and should be something you praise yourself for doing!

Thank you so much for sharing, dear Kimberly. I found your video while following the "Living Well with Schizophrenia" channel and I'm very happy I did, because now I'm watching the rest of your videos and they make me feel much less lonely. I'd like to share my most recent discovery, which has been psychoanalytic psychotherapy. I have been taking it for almost a year now. Even though mainstream scientific institutions sidestep or frankly reject psychoanalysis, it's been the only kind of therapy that helps me make sense out of my hallucinatory experiences. Trying to sort out the possible meanings of the patterns of my illness has provided me with a lot of understanding and more compassion towards myself and others. If life gives me the chance, I'd like to become a psychoanalyst to help other people with psychosis. I send you lots of love 💙

Thank you for doing this. I learned a lot! My grandmother had schizophrenia and lived most of her adult life in a mental institution I'm the 1930's.

Thank you so very much for making this video and for being so brave and sharing your story. I am also so sorry for whatever happened with your father. It seems like you are safe now and getting the care you need and deserve. And I know you want to lose weight and you will and you are also a lovely human right now as you are. As someone else said, you would be important even if you didn’t have your kitty cats. But I am glad you do have them. And I’m glad they have you. Am very grateful for you.

Another great video. I feel so proud knowing you and seeing you getting the word out on schizophrenia. Keep up the good work!

Hello from Scotland, great explanation. I was diagnosed in 2020 after a couple of psychotic episodes- very difficult to come to terms with