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Thelma27
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When i was first given my schizophrenia diagnosis I refuse to accept the diagnosis and refuse medication because as a child my family would say things like you are special so we need to keep you safe from evil spirits etc and I was doing well at school and at work but as the years went by my illness worsened it got to a point where I was feeling desperate to get some help but no.one was able to help me up until a few years ago I am now on medication but I have not fully recovered from my psychosis i wish this help had come earlier because taking medication does help a lot but I feel people are afraid of things the don't understand whenever I try to explain how I am feeling I get shut down as a child I was told to write down what I was experiencing and then discard it but i was never allowed to speak to anyone about what I was going through with my mental health at one time I was told I was responsible for the deaths in my community when I ask how the person said by grinding my teeth whilst I sleep i was told I was grinding the bones of those that passed away from some form of illness or an accident i feel that more need to be done to help others understand or at least try to understand what it means to have a mental illness to me it is the worse illness in the world because it robs you of the basic normal emotions that people take for granted
