People do a lot of things to help with their schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, including journaling. I believe taking medication and seeing a therapist are the most important strategies. But there are other things besides …
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How This Writer Learned To Cope With His Stepbrother's… – BuzzFeed
Peter von Ziegesar is a New York-based writer who published a memoir in May 2014 about eventually becoming the sole caretaker of his schizophrenic and homeless step-brother. “The Looking Glass Brother is a fairly …
31 Important Mental Health Tips You Should Try Right Now
I've struggled with feeling like my mental health issues aren't really that bad and that has very much affected how and when I seek treatment. My therapist told me that no matter how mild or how severe, my depression matters …
Slipping Into Psychosis: What It’s Like To Be A 20-Something With Schizophrenia
lolamyers I remember it vividly: twelve years old, sitting on a bench, watching the floor morph into moving pictures. First a face, slowly turning from left to right; next, a sailboat on choppy waves. I thought everyone saw the world like I did, that everyone’s reality wiggled and squirmed when scru …
My Battles with Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and …
I have obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. I was diagnosed the summer before my freshman year in high school, though I likely dealt with one or both illnesses for most of my life to that point.