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Old 28-02-2021, 08:58 AM   #1
NotDefectiveSza
 
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hello - I'm Schizoaffective and I'm not defective

Hi. My name is Brianna and my username is NotDefectiveSza (no duh - you can see it right there lol). The reason my username is like that is because it had a character limit (boo! jk lol). It's supposed to read NotDefectiveSchizoaffective because i have schizoaffective disorder, and it turns out I'm not defective because of my mental illness.

So yeah, I live with schizoaffective disorder and PTSD. It's a difficult life, but with medication it has made my life somewhat tolerable. I have a cat; her name is Mike Itty (sounds like "my kitty" see what I did there lol). I also have a twin sister and she does not have schizoaffective like I do. Strange that we're not 100% alike, isn't it? One similarity is that we have both struggled with self-harm for a while now.

I'm struggling with intrusive self-harm thoughts recently because the anniversary of a certain traumatic event happened. It happened on Valentine's day... and that's all I want to tell about that.

I just came to this forum for support during my trying time. I also kinda hope to make new friends here. Maybe I'll even make a friend who shares my same diagnosis of schizoaffective. Thanks for reading.

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Old 28-02-2021, 12:24 PM   #2
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Hi Brianna, welcome to RYL. I'm glad you have a positive view on mental illness and what it means to you as a person. It's easy to get tangled up in labels. Please post in the support boards if you need some support. I hope you find it helpful here. Take care.





I put it down on paper and then the ghost does not ache so much.

Don't try to calm the storm, calm yourself, the storm will pass.

You didn't come this far just to come this far.


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