# Does anyone else think social isolation was the main cause of your sz **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [July 1, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794 "2026-07-01T16:03:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nomad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/nomad/32/9943_2.png) [@Nomad](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Nomad)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/1 "2026-07-01T16:03:12Z")
I think that’s what caused mine Well actually my pdoc said the illness caused the isolation ---
**Author:** ![Schizbro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/schizbro/32/16560_2.png) [@Schizbro](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Schizbro)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/2 "2026-07-01T16:06:57Z")
I doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/3 "2026-07-01T16:13:01Z")
I dont think so ---
**Author:** ![Wave](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/wave/32/14465_2.png) [@Wave](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Wave)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/4 "2026-07-01T16:15:27Z")
I’m kind of isolated now Getting used to it but the illness causes isolation it’s not the other way around ---
**Author:** ![Loke](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/loke/32/304_2.png) [@Loke](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Loke)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/5 "2026-07-01T16:17:50Z")
I’m isolated. I see my dad on the regular but I don’t hang around people. I don’t like being around people. ---
**Author:** ![Daydreamer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/daydreamer/32/3042_2.png) [@Daydreamer](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Daydreamer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/6 "2026-07-01T16:54:41Z")
no, I remember withdrawing and isolating myself but it was bc I wasn’t well, if you were naturally shy then it might be normal to isolate but I had a definate change at 15yrs old ---
**Author:** ![kali](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/kali/32/12634_2.png) [@kali](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/kali)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/7 "2026-07-01T17:49:10Z")
I was pretty shy before the illness and socially isolated, but the illness caused isolation even more. But I doubt it is reason alone, but just a factor, not the reason for this illness in particular. ---
**Author:** ![zytroxide](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/zytroxide/32/16708_2.png) [@zytroxide](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/zytroxide)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/8 "2026-07-01T19:16:41Z")
some part of me feels like it contributed to it/exacerbated stuff but generally speaking i feel like the onset was just inevitable and not really tied to anything explicitly. ---
**Author:** ![anon36616321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@anon36616321](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/anon36616321)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/9 "2026-07-01T19:25:46Z")
Ooof no. My main thing I’ve found is my paranoia is based on other people’s opinions of me. What they’re saying about me, whether they’re watching me, whether they’re making fun of me. When I’m stable it doesn’t matter but as soon as something :“unfair” happens it’s like it triggers my paranoia that the whole world is watching me and against me. I have no clue why. I’ve been trying to work on that core belief. ---
**Author:** ![Corion](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/corion/32/8884_2.png) [@Corion](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Corion)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/10 "2026-07-01T19:35:52Z")
Mine was probably brought on by stress my doctor doesn’t think getting hit in the head sparring helped ---
**Author:** ![Dreamer54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@Dreamer54](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Dreamer54)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/11 "2026-07-01T19:36:40Z")
I think sz was the cause of social isolation ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Hope](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/mr_hope/32/7092_2.png) [@Mr\_Hope](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Mr_Hope)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/12 "2026-07-01T23:08:22Z")
Stress and fight flight that developed into paranoia. Possibly malnutrition. ---
**Author:** ![Lilyofthevalley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/lilyofthevalley/32/52_2.png) [@Lilyofthevalley](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Lilyofthevalley)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/13 "2026-07-02T00:18:05Z")
> [@Nomad](#): > > Well actually my pdoc said the illness caused the isolation No one said this to me, but it rings true for me. I was extremely social before becoming paranoid. The paranoia stops me a lot. And the meds make my thoughts move too slowly for banter. ---
**Author:** ![firemonkey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/firemonkey/32/1229_2.png) [@firemonkey](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/firemonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/14 "2026-07-02T18:13:23Z")
A good question. In my case I would say no. I would say mine was a mix of being bullied, the stress of being an undiagnosed autistic child and teenager at boarding school, and the intense anxiety of trying to square a circle that couldn’t be squared. ---
**Author:** ![Batik21](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/batik21/32/12655_2.png) [@Batik21](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Batik21)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/15 "2026-07-02T21:44:09Z")
@Lilyofthevalley What you said intrigued me. Can doctors tell the difference between meds slowing the thinking and the usual cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia? Can anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Lilyofthevalley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/lilyofthevalley/32/52_2.png) [@Lilyofthevalley](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Lilyofthevalley)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/16 "2026-07-02T23:11:05Z")
I went off my meds onto one that didn’t work and my thinking was much faster, I was more outgoing, and I was quick minded with much better memory. Went on new meds and slowed right back down @Batik21 ---
**Author:** ![Batik21](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/batik21/32/12655_2.png) [@Batik21](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Batik21)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 5:27am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/17 "2026-07-03T05:27:46Z")
@Lilyofthevalley What about hallucinations and delusions and stuff like that? Sometimes I check out entirely during a psychotic episode and I will get a new med and be temporarily better and I won’t remember the week or two or days that I was out of it. Just the description my wife gives me ---
**Author:** ![Montezuma](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/montezuma/32/362_2.png) [@Montezuma](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Montezuma)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 6:36am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/18 "2026-07-03T06:36:47Z")
I don’t think it was the sole reason in my case but I think it definitely played a part. I think what contributed to my sz was a mix of living in a violent neighborhood, isolation, stress, childhood trauma, and smoking lots of weed. ---
**Author:** ![Lilyofthevalley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/lilyofthevalley/32/52_2.png) [@Lilyofthevalley](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Lilyofthevalley)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/19 "2026-07-03T15:08:41Z")
For those I do reality check with trusted loved ones like my husband @Batik21 . I don’t always agree with him but it at least lets him know where I’m at so he can offer support . I’m told certain beliefs I have all the time are delusions. I just keep them to myself. I think it’s real and others just don’t understand. I just accept that and keep going on with life. ---
**Author:** ![sweetpotatopie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/sweetpotatopie/32/8234_2.png) [@sweetpotatopie](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/sweetpotatopie)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/does-anyone-else-think-social-isolation-was-the-main-cause-of-your-sz/6794/20 "2026-08-11T18:52:25Z")
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