# Going mad back then **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [October 6, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/going-mad-back-then/9275 "2026-10-06T16:44:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![San-Pierre](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/san-pierre/32/8100_2.png) [@San-Pierre](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/San-Pierre)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/going-mad-back-then/9275/1 "2026-10-06T16:44:08Z")
when you were in your teens did you ever think you would go mad later on? ---
**Author:** ![Mars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/mars/32/4869_2.png) [@Mars](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Mars)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/going-mad-back-then/9275/2 "2026-10-06T16:45:08Z")
No I didn’t know what SZ even was until I was an adult. My grandma had it that’s all I knew. ---
**Author:** ![San-Pierre](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/san-pierre/32/8100_2.png) [@San-Pierre](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/San-Pierre)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/going-mad-back-then/9275/3 "2026-10-06T16:46:24Z")
me 2, it hit me like a ton of bricks at the time in 2000, i was reckless with drugs in my teens which triggered it I also had a lot of sorrow at times ---
**Author:** ![77nick77](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/77nick77/32/147_2.png) [@77nick77](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/77nick77)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/going-mad-back-then/9275/4 "2026-10-06T16:48:16Z")
No, I was interested in psychology, I subscribed to Psychology Today magazine and read a couple of books on madness including the book about Kurt Vonneguts son getting schizophrenia and found it fascinating but I never expected it to happen to me even though I later realized in I was in my prodromal stage back then. ---
**Author:** ![Rainstorm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/rainstorm/32/242_2.png) [@Rainstorm](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Rainstorm)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/going-mad-back-then/9275/5 "2026-10-06T16:58:33Z")
I didn’t understand what schizophrenia was until I got it. I had a friend who said he had schizophrenia but he may of just been joking ---
**Author:** ![Trooper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/trooper/32/16110_2.png) [@Trooper](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Trooper)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/going-mad-back-then/9275/6 "2026-10-06T17:09:51Z")
I always knew I would excel with my desires with life. My father always said never be overcome by anything. Now it’s like I will allow or make others go mad. I will not allow myself to go mad. ---
**Author:** ![fly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@fly](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/fly)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/going-mad-back-then/9275/7 "2026-10-06T17:36:38Z")
Yes I feared it ---
**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:** [October 6, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/going-mad-back-then/9275/8 "2026-10-06T19:47:17Z")
Yep I knew it but didnt know exactly what and when it happened i was completely onboard with it. ---
**Author:** ![greeneyedtreefrog](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/greeneyedtreefrog/32/15823_2.png) [@greeneyedtreefrog](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/greeneyedtreefrog)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/going-mad-back-then/9275/9 "2026-10-06T20:20:04Z")
No, i used to put on that song ‘they’re coming to take me away’ and dance a silly dance. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/going-mad-back-then/9275/10 "2026-10-06T21:23:34Z")
Did not do so well before the illness, but it was still a surprise to realize things turned out the way they did in the end. ---
**Author:** ![roxanna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/roxanna/32/17142_2.png) [@roxanna](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/roxanna)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 3:01am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/going-mad-back-then/9275/11 "2026-10-07T03:01:50Z")
Yes. And i want my mind back. Good luck on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Ducky](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/ducky/32/16791_2.png) [@Ducky](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Ducky)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/going-mad-back-then/9275/12 "2026-10-07T23:48:12Z")
Didnt know anything about mental illness apart from anxiety and depression because my dad had those. When i was a teen i was dx with personality problem , but i never understood? No the first i discovered what sz was when i had acute psychosis and locked up, then dx at 32 yo, . I still am not sure i have it it could be paranoid personality? ---
**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:** [October 7, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/going-mad-back-then/9275/13 "2026-10-07T23:59:36Z")
I was already really struggling with mental issues as a teen so yes, I thought I might go mad. As a teen I was convinced I might be able to start fires like the girl in the Fire starter movie. I also thought I could control things with my mind. Plus I self harmed etc. I was a mess.