How to deal with schizophrenia when your family doesn’t care

Diagnosed Sz or Sza
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I get uncomfortable delusions all the time and whenever I talk to my family about it they only get angry at me. I have no one to help me. What should I do?

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Have you explained your whole situation to them? Have you told them about the symptoms of this illness?

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Of course. I have had schizophrenia for ten years. I’ve told them about my delusions of reference, Truman show delusions, thought broadcasting, etc. It’s just whenever I need a shoulder to cry on they get very angry with me.

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Make sure you get help from other sources outside of your family such as AI, phone lines, this forum and maybe CBT workbooks etc until your family understands how to get involved

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I second getting help from outside sources. I don’t discuss my issues with my family. It’s too uncomfortable for everyone.

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My family doesn’t get it, so what’s the point.

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Same thing here, family does not really understand all that much.

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My family also chose to not care; initially when things looked promising, they did attempt to understand and care but now that things haven’t changed over 10 years. They see me as a liability

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It is interesting that you see the delusion and recognize and can name them, yet you still seem to cling to them like they have any validity at all.

This is cognitive dissoanance.

Perhaps, when your mind is falling down the rabbit hole, stop! Treat these delusions with the contempt they deserve.

It seems your family are doing that and what you find uncomfortable is your inability to let go of them anyway.

You want to entertain these ideas and fall into the abyss. You find it stimulating and possibly enjoyable and what angers you is that other people don’t want to go there.

The notion that all beliefs are mostly unknowable and can’t be proved sicentifically is all you need to know.

Don’t believe in anything. Only know the empircal truth.

If you want to theorize, fine but to actually believe it. Don’t bother. You waste your time and effort and cause yourself anguish this way. Why bother?

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I quit telling and explaining my delusions to family. They eat everything up for the truth and judge me according to that.

It’s better I talk to my pdoc. At least he seems to understand and gives me good psychotherapy.