# I can fake it, a little too well **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [May 17, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/i-can-fake-it-a-little-too-well/5499 "2026-05-17T22:53:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hanna\_Foxx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/hanna_foxx/32/1135_2.png) [@Hanna\_Foxx](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Hanna_Foxx)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/i-can-fake-it-a-little-too-well/5499/1 "2026-05-17T22:53:26Z")
I can act normal. Like a “normie”. I can be actively hallucinating and act fine. It’s a survival instinct I think. It’s a skill I picked up because it was necessary ---
**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:** [May 17, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/i-can-fake-it-a-little-too-well/5499/2 "2026-05-17T23:01:35Z")
I looked, sounded and acted normal even during the height of my psychosis. It really came in handy when my family had family functions and I could attend with no problems. ---
**Author:** ![D3VOUR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@D3VOUR](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/D3VOUR)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/i-can-fake-it-a-little-too-well/5499/3 "2026-05-17T23:15:28Z")
Outside home I look and feel normal because I fake it. Whenever I am home alone I start thinking about my sz ---
**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:** [May 17, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/i-can-fake-it-a-little-too-well/5499/4 "2026-05-17T23:16:54Z")
Me too guys. I can fake it ---
**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:** [May 18, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/i-can-fake-it-a-little-too-well/5499/5 "2026-05-18T00:05:43Z")
Last night I dreamt that people were going to kill everyone who was acting normal. There was a store or something where they sold something that could save me but I let this lady cut in line in front of me and I missed out and so they were going to kill me and a few other people. I woke up totally freaked out but I had to pull myself together fast because I know my neighbor picks up on stuff like this and will screw me over and wreck my facade. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2026, 12:54am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/i-can-fake-it-a-little-too-well/5499/6 "2026-05-18T00:54:32Z")
Same here, I can mask pretty well but maybe it is easier if one has mainly negative symptoms, I don’t know. But there is a truth to it, fake it till you make it home where symptoms can freely manifest more. Even if it sounds absurd as a positive quality of this illness. ---
**Author:** ![Vaiana](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/vaiana/32/1879_2.png) [@Vaiana](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Vaiana)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/i-can-fake-it-a-little-too-well/5499/7 "2026-05-21T13:31:31Z")
I don’t know if I fake it well I don’t start screaming in public because I’m scared or anxious, but you can see I’m anxious I think when I’m not ok ---
**Author:** ![anon68822644](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@anon68822644](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/anon68822644)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/i-can-fake-it-a-little-too-well/5499/8 "2026-05-21T13:38:36Z")
I worked four years at my saloon,and nobody knew that I have sz.. ---
**Author:** ![anon63960434](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@anon63960434](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/anon63960434)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/i-can-fake-it-a-little-too-well/5499/9 "2026-05-21T16:53:52Z")
Noone has a clue im unwell ---
**Author:** ![tarnishedLotus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/tarnishedlotus/32/9331_2.png) [@tarnishedLotus](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/tarnishedLotus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/i-can-fake-it-a-little-too-well/5499/10 "2026-05-21T17:03:29Z")
Yea..me to. Sorry hanna fox ---
**Author:** ![tarnishedLotus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/tarnishedlotus/32/9331_2.png) [@tarnishedLotus](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/tarnishedLotus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/i-can-fake-it-a-little-too-well/5499/11 "2026-05-21T17:04:18Z")
Are you a female? ---
**Author:** ![anon68822644](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@anon68822644](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/anon68822644)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/i-can-fake-it-a-little-too-well/5499/12 "2026-05-21T17:12:27Z")
No,I’m zoa,Zoe is female … ---
**Author:** ![tarnishedLotus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/tarnishedlotus/32/9331_2.png) [@tarnishedLotus](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/tarnishedLotus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/i-can-fake-it-a-little-too-well/5499/13 "2026-05-21T17:19:00Z")
Lol Ok..I was co fused ---
**Author:** ![Spookie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/spookie/32/9356_2.png) [@Spookie](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Spookie)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/i-can-fake-it-a-little-too-well/5499/14 "2026-05-21T17:42:05Z")
I feel that. I have had a job for the last year untreated and friends for the last 5 and they’re all having difficulty believing how much Schizophrenia affected me and made me act strange because most of the time I seemed relatively normal. ---
**Author:** ![bobbilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de053/32.png) [@bobbilly](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/bobbilly)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/i-can-fake-it-a-little-too-well/5499/15 "2026-05-21T17:45:00Z")
I don’t because most of the time I’m thinking about the delusions and lose insight. I’m blessing people, collecting excessive religious books and artefacts, my pdoc comes and I can she her noting in her notepad all the religious stuff in my house. ---
**Author:** ![anon36616321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@anon36616321](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/anon36616321)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/i-can-fake-it-a-little-too-well/5499/16 "2026-05-21T19:24:03Z")
I mask too, but it’s really uncomfortable.