Irl schizophrenics appear unpleasant and irritating

Diagnosed Sz or Sza
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You guys on the forum seem alright. And I have friends from hospital over the years who are alright too.

But for the most part, the schizophrenics I come across in real life are low iq mentally ill freaks of nature. They just can’t snap out of their delusional fantastical bs in their head and move on with their lives.

I guess I’m talking about the animals I see on the psych wards. They may as well be in a zoo, because they behave like wild beasts. No shower. No clean clothes. Begging for tobacco, energy drinks or other things from people.

And constant low iq bizarre delusions. I really hate these people on the psych wards. There’s only one normal guy on this ward I’m at. The rest are irritants.

The other week a few of them spoke of microchips, and I couldn’t say no, to avoid a hostile situation where one of them could have had a mental breakdown.

My detention is unjustified as I am not unwell, and capable of looking after myself. I have beliefs on the nature of reality but they don’t interfere with day to day living. But the others? They kinda deserve long stays if all they can do is bathe in delusions and paranoia.

One guy on this ward needs to be locked up for life imo. Just won’t stop with his persecutory delusions and I know he will harm a member of the public in future if released.

I hate being around this bunch.

If any of you have been on psych wards, maybe you agree with me because you know what the other patients are like.

It is mostly peaceful here, but listening to peoples delusional bs is so irritating. That’s why I keep to myself and don’t mix with anybody.

I am tired of being surrounded by mentally unwell people. It is counter productive to my overall recovery.

I’m fed up with hospital.

Sorry if I offend anybody. I know what I wrote is harsh. But it’s the truth from my experience on psych wards.

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I’ve had friends on other wards who were mildly unwell and I talked them out of delusions. One of them was a bright spark with real potential in life. Just a shame to see him throw it all away, from cannabis. I hope he makes it in life. And my other sz friend. An intelligent woman, who neglects her potential. It’s a shame. Both these people have gone back into hospital.

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I don’t like seeing people when they’re unwell. I told the Doctors that. But they don’t listen. It’s not good for my mental health.

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And gosh, the queues for lunch and dinner here. It’s as if some people have never eaten food in their life before. They stand inches away from me. Desperate to get served. The foods not effing going anywhere. Grow tf up. Grown men, not boys. Some older than me. They behave like children. One of them talks to his voices all day, and looks, walks and talks like Gollum.

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This psych ward, like all the rest are grossly negligent. If patients have delusions, paranoia, voices or hallucinations, then why don’t the staff talk to the other patients about it? A patient could have a minor delusion at present that will grow into something nasty, because they are not reality checking. It’s not my job. It’s the nurses and the pdoc. They don’t help these people.

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I’m venting here, and I sound very negative. I do sympathise with most sz people. They’ve been dealt a bad hand in life.

The doctors and nurses need to do better. Cos almost everyone I’ve met (including me) is like a revolving door. Just in and out of psych wards over and over again.

I may email a pamphlet on delusions and reality checking to the nhs to hand out to patients. Explaining in detail what a delusion is. How it manifests and how to combat them. Better than doing f all.

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There have been many people suffering from sz that I’ve been scared to be around. They were wild-eyed, unpredictable, and often violent. I completely understand your thoughts and feelings

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Kind compassion is not necessary but appreciated when people are less fortunate than ourselves. It’s not their fault they are unstable. One can only be understanding of the situation and not think they will harm you when the majority do not and harsh words can be judgmental when they deserve human interaction and care. The medical field needs to work harder I agree.

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Idk why some people suffer more than others in this life, its an absolute shame that decent people have to suffer these things,

In a lot of respects I can see it for what it really is, a battle between good and bad, bad forces acting on vulnerable people causing symptoms, hopefully the right people get the right treatment and they can fight it and hopefully shake it off but yeah.

Symptoms such as persecutory delusions, paranoia and hallucinations can be debilitating, I wis there was a way these people could come down from that fight/flight response and put it all behind them, I have been trying for almost 30 years now (I am 44 now).

I wouldn’t shame these people though or look down on them, they are living with a very harsh condition, we need to treat them with dignity, much like I would like to be treated if I was in such a state.

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i agree.. i mean maybe your upset about your situation @Eternalaether but normies really arent any better than sz’s.

i mean yea theyre probably hungry, hospitals feed you minimal food in my experience.

thats not at all his fault.

Not trying to take apart everything you said but i feel like your letting your emotions get the best of you, which is understandable. You’ve been in the hospital for months and months and its completely unfair… as to the issue of whether sz’s are bad people, thats simply not the case.

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I feel like I over reacted a bit. I do feel bad for most of the guys on the ward. I was pissed off cos some dude accused me of stealing from him.

He told a woman on a different ward I stole from him. Just his delusion.

Guess I was p’d off.

I think I’m just tired of inexcusable behaviour.

E.g some people drink out of the faucet directly. It’s not fair on everyone else.

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I got attacked for about 7 months straight in 2025 on a PICU. Part of the reason I’m taking legal action.

Really stressful.

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Some of those low functioning ‘animals’ may surprise you if you ever see them again down the road. They can be written off when psychotic, but the syndrome is episodic for many and hide the better character qualities of some. Night and day. Jekyl and Hyde. Although, yes some are permanently low functioning

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I have been less disruptive as the years have gone by

Last time I was in hospital I thought some of the other patients were trying to kill me

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I think a little bit of kindness and forgiveness can go a long way.

I’m sorry you are stuck in the hospital

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@Joker i thought they were all craving to kill me and my fear was edging them on and it was all telepathic.

@Eternalaether sorry to hear you are stuck in a hospital. Hopefully not for too long.

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Out of all the times I’ve been there although I got on with a few people it never lasted after discharge

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I knew only one schizophrenic irl

I appreciated him

But if I said something he didn’t like he would throw tantrum against me and blaming me to have a different opinion

He also told me there was a woman that was raped that remembered every thing suddenly by seeing him (because he had a similar face of the assaulter) and then she accused him to have done something to her before saying she was wrong, it’s not him

I understand it hurt him, mostly that he lost friends over that,but he was saying horrible things about the woman and putting the blame on her and when I defended the woman he threw a tantrum instead of trying to understand it’s not her fault

So I was like I don’t want to be his friend anymore and stopped talking to him

He was also saying things to me like you don’t really have a good self esteem and trying to force me to say that like if it bothered him I appreciate myself

Just because sometimes I was saying jokingly “I’m the best”, “I’m the prettiest woman”

I don’t think it was because he is schizophrenic he was like that though

It was because he has a low self esteem and don’t accept other people opinion

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I’m so sorry. How awful