Schizophrenia: Answering your QUESTIONS!
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- čas přidán 23. 11. 2023
- Answering questions submitted by you, our audience!
Timestamps:
0:22 - How has your schizophrenia changed over the years since your diagnosis, if at all?
0:56 - How old were you when diagnosed? Do you think your kids notice it?
2:20 - Was it challenging for you to find a psychiatrist who would treat you while you were pregnant?
2:55 - Can you talk about finding a sustainable source of income as someone who struggles with the demands of a 9-5?
4:48 - What are your thoughts on incorporating non-Eurocentric worldviews (e.g., Indigenous, Eastern) into our understanding of mental health, specifically psychosis and altered states?
6:22 - Can you talk about disorganized behavior? What are some of the behaviors you've exhibited? What's going through your mind when you do them? Do you catch yourself, or is it something mostly others notice?
7:54 - I have bipolar with psychotic features that appear in both highs and lows, and I was wondering about the types of therapy or advice you've received for managing the mood disorder side of schizoaffective disorder?
8:35 - I'm curious if you made any dietary adjustments or changes after your interview with Dr. Chris Palmer and (if so) what effects they may have had?
10:25 - Is there something that keeps you more grounded to have less episodes? Like a Hobbie, singing songs, reading a book.
11:10 - Does exercise positively impact your mental health in any noticeable way compared to when you don't? in one video you shared you were about to run a marathon.
11:50 - Do you have trouble sleeping? Do you take anything either regularly or PRN for sleep?
13:10 - Do you interact with your kids on days when you’re struggling with psychotic symptoms? If so how do you manage that?
14:12 - When you hear voices, do you hear them in your head or is it an actual voice (maybe even of someone you know)?
14:55 - How do you avoid weight gain with antipsychotics?
16:00 - Do you still feel emotions of intense joy despite being on antipsychotics?
17:54 - Have you ever taken injections, if so, do you find them more beneficial than traditional oral ones?
19:14 - When did you know your partner Rob was someone you wanted to marry?
20:10 - How many years of gymnastics did you do?
21:25 - Do you have a limit on how much money you can make because of your disability insurance coverage?
22:48 - Do you still suffer from disordered eating?
24:10 - Do you regret any videos you have ever made? why or why not?
25:52 - Why did you decide to create your youtube channel?
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How would you define psychosis? What do you feel like when in it? I feel a fever with pain and unbearable bliss.
Lauren Good To Hear Your Doing Well & Rob.
Peace Always.Chris
You're a courageous woman!! 💪
Schizophrenia doesn’t exist. You are misleading people and giving terrible advice.
A word of wisdom from Dr Lustig, the best biochemist and nutritionist: if you cannot properly measure and adopt 100% your ketogenic diet, you are better off with your old diet as "there is nothing more dangerous than high fat and moderate carbs diet (sureshot way to a cardiovascular disease)"
As a 34 y.o. combat veteran who was recently diagnosed with Schizophrenia. Watching your videos has given me a voice to use when talking to my psychiatrist. I wasn't able to explain my symptoms but now I can. Thank you!
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thank you for your service.🇺🇸Much love and respect and wish you the very best, as you deserve it.💕
Thank you for your service 🙏🏻
Wow incredible! And thank you for your service ❤🎉.🙏.
It is so difficult to show up at work after your coworkers witnessed one of your episode. You lose all credibility after that. Even your opinion at meetings is not taking seriously. It's painfully humiliation.
Yeah that sounds awful I’m sorry. I don’t have schizo but I’ve had many hormonal menopausal meltdowns and it’s quite embarrassing.
You're basically public enemy number one at that point.. The stigma surrounding it
That is horrible. I'm so sorry that people you work with are so judgemental!
Idk why my mood feels incredible right now, I just would laugh off of it and mind my own business. When you mind your own business with pride, trust me, others will feel it and forget it eventually, or at least they will accept it as something normal. Let's not dramatize it
That’s really sad just because this is something that can be witnessed outside the body in comparison to disease like diabetes or heart disease are not outwardly scene outside of the body!
American mental health therapist here--THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH AN AMAZING INSPIRATION. I know not much, but you and your videos educate me, not just on Schizoaffective DO, but on all mental illness clients/patients. You are why I do what I do, and thank you.
I’m not judging but would honestly like to know
Is this why it seems so clinical and nonproductive every time I see a counselor or psychiatrist? If I bring up a troubling issue that isn’t in the description of the mental disorders I was diagnosed with in my early 20s I get told it’s not relevant and we’re not going to talk about that and the same goes when I try to talk about side effects from medication. If it’s not in the book it’s not relevant. So frustrating. I leave feeling like a number instead of a human being who’s at least been heard.
@@ruthanneluvsvacuuming6653 ugh, I had a therapist like that where it seemed like they only wanted to talk about my anxiety when in fact I had a lot of other issues like depression that were making the anxiety worse... and I feel like psychiatrists sometimes are just treating new side effects with more and more medications... I hope you can dump those people and find new professionals to see that will actually listen to you. I went through at least 7 different psychiatrists before I found a good one who listens and doesn't overmedicate me. So it might take a long time but it's worth it.
As a RN, your channel is incredibly valuable for patients and care providers- thank you for openly sharing your lives the way you do. You’re an incredible team!
On 5:20 of your video, I just wanted give some commentary. I am American indigenous and live on a reservation and go to the Native American clinics and they treated my schizophrenia with abilify 😂😭 I know this isn’t the fun answer that some people may want/expect but it’s so true that cultures evolve and are always trying to do things the best way possible. And that’s the conclusion my tribe has come to, medication if needed, therapy, and community. Heavy on the community though, that is one thing that I see as different in my culture than in the pervasive culture of America.
It’s a spiritual battle not mental illness. If you are hearing voices and seeing visions it is evil spirits or another spiritual isssue.
@@SeerSeekingTruth how do you explain delusions? I had the strongest delusion the other day that if I did not put 12 dollars of gas in my tank specifically, that I would run out of gas on the side of the road. I resisted this delusion and did not put 12 in, but wrote it down to see if I ended up running out of gas. I did not, it was just a pointless delusion. I appreciate what you’re saying and your point of view, but people who say that- I don’t think suffer with schizophrenia at all. I also get very mundane audio hallucinations. Like I regularly hear a car radio when there is no car radio. It doesn’t bother me at all, it doesn’t feel evil at all. Or I’ll hear my bf paying video games but he will be on his phone so I just ignore it, and it doesn’t bother me. It doesn’t feel spiritual to me at all. But that’s just my POV. I’ve also heard the inverse, where people tell me it’s a gift from God, which, it really doesn’t feel like either haha.
@@SeerSeekingTruth If it was a spiritual battle medicine wouldn't work. Medicine works.
Have you ever seen the episode of family guy where it shows a native American medicine man doing different dances to treat their sickness? It's pretty funny.
@@Catlily5 hahaha so true. I’ve never thought of that somehow lol
As someone diagnosed fairly late in life with bipolar disorder I have found your content so helpful in accepting my diagnosis. I relate so much to what you say about "neurotypical jobs"...I have felt a lot of guilt and shame over the years about my inability to sustain a career in a typical 9-5 workplace, but your videos have helped me see it more as a difference that I can work around rather than a deficit. It's so inspiring seeing someone with similar experiences thriving and being open about mental health struggles. Thank you for what you do!
I love this format - brilliant! My son was diagnosed a couple of years ago at age 28 and you have given me hope and comfort. By the way, he is doing really well most of the time and I am so proud of him.
That's the same age I was dignosed. Wish ya'll the best
If he is hearing voices and having visions he doesn’t have schizophrenia at all.
@@SeerSeekingTruth You don't know what he has. You can't diagnose him over the Internet.
God bless both of you for sharing your lives and experiences. My son struggles with this condition and has withdrawn from us ( his parents) won't share with us or include us with his doctors. 3 years on now and at the end of our rope. Doing our best to support our 26 yr old as he struggles to make his way. Your videos provide a lot of insight and hope that one day he may become reconnected and healthier. Very excited for you and Rob going Keto! I'm sure this will help and will be watching! Thanks!
You are an inspiration. My son has schizoaffective plus other.
And he's not been able to have his own life, he's now 25, and we had to get him into an assistant group home. I myself am not well, MS (brain tumour ( and brain surgery)found during MS diagnoses in 2021.
I struggle with helping myself learn to help himself.
I have sent him you channel and your discord and hoping he at some point talks and asks questions and gets some valuable to him from your videos.
I want him to feel like a part of society, loved, and find himself towards being able to care for himself.
Canadian here too!
Ty again for your channel!
Lauren, you are a conscientious person so I am sure this goes without saying, but please be careful with Ativan or any other benzos you might take. I went through benzo withdrawal cold turkey and it was the most hellish time of my life. I have never been so sick. The doctor said because I was on a small dose it wouldn't be a problem; that was not the case at all. Honestly my anxiety during that time was 100x worse than the anxiety I was prescribed it for in the first place. I am much better these days but I think I have some lasting neuropathy from it. It was utterly disabling and I wouldn't wish that hell on anyone, least of all you. Thank you for all that you do.
I had a seizure from benzo withdrawal
@@garnettekken I am so sorry to hear that. That is one serious risk that comes with WD, thanks for pointing that out. I am convinced I would have had a seizure if I had not been on Lamictal at the time.
I am so happy I found this channel! I was diagnosed with schizophrenia just over 2 months ago, and to hear that what I am experiencing is normal for people with my condition. Thank you so much!
I have bipolar 1 disorder and recently had an episode. This most recent time I experienced delusions and it was terrifying. That’s only the 3rd time I have experienced that while having an episode so I can’t imagine what it must be like to live with something similar all the time. I have really been enjoying your videos recently and I appreciate you putting your life online and talking about your experiences. It really helps having someone to kind of relate to ❤
Watching without sound, not knowing the topics of discussion, it’s such a calm and happy snapshot of your life. Thanks given for your spiritedness and your being.
This channel has helped me for years now, even though I am not schizophrenic or Canadian. Thank you
I can really relate to your experience of emotional limitations. As someone with bipolar II, I also think in retrospect my depth of emotion was a detriment to my wellness. I would often feel euphoric and inexplicable nostalgia and it would draw me into an almost addictive melancholy. I'm very wary of that type of feeling now and I'm better off for it, I truly believe.
it’s so difficult to share initially I had feelings of regret and embarrassment but then I realized how much comfort I was experiencing in sharing. How being open was making me whole again and that it will lead to a partner and friendship that understands who I am living with schizoaffective disorder and support my needs Better. Thank you!
I love this format. Felt like I am hanging out with you. Thanks for sharing.
I really love your channel and your journey. This video, along with a lot of more recent ones, highlights YOU and your family with a sense of personalization that separates the illness as a "hot topic" and sets it aside as just an everyday thing that anyone would have to deal with in their own daily lives. Thank you for helping me feel like I fit into this world with a schizo-affective diagnosis!
You’ve been there for me sense day one. I’ve been diagnosed for years now. I’ve been stable for some time but will always be grateful that I found this outlet to help understand the things I go through on a daily basis. Thank you Lauren, thank you Rob.
I have watched 3-4 videos of yours now. I would just like to say what you’re doing is amazing!! As it’s helped you accepting it I think you will help so many others!! I suffer with GAD, OCD, and MDD. I went though an episode of constant fight or flight for about a year. It was god awful. It was a lot of physical symptoms as well as mental. Still to this day we don’t understand exactly what happened. I’ve struggled a lot over time not knowing what it was while younger. I was diagnosed more specifically in 2021. But in the one video explaining how you wished it was something more identifiable was so relatable and I just wanted to cry for us and others who go through this exact thing. I happen to stumble on your videos and I can relate while our diagnosis are different. My family has a lot of issues surrounding mental illnesses. We think my cousin may be having something like this going on currently. But listening to others talk on things like this definitely gives hope in scary times. Thank you for what you do! ❤
I really enjoyed this, seeing little random snippets of your life! Have fun with the trainer, and thanks for helping me teach my psychology class!
Thank you sm Lauren ❤ I'm glad I found this youtube channel! Its really helping me understand more about my psychosis. And you're also an inspiration thank you
I love these vlog style videos! I love seeing you and Rob interact and your kids are always so adorable!
I love the way you are honest, funny and don’t let your disorder take over your life. Thanks for sharing , gives people hope that they too can manage their disorder.
Thank you for being so brave and vulnerable about sharing this publicly. You are just AWESOME and we wish you health, both physical and mental, happiness and healing. Warmest thoughts from everyone at The Ripley Effect! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
can i just say i am so thankful i found your channel! i struggle with bpd, bipolar 2 and generalized anxiety disorder (as well as vestibular migraines 😅) and your vids have helped normalize living with mental illness and also helped me feel more confident when handling daily life with these diagnoses. i'm on the train of recovery from a bad bout of psychosis/mania and trying to get back to 9 to 5 has been a struggle. thank you for your channel and helping show that those with mental illness disorders can live a fulfilling normal life.
SIDE NOTE: i also live in canada and I 100% agree that disability coverage is minimal and meant to keep you down not uplift and help you. it honestly makes me sick how little the govt actually cares for those that are the most vulnerable (disabled, veterans, indigenous, those struggling with addiction). yes there are services in place but the VASTLY need to be upgraded/improved, especially with how the cost of living/housing has skyrocketed
I'm excited about the upcoming keto content! Love the video! Thanks for what you're doing. Seriously... sometimes I feel alone in my mental illness, even though I'm surrounded with support ❤
Ive lost my emotions since my first psychosis and getting the meds for it. I dont enjoy the things i used to love. And im not able to leave the house alone for some reason. I get everything delivered to me. I havent been outside in a month now, i cant even walk to the mailbox without getting a panic attack. Schizoaffective has completely ruined me.
I just wanted to let you know you're not alone with regard to having difficulty leaving the house. I have a schizoaffective diagnosis (though I disagree with this assessment) and when I'm under a lot of stress and having a mental health flare-up I like to stay close to home as well.
This is a struggle that doesn't get talked about a lot by doctors because they fail to consult us and understand our core issues and needs. But I hear ya! Hang in there.
Love your channel ❤️ thank you for sharing. Absolutely love you sharing your life as an rn . My aunt was schizophrenic. My father was manic depressive . With extreme mania . He worked his whole life . Passed when he was 59 . Meds are so much better now . Sharing your life gives so much hope and takes awY the stigma where there should be none !
This was phenomenal!! ❤🎉
My rant from yesterday y'all. So much healing and love sent to all here. Hopefully someone will understand my rage and helplessness. But never hopeless! As long as I focus on taking care of me:
I am so burned out, mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually from so-called "friends" with Schizophrenia/Schizoaffective; the worst situation being my "friend" who refuses ANY mental health help at all, but is happy to vomit his symptoms all over me, ruining a beautiful night out on the town, each and every time.
I feel furious now when I hear people say "Wanna know how you can be helpful to your friend with Schizophrenia?" You know what, with all due respect, NO I DON'T. I DON'T. Why is it ALWAYS about them?! I too have Bipolar Disorder II, and am quite frankly done being used and abused by people who refuse to get help.
I have spent the past 15 years being psychologically violated by his word vomit outburts, and "trying to help him." Well you know what? Trying to help him IS KILLING ME. Although I am used to being used by nearly all my "friends" as a trauma dumpster, this isn't getting any better.
Of course I actually want to help people with Schizophrenia, I want to help end everybody's suffering! What I am not willing to do anymore, and what is clearly not serving either of us, is to continue to enable him. And what I struggle to understand, is do people with Schizophrenia realize or even care, that they are not the only ones suffering?
I'm certain my Bipolar Disorder II suffering has been so acute, that I've come across as selfish, self-centered, and unaware of other's suffering, and I would be a horrible human being if I didn't work to change that everyday.
I just wish I had people in my life who went to therapy weekly like me, who were sponsored in a 12-step fellowship like me-actually working the steps, who met regularly with their psychiatrist like me, and who took their medication regularly like me.
I would like to make a video called "How People With Schizophrenia Can Be a Friend to Their Friends With Bipolar." This was just me being honest and I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart. Im just done with the BS and toxic positivity. I'm going to start telling the truth. ❤
Love you Lauren and Rob. Thanks for sharing your life with us ❤
I was hoping someone would ask about the chris palmer interview! I am very excited and optimistic about the diet journey! You guys are awsome!
Thank you for your channel and also for answering my question. I'm keen to see how your journey using a ketogenic diet as therapy goes. I've read "Brain Energy" and the first example given of a person with treatment resistant Schizo-affective disorder going onto overcoming his symptoms gave me hope. Hopefully you've found a medical practitioner who can guide you through. If mental disorders are metabolic disorders of the brain as Palmer suggests, there may be better qualities of life for us all who have MH diagnoses. Again thanks for answering my question.
Laureen, you do a great work letting us know you and the struggles you face. I wish you the best in life ! Thank you !
This is such a good video!
It is all-over dynamic, well-balanced, filled with precious reflections and details, but it is also vivid and humorous. To me it is a video that shows a fully accomplished movie artist in her best version of being master of his craft!!
Wow. 🙏👏
I have an aunt with schizophrenia in my family. Great cousin, actually. I don't know the medication she used to take when I was a kid, but I clearly remember her episodes of disorganized thinking. She came to visit and she would behave in a quirky way. She had trouble gathering her thoughts and sometimes she was fine. The adults in my family knew she was diagnosed but kinda untreated and they've hidden from us for decades. I started researching my family's mental illnesses to understand my own (i have anxiety disorder). And your channel also helped me understand schizophrenia and my cousin's struggles with her life and how hard it was for the family to understand her. They never did, actually. 😢
My counselor gave us two choices. My niece could take me to the hospital or take me home with her for suicide watch. She took me home with her and then got ready and went out. I was at my parents house with my niece for almost a week and spent most of my time just sitting or laying on the couch waiting to go home with nobody around. Lots of time family doesn’t understand at all. It’s a good thing I was right that even though I was having thoughts I wasn’t suicidal
Can't wait for the keto series! It's helped my mental health so much
You are a happy girl. I love you are sharing your story with us, I am sure will help so many people out there with the same diagnosis. I have depression and anxiety and feel awful.
New to the channel, thank you so much for making these videos. You are doing great, people will learn so much from these videos. 👏🏼👏🏼
you are such a lovely person! thank you for all that you do and share. 🤍
Dear Lauren, what a lovely and personal Q&A. 💜Thank you for being so real and honest. Keep on.
Oh my gosh, Teddy is soooooo cute and sweet. That little “okay” after telling him the music was coming back on just melted my heart!
I really love your dynamic with Rob. Reminds me of my hubby and I talking about my OCD. ☺️
Thank you so much Lauren. I'm. currently learning to open up and talk about my struggles with chronic depression with the help of a therapist. Listening to your honest stories/ vlogs really helps with this process. 🙏🍁 Love and best wishes from Scotland x
You are inspirational, admirable and strong and your husband is so patient, supportive and amazing as well. You do a lot of good with your channel, your advices, your testimony and personal story
Rob looks so fed up. But like jokingly. Thanks for the video, Lauren. You're a beautiful person, and I love your channel.
I'm so glad you're trying the keto diet. It's helped my mental health immensely since I started 1 year ago. I wasn't expecting the positive effects it's had.
Delighted to hear you're going to give Keto a go, I got great health results when I was on it, had been attending the hospital for high liver enzymes every 6 months for a couple of years, on what turned out to be last appointment (as they discharged me), the Doctor was intrigued as to what I had managed to achieve, my liver enzymes were normal and I had only been on the diet for a few months, I'm now doing carnivore which I highly recommend, the health benefits are something else, please check out Dr. Ken Berry and Dr. Chaffee is you haven't already done so, reading the comments on their videos is very encouraging and motivating, best of luck!
How was carnivore better than keto?
It difficult to for telling people that you trust like Rob. I don't know how to tell my mom and friends that mental illness like schizoaffective disorder. I appreciate your channel. You don't play around.
Love you Lauren, best wishes to you and thanks for posting this.
I’m glad I’ve came across your channel. I am diagnosed schizzoaffective And I watched many of your videos in the last to days And I cannot believe there is someone else living the exact same life as me It has mad me acknowledge my dissorder I watched many of your videos to try find a video explaining some differences between how I go through life compared to yours and know I don’t feel so alone as I thought I was just one of a kind but no we live exact same lives. Thank goodness I came across your channel for the last 30yrs I just thought I was just faulty but I have to laugh know because I actually am and know I accept it haha all I want is people to help me navigate my dissorder not try and befixer uppers just help me navigate Thank you so much Haha I hope this comment was not to discombobulated like my thoughts haha although I think you understand because I 1000000% understand you
Thank you for your videos! They are excellent! You are my favorite mental health channel even though I have bipolar.
I'm glad you answered these questions. They were so great.❤
Hey!! I bought merch last week and got it in the mail yesterday! I love it
Thank you for putting yourself out there. Many benefit from you and Rob’s work. My daughter lost her job after taking two weeks off of work with a doctor’s note to adjust to medication. This just happened last week 😢. It was devastating for her. I don’t even think legally they could do that. But I’m not sure. Have you ever lost your job after a mental health break and then the first day coming back they fired you? Her boss wrote she was let go because lack of work but that’s not what she told her in person.
That could definitely count as discrimination based on disability, talk to a labor lawyer.
Just found your channel have been Scitzoeffective since 2013 after a serious break. I've found that playing ttrpgs has truly helped me
Something that has helped me with my depression is drinking green juice with celery and kale or chard and sometimes ginger. I'm an insomniac so I also take melatonin before sleeping and exercise for about 20 mins, about 5 hours before bedtime. My daughter introduced me to meditation and I do that when waking up and before I go to bed. Having that spiritual connection with our Creator has helped me quite a bit.
I love your videos by the way!
thank you for being so open. You help lots of people! You are so brave. I love your family, you make a sweet couple you and your husband. You are a beautiful person inside and out ❤🔥sending lots of love, from quebec, canada
Thank you for sharing your experience 🎉
Your amazing,thank you for sharing! Theres something in just about every video that helps!!!!!! #keepTHRIVING!!!!
Thank you so much for your wonderful videos. I'm sorry to hear things are so tough for you at the moment. I am autistic (not schizophrenic) and have been watching your videos a lot recently to help me understand the differences between these two conditions which have historically been confused and are yet in many ways so different from each other. I thought I would bring this up in case the apparent 'overlap' in behaviour between these two conditions, which I imagine is actually very different in terms of subjective experience, might be interesting for you too.
Just as an example of what I mean - I've been wondering a lot about 'social withdrawal', what it feels like subjectively, what exactly drives you feel you need to isolate yourself from others at times? Another example would be how you experience periods of alogia/mutism, why is talking difficult? How do you feel when someone puts pressure on you to communicate or to answer questions?
When discussing autism, it's common to metaphorically sit down with a clipboard and tick off these things as 'symptoms' without considering what the person might actually be feeling. I'd be interested to hear your own experience of some of these 'overlapping' traits, if of course they are familiar to you. Wishing you all the best and thanks once again for putting yourself out there.
Nice seeing you and Rob having a normal day
Love! So much incredibly valuable information 😊
Hi Lauren you are one special women and your Husband Rob is a special husband and i am so glad that Rob supports you ! You are a very intelligent lady my stepson aged 27 has had psychosis episode some 6 yrs ago. And he attacked me.
Thank you for answering my question 💕
Thanks for sharing all this! It’s so fun to get to know you better. Your marriage is too sweet ❤ i think it’s really good that you can experience a wide range of emotions while on medication. I know a lot of people who have bad anhedonia and they can’t feel any emotions at all whether good or bad. Would you ever be willing to share which medications you’ve taken and what you’re on now? I’m curious if you’ve tried zyprexa/olanzapine and what you thought about it.
I’m assuming Lauren doesn’t disclose all the medications she’s on in case viewers go to their physicians saying, Well I saw this CZcamsr who’s taking such and such… because everyone’s situation (and brain and current health, and past history) is totally different from the next person’s. So it may be harmful to incidentally “endorse” any particular medication. It’s so very personalized to each patient.
You are amazing!!! Thank you!!! Thank you Rob!!! This wouldn't be possible without you :)
This is strange, but how do you describe psychosis? I feel it somewhat alike a painful fever. I used to laugh for hours, for example. One time, I couldn't tell you what 1+1 equaled. I've scared a lot of my helpers away. People will press you to be normal. The problem with that is that nobody fits all models. We tend to isolate ourselves, and this leads to sensory problems. I will walk around Walmart, but I can't be inside too long before freaking out I'm not getting stimulated enough. It's a long story. I'm glad you share your videos for others. It's a disease with a high mortality rate. I remember my suicide attempts. The voices made me bang my head on the floor. I also had some "assistance" in a way I did not like. For our heroes, it's like, get away from me. This is the ending of my life, not a toy to play with or save or punish. America has done horrible things to me my entire life. I can't escape this horrible place. My life has been pathetic. Who would want to live like that? How do you justify it? Do I want to kill myself now? Not really. I want them to be sorry. I also love my cat. They've destroyed everything about me so many times, and they couldn't help then. It's only when I have nothing, am injured, and socially destroyed that they decide to eat death. Only when they are seen, do they help--and it's a horrible kind of help. Nobody helped me in "Outland" and "Solid State Playmate." I"m sure they'll try to make me the perfect Beetard again. I don't think I have enough neurons left for that.. I'm not getting married.I will not have children. I won't do anything for them. They'll never give up. I like the trickle down ideology where I sin when I do anything at work, make any mistake, a crime that isn't defined, and then I get to the bottom and must die. No amount of pills or brain damage will make me happy. I'm tired of them. Maybe if she feel so relaxed and has no brain that she'll work at McDonalds. Honey bun, you made it so that many of us can't afford to work or will get taken advantage of like me. America doesn't want us to work. America is the place where they'll be "gods?" That's why profound wealth is bad as it is a threat to society. I doubt it will change. They'll simply see the reason over and over again. They are in the Forbidden City. I will never be happy until I get out of here.
I dont know if youre looking for other peoples experience or just Lauren's, so i'll share mine but i understand if you ignore it
@@pbgv399 you're a kind person. The mind is powerful and can affect the body in harsh ways. I hope you do have a nice day as well!
I'm 52 and my symptoms just got worse with time. People become distant and public settings with large crowds and heavy traffic are disturbing to me if I am immersed in those environments for more than 30 minutes. I lived a life seclusion. All my social connections are parasocial and internet based only. It lacks authenticity to me.That not the same as interacting with somebody in the flesh. I have had schizophrenia since I was 8. I wasn't diagnosed until last year. I thought I just had an active imagination. I had very little idea I was the experiencing the world in a very altered way. America is a terrible society to dwell in with such a mental illness. Marginalize with no social health care system. Without the financial means you're on your own adrift at sea. I wanted to express that your isolation and desperation is shared by me.Please take care.
What do the voices say? What do they want?
@@robertsole9970 well, there was a cheerleader inside my head that told me I couldn't prove two lines were parallel, so stupid. There was the little girl I used to take care of when I was dreaming and had sleep paralysis. She tried to scare me, but trust me, it can get way worse. I had three children trying to get my kidney, Cizin kept trying to kill me and the little girl who was really a sea creature. He is the maya god of death, a wraith, and I would talk to a drunk man in my head on one medicine. Another time I had a discussion with an octopus. I could hear my old friends' voices saying that I needed to lose 50 pounds when I weighed like 116 in Virginia. And that mess that they hide from. What do they want? I don't know. It's too difficult to explain other things to normal people. I think they wanted me to die. Voices are a lot more personal and evil than they were say, a century or two ago. People would think the devil wanted our souls. That's real burning, not this, you got the hots for some celebrity say bye to your brain. Now they hyperfocus on it and also use it to silence dissidents in the US. We're all crazy and can get 600 a month, right Autism was a better dump. They still call people like me dogs. "Nobody Praying for Me" by Seether. It was going to happen. Breaking Benjamin won't give up and let me be a hermit. So you're an alien with gentle music and pictures of the cosmos to make it look pleasant. Give us a city, and we'll solve all of the problems. That's what they're doing now. I'm just schizophrenic and never clear.
Love you both so much‼️🥰🙏🏻 Thank you 😊 ❤
Do you know how many people have plans to do all the things they want to do when they retire? I never thought about traveling when I was older or anything. What made me happy was spending time with my kids and working and cleaning and cooking and helping others in any way I could. Even when I was happy I was never really happy and I had things mentally that were a problem. Even though it made me happy I was very depressed at the same time. It did keep my mind focused better and left less time to focus on negativity. Now that I’m disabled, I wash a few dishes and feed myself and the cats and can’t do anything for the next few days. It takes me all day to do a little which leaves a lot needing to be done. it’s very exhausting and discouraging. I no longer feel like I have any purpose. I feel like a waste of space and I have lots of time to focus on the things I see and hear and feel that are not real. I have the TV on watching Netflix or Hulu while watching CZcams as much as possible. The more overstimulation I have going on the less I feel the depression and rage and inadequacies I have. There has to be a better way. This isn’t living, it’s existing. I know it’s just the way things are and that I do as much as I’m capable of doing and still push myself to far. How do I emotionally accept my limitations. No matter how much I intellectually understand it I just can’t accept it on an emotional level.
I love this video. We get to see so much more of your personality and I am so excited to see more of you as you do more vlogging videos:)
Hi Lauren! My son now is 34 and He was diagnosed at the age of 21
I am very happy to be able to see all this new resources and I thank you! How can I share you videos with my son without irritating Hem?
i work as a prep cook. i dont work 9-5. i work 8-2 three times a week and i have disability benefits on the side. works for me at the moment, i will increase my work days and hours in the future.
You really made good deeds displaying what fighting schizophrenia represents and what your authenticity looks like. I am a fellow struggling mate with the same problems as you.. Can you tell if schizophrenia can be cured if so by what means medication or so
Hey Lauren, love your channel. If you're interested in learning about mental health issues among different peoples, check out Wendigo Psychosis. It's a disorder that affects Native Americans /First Nations. I know it affects the Algonquin peoples, not sure if it affects others. Fair warning, it can be disturbing. I also heard that Schizophrenia affects people differently in Africa than it does in Europe/the Americas do to cultural differences. Definitely interesting to research. Anyway, hugs for you & Rob. You 2 are awesome. ❤☺
“Mental health issues” don’t exist. It’s a spiritual battle and if she’s hearing voices she is talking to spirits…
how do we know it's not just there culture..? they use psychoactive herbs in there ceremonies as well
Could be just the hyper-cultural name for what North American calls Schizophrenia Spectrum.
Part of it is a name game and part of it could be just a North Aerican interpretive overlay.
The question is: what is really disturbing, why and does it need to be sedated or suppressed....? is it really about sedating/blunting emotion and for what reason...?
If you are starving to death it could cause strange things.
I'm from New York and I love the Algonquin! With the lodges...and The Mohawk, I grew up by Mohawk River. They build the high rises in NYC. My friend with Schizophrenia is Haitian-American, and I just can't deal... 15 years of trying. Blessed Be ❤
Very smart people, excellent channel and great video. Ty
You are a rock when things get hard and when i forget that im diagnosed and you rock. 😎
Great thing that rob got you into this. He rocks too.
Team of love. Love the team 💪🏾
I love this woman. She is brave and tries so hard. She's a hero.
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The toilet pic at the beginning makes my heart smile!! ♥️
Thank you, Lauren.
It would be interesting to see studies of the incidences of schizophrenia in members of indigenous cultures, especially those removed from civilization. Such studies could show how modern life with all its stimulation and chemicals have a bearing on mental health.
9:11 WOW!!! I am following that!!!! Thank YOU 🙏🎉
Lauren, have you read Dr. Daniel Amen's book "The End of Mental Illness"? I just listened to his video yesterday and it was fascinating !! Best new info. I've ever heard! I'd love to see him on your show.
5:25 That's an excellent discussion! I would love a video on this topic!😁
Really enjoyed this format
love this bless you!
Thank you for speaking on disability. I’m in the US and on disability. We can actually have more than $2,000 in our accounts and we can earn extra money if possible. That amount is only $1,000.
You are correct in stating that it is a system to keep you down. I could probably work Pt on disability if allowed to be paid more but the ability to stay on disability so that when I do have really bad days I can stay at home and rest for as long as I need.
In the USA if you are on SSI you CANNOT have more than $2000 in your account.
If you are on SSDI you CAN have more than $2000 in your account.
If you are on both SSI and SSDI you CANNOT have over $2000 in your account. I have both and I am being penalized harshly for going over.
I live in the US and am surprised that Disability Benefits suck over in Canada too!
Thank you for this Q&A Lauren! I enjoyed the creative format.
Just wanted to mention Brandi Morin’s memoir Our Voice of Fire as offering a first-hand Indigenous perspective of mental illness. Brandi is Cree, Iroquois, and French, and is an award-winning journalist. In her memoir she speaks of her time in psych wards.
Thanks for this, sounds fascinating!
@@sophcw It’s a great read! Also, I should clarify that the main focus of this book is not mental illness, as Brandi’s life and career are much richer and more multifaceted than that. But she does discuss her lived experience with hospitalization and provides valuable insight on her own symptoms and how they are perceived by the system.
I'm trying carnivore diet for my schizophrenia hopefully I will get much better and lose lots of weight
Teddy is adorable and sweet!!! I didn't realize he is such a big boy already!
Thank you for all you do
I have severe depression, panic attacks, and OCD. I try to exercise 4 times a week, but it has never helped me much with mental health.
I'm so happy you're gonna try Keto therapy. Good luck. There are ways to measure whether you are in ketosis.
I'm a former brazilian criminal lawyer living with negative schizophrenia, it's tough, it's like life has no more point in it; but I'd like to ask how are people with mental illness being treated in Canada with "MAIDS" going around? Is the eugenic scheme targeting the aforementioned segment of the population?
Keep up with the good work!
Codependence will end a relationship please you guys are so great. Work hard on having you interdependence.
Loved this video 🤎 please do more like it :)
Where did you get your glasses, Lauren? Love them!❤
Brilliant video lauren😊
You are brave you are smart you are important and you are loved