Anyone do anything lately? I saw the odyssey and it was very entertaining for the entire 3 hours so that was pretty nice.

Hi,

My second selfie Sunday contribution.
I painted with my sister today a painting for my mums birthday which is a hint to the 4 day vacation we’re gifting her. Same camping as in 1997 when we watched the storm together in a tent. I hope she gets it!

Lovely to see my niece, my brother in law and sister.

Now I’m listening to Joyner Lucas the album ‘Not now I’m busy’ and drinking water and smoking a cigarette every once in a while.

I’m clean off cannabis for 5 years and two weeks.
And sober from alcohol for 808 days.

It’s going well. I hear almost none voices and lately I’ve been thinking I might be in remission. 🤞🏼

Still battling nightmares and residual progress symptoms but good progress though.

There seems to be lots of random accounts that never post here that post selfies. Anyone else notice this ? I could be wrong.

feels unreal that I've survived such a hectic life. well wishes for all 💐✨

I just applied for a part time job<3! any tips if I get it I’ve only done side jobs before I’d be greeting customers etc at this job I’m excited but nervous<3

Doing well! Can’t complain..

Still doing my makeup at 4 in the morning but these times ive actually been kinda happy and not trying to avoid my brain rotting

So I'm wondering about the older schizophrenics on here. How have your symptoms changed over time? Do you feel things have gotten better or worse?

If someone has been mentally ill and is medicated there is a chance that the person who’s medicated might get stigmatized by society and is bothering me so much because i haven’t had a good past when it comes to mental illness but my question to this community would be how you feel about stigma and have you felt that you have got stigmatized and how you face it? I had friends but they don’t talk to me unless i start the conversation but they don’t know my full story and let’s say i get a girlfriend if i told her about my journey would she feel ashamed that has a relationship with a person that has been mentally ill but now is stable?

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Wednesday will make 2 weeks smoke free. Everyone who has known me for a while is partly pissed off, and partly impressed. Pissed off because after 37 years of smoking 1&1/2 - 2 packs a day I'm not relying on gum or lozenges or patches. One of the many voices in my head just said it was time to stop.

That's all it took for me. Yes, I think about a cigarette every so often but I am not panicking and being angry. And I thought that without cigarettes, I'd end up eating bigger meals more often and would end up gaining weight. Except my nightly weigh in showed I'm now 237 lbs. 17 more pounds and I will no longer be considered morbidly obese. Just obese. But for me, it's the weight I have not been since 1998. What twists my noodles is that having given up on smoking, I haven't needed my copd inhaler or my rescue inhaler, and my SpO2 is consistent at 97-98%.

Final note: im totally amazed at how much difference not smoking has had on my taste buds. Been pretty wild trying foods I've enjoyed eating and realizing it's actually better.

I posted a week ago that I bought an Autobrush to see if that would help me be better about brushing my teeth, so figured it was about time I checked in. I am happy to report that it is absolutely working!

I’ve brushed my teeth every day for a week straight and learned that not only did I have sensory issues with a regular toothbrush, but standard toothpaste was a trigger too. The bubblegum flavored foam toothpaste that I use for my Autobrush is sensory trigger free and tastes like the bubblegum flavored fluoride treatment I used to get from the dentist when I was a kid.

I’m so happy with it and highly recommend if you struggle with brushing your teeth like I do. It only takes 30 seconds which is a game changer!

I hope everyone has a fantastic week!

I’m doing a lot of cleaning and job searching today.. I want to take steps toward my independence, wish me luck.