Schizoaffective Disorder; Learning How To Cope

mary

A year ago I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. From 2006, I had been thrown around between different medical professions and diagnosed with everything under the sun. Getting a diagnosis that I can actually relate to has been a life saver and I can finally start to get my life under control. I first noticed [...]

Looking Through The Mirror With Schizophrenia Eyes

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I want to introduce you to a good friend of mine who I met on Twitter. This tweeter has been a huge support to me over the last few days and has given up his time to be there when I needed to rant and rave about certain things. He understands me, can relate to me and [...]

Schizophrenia took my uncles life

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Well where to begin, firstly I guess I want to say that my uncle was more like a dad to me than my own father, even before my dad left us my uncle was always there for me.

Occupational therapy and what is it?

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My Name is Tarnya and I work as an occupational therapist. When I tell someone I’m an occupational therapist they normally look at me with a blank expression or they call me a nurse or a carer. I’m not a nurse and I really am not a carer so here I will explain what I [...]