When we talk about how “mental health matters,” I feel like most people generally are referring to anxiety and depression. But I have found that people are less accepting when it comes to illnesses that have a higher chance of stigma following them, such as schizophrenia.
Receiving a schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder diagnosis can be incredibly daunting because of this, and it can be difficult to learn how to embrace the diagnosis or at least feel neutral about it.
When I was first diagnosed, I didn’t know what schizoaffective disorder was. I had to do my own research to learn about the diagnosis, and when I found out it was connected to schizophrenia, I felt an overwhelming sense of dread.
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