Schizophrenia and a Positive Mindset
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 พ.ย. 2023
- Hello and welcome to "Surviving Schizophrenia with Stephen." I am Stephen, and today, I want to share a more in-depth view of my journey with schizophrenia, emphasizing the newfound gratitude and hope that has emerged in my life.
The Onset of My Journey
Ten years ago, my life took an unexpected turn when I was diagnosed with schizophrenia. I explore my initial challenges, from understanding the illness to grappling with its symptoms. I will discuss the impact on my mental and physical health and the struggles of dealing with a condition that was so misunderstood and stigmatized.
The Darker Days
Here, I will delve into the darker periods of my life, marked by depression, anxiety, and the heavy burden of medication side effects. I aim to portray the reality of living with schizophrenia, the isolation, and the internal battles that often go unseen.
A Glimmer of Hope
Despite the hardships, there came a turning point where hope began to seep back into my life. I focus on the small yet significant moments that changed my outlook. It's a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of small victories in a recovery journey.
The Power of Gratitude
Recently, I've experienced a profound shift towards gratitude. I'll share how this change in mindset has impacted my life, bringing a sense of peace and happiness I hadn't felt in years. This part emphasizes the importance of gratitude in mental health recovery.
Rediscovering Myself
Physical health and mental well-being are deeply connected. I'll talk about how regaining physical strength and energy, like being able to take long walks, has been instrumental in my mental recovery.
The Role of Support
No journey is solitary, and mine has been no exception. Here, I will express my deep gratitude for the support system around me - my family, friends, medical professionals, and you, my online community. Here, I highlight the crucial role of a strong support network in navigating mental health challenges.
Celebrating Life and Traditions
Life's simple pleasures and traditions hold immense value. I'll share my excitement for Thanksgiving, the joy of family gatherings, and making tamales.
Embracing the Present
I reflect on the importance of living in the moment and appreciating the beauty around me, like the serene views of Lunada Bay. It's a reminder to cherish the present and find joy in everyday experiences.
Looking Towards the Future
Looking forward, I can envision a future filled with possibilities and hope. I'm focusing on my aspirations and my positive outlook for my life ahead despite the challenges that may come.
A Message of Hope and Resilience
I reaffirm my hope, resilience, and gratitude. I reflect on how my journey with schizophrenia has not only been about surviving but also about thriving and finding a fulfilling path in life. I extend my heartfelt thanks to each of you for joining me on this journey. Whether you face similar challenges or are here to understand and support, know there is always hope and a path to a better tomorrow. Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate, and here's to a life filled with health, happiness, and gratitude.
You are an inspiration to others who deal with schizophrenia and you are an inspiration to parents. Thank you, Steven!
Thank you very much! I really appreciate it!
You are a blessing in my life. My Mom suffered with schizophrenia. The treatments where nonexistent in the 50s and 60s. It was hard watching her suffer. I’m medically disabled and you help me go on, day by day. Thank you.
Thank you very much, that means a lot to me!
So wonderful
Thank you!
It's so great to see you smiling. Your positive attitude lifts us all up.
Thank you so very much!
We are thankful to have you Stephen ! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved one. You are an amazing human being and are a beautiful example to us all ! ❤
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. Happy Thanksgiving to you too!
sunlight can often be great for the mood :)
So true!
Thank you Stephen for your infortmative wonderful videos.I suffer with schizoaffective disorder ive been on medication for 23 years now.i got ill at 19 years old,now 42 years old.you're a insprition to me and others.You have helped me deal with my illness.Merry christmas happy new year.,love you Natasha.❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you very much Natasha for your kind words and sharing! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
So happy to hear this!! You're a bright light❤🙏🏼
Thank you so much!!
What a wonderful young man you are so wise and whether you realize it or not you are Soo inspirational!!
Thank you so much!
We are so happy 🎉 for you.we proud of you too
You are a good person
Thank you so much!
Happy Thanksgiving Steven !! Yes, I always try to maintain that feeling of gratitude and mindfulness. Just being present in the moment with gratitude helps a lot even if all I'm doing is washing dishes or doing yard work or whatever !! I am up here in San Francisco and we have been having really nice weather too which I greatly enjoy !!
Thank you! That is great! Have a happy and healthy Thanksgiving!
I am so happy for you Stephen. Thank you for sharing your life and knowledge with us as you deal with schizophrenia. You have helped me so much.
Thank you! That makes me very happy!
Its great you are feeling better 😊 Great mindset. Its very encouraging. Im trying my best to learn this but its so hard. It takes a while for me.
Thank you for sharing! It has not been easy for me either. Have a happy and healthy rest of your day!
Happy thanksgiving! You are an inspiration.
Thank you very much! I appreciate you!
Thank you for sharing your strength and your positivity through a difficult life journey!
You have given me so much hope and a warm feeling towards my own life!
You Stephen are my HERO!!!
I am so lucky to see you and hear your marvelous thoughts put into words I can listen to over and over!
Stephen you have a soul of gratitude for your family support that is unrivalled and that warms my soul :-) I will never forget you and your kindness and power!
Thank you so much, I have no words that can describe how happy your comment makes me!
I also suffer from paranoid schizophrenia, boderline personality disorder. PTSD, I love your content, Love you brother.
Glad you are feeling good. Amazing view where you live!
Thank you!
Stephen,
I just want to say that I think, what a great Soul you are, and how I consider you and others do as well, that you are a magnificent human being. It is easy to see that your efforts in these videos, are coming from a place of love, understanding, experience and compassion. I hope you continue to keep up your work of education and experiences of Schizophrenia, being broadcast to the world, for as long as you wish to do it, certainly in many years to come. The world sorely needs to hear your message, Thank You so much. P.S. My Dear Mother, and her brother (Uncle Noel) suffered their entire lives being diagnosed and suffering with Schizophrenia, (the fears, hallucinations, delusions) without medication, to alleviate the symptoms. As a result they and their families suffered greatly, but your message has given me hope that some day this illness will be conquered in time.
Thank you very much. Have a happy and healthy rest of your day
Awesome 😢😢😢
Thank you!
Love your walk and talks! ❤ you look and sound great
Thank you so much! I hope all is well with you and your son. Have a happy and healthy rest of your day!
You are so brave and honorable for sharing your journey. The negative social stigma around mental health issues creates a communication barrier that hinders the progress of acceptance, openness, and understanding to those who are facing hardships. It’s so encouraging to see others who want that barrier to be eliminated! You truly are a mental health warrior. You deserve so much recognition for your work! Thank you so much for sharing. Please know that you have support from many others, who aren’t on TH-cam! ❤
Thank you very much! I really appreciate it!
Well done Stephen glad you’re feeling better. Always good to be thankful 👍 Good luck 🤞
Thank you Graham!
You are wonderful. Keep positive.
Thank you!
Have a happy Thanksgiving, Stephen mate.
I'm sending you positive vibes and energy all the way from England :)
Thank you very much! I would love to visit England someday! Have a happy and healthy holiday!
Hi mister Steven, i don't react much but i am always happy to see your new video's. I always watch your video's when i cook my dinner on a big screen. Your really blessed it's a fact. Keep up the good work.
Thank you very much! Have a happy and healthy rest of your day!
I'm truly inspired by your strength and perseverance. ✌🏾
Thank you!
Hi Stephen! I'm sooo glad you're feeling happy today! May I ask you a question?? But if it's too personal you don't have to answer! I'm wondering what was the item you said you'd be making with your family? And is that a tradition? Also, if you were in the hospital during holidays did your parents celebrate with you there? Or wait for you to be Discharged? Last thing, I'm wondering if you have any ideas for what to bring our loved ones who are in the hospital? Is there anything you really enjoyed or found useful to pass the time??? Once again, if this is too personal, or triggering, do not worry about answering these! I love your videos! It gives me sooo much hope that there can be wellness in my sons future!! Thank you & hugs❤
Hi! I will be making tamales, a traditional Latin American dish, with my family. It is usually prepared for Christmas. It is a tradition in my Mom’s family! I was not in the hospital during the holidays, but when my parents came to visit they would bring me sunflower seeds as it was my favorite snack at the time. Also it was very different than the foods we had to eat at the hospital and it reminded me of home. You may want to check with the hospital to see what is allowed there. I wish the best for your son.
Thanks for responding!! Your tradition sounds awesome! Tamales are very tasty! I bet you have fun! Sunflower seeds is a great idea! I will check with the hospital! I'm sooo glad that you have amazing parents. When I go and visit my son I often notice there aren't other parents visiting. And it makes me sad for them. But I just focus on my son. And do what I can for him. He's been in the hospital now for 37 days. I just watched your polypharmacy video and it was sooo informative!! My son also has treatment resistant schizophrenia. And he's currently on 2 antipsychotics, and 2 mood stabilizers. But they're not helping so we have to switch and wait and see if other treatments will work. Again, thanks for answering my questions! And I just love your videos! I learn sooo much and it helps me understand my son better! You're amazing Stephen❤
Hi Stephen, Your message was so encouraging today. May you have a very blessed Thanksgiving with your family. I going to have to look what a tamale is though!
Thank you very much for your kindness! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving too! If you ever get the chance to try a tamale I think they are delicious!
So happy to hear your positive attitude. God Bless u and the family. Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Thank you! Have a happy Thanksgiving!
🙏🙏🙏 I'm so happy you're doing better Stephen! May we all do better going forward!
Thank you, that is my hope too that we will all do better going forward!
Happy to hear man, looks like the weather there is grand. have a good weekend
Thank you very much! It’s great hearing from you! Have a happy and healthy rest of your day!
Stephen I am thankful for you! We all have good days and bad days….it’s all about taking captive of our thoughts and deciding to to focus on the good. I love how your enjoying the little things like weather, the gorgeous view and being able to take long walks and walking 5 miles….wow! The sun provides us vitamin D which boost our mood…. I would recommend you check your vitamin D levels. I pray you continue to make progress and not to be hard on your self when you have not so good ones..HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
Thank you so very much! Have a happy and healthy Thanksgiving!
I am so happy for you. I am glad you are feeling well. Gratitude has a lot going it. We don't celebrate Thanksgiving in my country. I am looking forward to Christmas. Happy day to you and your family
Thank you very much!
Happy Thanksgiving. I can see the improvements. Keep up the good work. 🦃
Thank you Ron! Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
I have had schizophrenia for 6 years, your videos are very helpful to me
Thank you for sharing and for watching. Have a happy and healthy rest of your day!
You can also rehearse making conversation from the comfort n safety of your home with someone your comfortable with different scenarios to set you up for success before you try making conversation in the community with strangers.
Thank you!
Stephen! Hi I'm Heather Goodwin and I struggle with schizophrenia as well. I'm struggling to get a job and struggling to receive SSI. Any tips?
Hi Heather, I don’t have any good suggestions. I wish you the very best
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you! Happy Thanksgiving to you too!
Happy Thanksgiving ❤. 5 miles WooHoo!!
So good to hear you are feeling grateful. I feel the same way. I live in PV too and walk those same trails.
Thank you very much!
Have a great Thanksgiving to you and your family!
Thank you so much and Happy Thanksgiving!
Have a very Blessed Day of Thanksgiving!! 🍲 🥗 God bless!!!
Thank you! Have a great Thanksgiving too!
Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you for sharing❤
Happy Thanksgiving to you too!
Happy Thanksgiving from 🇨🇦 🍁...keep sharing its helping many !
Thank you! Have a happy and healthy Thanksgiving!
I wish more people had your attitude and outlook on life Stephen. Great to see you doing so well.
Thank you!
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Thank you!
Hello and good morning, Stephen and family 😊. Hello from Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦. I just found your channel. 😊 My son also has schizophrenia and autism. I hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Here in Canada we have Thanksgiving in October. I have subscribed to your channel and am looking forward to watching 👀 your videos. Have a terrific day today and God bless you and your family. 😀
Thank you! Have a happy and healthy rest of your day!
😊😊🕊️🪽✨You are so beautiful, intelligent, hardworking, humble, wise, transparent,..And, powerfully, yet, gently, “POWERFUL🕊️, for God and our world. 🌎 ✨🎯🗣️💗🪽🕊️✨✨✨✨
You inspire me to go on, to deal with all my life chart challenges, I, personally, wrote in for myself. And, like we all have done.;))To pay off my past life karmas I owe, to, all,…in my life.
Nothing is ever a coincidence.;)) And, synchronicity is a sign system from GOD, and, your own Higher Self….So follow the pure-real signs of GOD…, and, never, and, not the other negative signs…;))))❤😊🕊️🪽💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
Happy Thanksgiving, Stephen!!🍁🍂🪵💛And Happy New Year!!🎆🎈🎊😊
Much love namaste 🙏
Thank you very much and Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you for sharing your new attitude ☀️ what a beautiful area you are at and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your Family
Thank you! Hope you have a very happy Thanksgiving too!
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Thank you!
Good job brother proud of your resilience. Sending you good wishes.
Much appreciated!
Wow Stephen you are giving people hope! Thank you for your videos!!!
Do you read the Bible? These scriptures are about what you are saying:
Philippians 4
4Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5Let your reasonablenessd be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9What you have learnede and received and heard and seen in me-practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
Thank you very much!
Happy Thanksgiving and
God blessings to you and
yours, cutie pie.
We are so thankful for you. 🤗👌👏
Thank you! That means a lot to me. Happy Thanksgiving!
Im glad you are in a better place. There is support
We are all in this together ❤ Happy Thanksgiving
Thank you! Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks!
Thank you very much Laurel! I am so happy to have your support!
Happy Thanksgiving man! Don't eat too much!❤😂
Thank you!
Happy thanksgiving!
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Do you still are on medications. You are a brave boy.
Yes I am still on medications. Thank you!
hi steven hope ur doing gud today its been pretty outside
Good on you, Steven! Happy Thanksgiving. You have accepted yourself as we all must all do. Suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune with courage and dignity.
You found your calling too. This will change along the way but you will adapt. I'm confident.
And to be thankful too... perfecto!
Grateful people are so nice to be around! So inspiring.
Here in Ireland on Friday, we as a family, will be watching the Late Late, Toy Show. An annual live Irish TV extravaganza.
We will be thinking of you with your family. Yes, and what a nice family you have.
Thank you Noreen! I hope you enjoy the Late Late, Toy Show! Thank you for all your support!
Thankyou for your amazing heart to share your story.
My journey with Mental illness began in 1987
Chris Canham
New Zealand
Thank you for watching and sharing!
Please practice and rehearse making conversations with people. It’ll help you feel “normal”.
You can also rehearse this from the comfort n safety of your home with someone your comfortable with different scenarios to set you up for success before you try making conversation in the community with strangers.