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Hello everyone. I'm broken, and I'm here because a family member (nephew) who lives with us is schizophrenic. I'm glad I found this forum and hope to find some answers here.
My thanks to the moderators and founders of this forum.

Hi group. I was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in high school, but am since recovered and am currently in grad school. My diagnosis got me interested in clinical psychology, and my main interests are in personality disorders, autism, and psychotic disorders.

I joined newly here at the psychforums and wanna say Hi to all the member's of the forum... I am of 30 and from USA, wanna have some new guy's here as friend to share allot of the things and idea's about the physical fitness and on the weight loss.....

Hello - I'm Basilisk and I'm new here. I've been lurking about the site for awhile, but I figured it was time I joined to get some answers of my own and to try to help others to the best of my ability. So, hi! (:

Hi,
I'm elle. I'm a 30 year old female.
I have a diagnosis of Complex PTSD and Anorexia. I self injure. Which is a huge problem, since it usually happen while I'm dissociated. I feel generally very low, and would die if I could think of a way that no one would realise it was suicide.
I have been on Pregabalin since last august, which has helped lots with neuropathic pain. However, it has contributed to me feeling so low.
I see a counsellor every week, and she is brilliant. However, I'm still not 'recovered'. I see my Consultant Psychiatrist every three months for 20 minutes. She's Ok. I've been in+out of various hospitals over the past 20 years. Utterly pointless.
I've had ECT, taken ssri's, maoi's, tryciclics, and snri's. I was assessed for Psychosurgery when they said I needed CBT. Which I had for 8 years. Now, they say I need to have more talk therapy, been on the waiting list for 16 months.
I live alone, and dropped out of uni.
So, the condensed version of what I am.
Elle

Greetings all! I'll go by Maxxcor on here. Why I'm here is simple. I have DID-NOS (Dissociative Identity Disorder Not Otherwise Specified) Great diagnosis. It means that there are several of us in this body but we don't fit the regular DID dx. I don't have the switching experience that includes the amnesia and it's very very rare for me to have one of the alters "in control".

I'm looking for others who have similar experiences with abuse and trauma who have developed DID as a response. So many of the places I've reviewed are all about women with trauma and DID but finding help for men like me is really hard to find.

I'm hoping there might be a few others like me to chat with. Thanks for reading this!

Hello Welcome, nimphacutypie
hope having a gr8 time here

Umm hi. :] You guys can call me JJ, Im a girl and I live in the UK. Ive been diagnosed with Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder & psychosis. I've also self-harmed for 5 years! :] Im here if anybody needs me, I'll listen to anything, and Im here to help <3

Hello, I'm skogprincessa (forest princess), 21 year old female. Just stumbled upon some information about schizotypal pd and realized I exhibited many of the symptoms during childhood/adolescence. I'm interested in learning more in an effort to understand why I always felt so different...
As a teenager I was diagnosed with an array of psychological disorders. However, it always seemed that although my behaviors fit certain diagnostic criterium, the thoughts and motivations underlying my behavior did not. For example, I was diagnosed with anorexia but could never really relate to the internal issues faced by other anorexics. My behavior was actually a result of delusional, magical thinking, but I never knew how to articulate this to people and therefore felt very alone. I suspect the problems I had were actually just manifestations of schizotypal pd.
Looking forward to learning more.

Hello skogprincessa. Welcome to the forum. I hope you find it helpful here.

Hello maxxcor. A belated welcome to you. I have DID. We have a very active DID forum here and there are quite a few men there too. I hope you find it helpful. (I may have read or responded to you over there already but don't remember )