What Caused My Schizophrenia? 🧠 - Living with Schizophrenia

Those tissue layers are called “meninges” in english. It’s where the word “meningitis” comes from. 🧠 Many people speak of mental conditions as if they are always unavoidable, determined purely by genetics from birth. It’s often nature + nurture, not just one or the other. Thank you for bravely sharing your experience and perspective! 🌺

I ended up getting schizoaffective disorder from prolonged chronic stress and physical and emotional abuse. I cracked up one day and ended in a psychiatric ward. After that I’ve had the disorder ever since. I also had predisposition from one parent, but the Doctor told me that stress and a lifetime of abuse was the culprit. To think that still today people are so ignorant to say that people who don’t want to have children are selfish and horrible. Those people were never abused by parents. Sometimes when I’m doing bad I resent them. It’s funny how evil people destroy others and it’s the good people that end up paying for the broken plates. Much love to you Kimberly💚

I have schizophrenia and i just wanted to say thank you for reaching out us schizophrenics needs to branch out

I can relate to a lot of this, especially the part about hating the fact that an encounter with a disgusting narcissistic individual can have a profound effect on one's mental health. This world is not a very nice place, especially these days. Thank you for sharing this.

sounds like stress induced psychosis, it's a wonder why you're on drugs. a sane world would try to make your life less stressful or help you find ways to become stress tolerant. same with me. i shouldn't be on meds. just need to learn how to handle stress.

Just… WOW! We have some common ground here. I have early trauma from the age of two which set the stage for a succession of trauma reactions. I am an extremely sensitive person which makes me predisposed to mental illness in the first place. I often wonder just to what extent our emotions and trauma and stress affect the physical structure of our brain and in turn can cause these conditions. I have been been ill since I was seventeen, but I can recall incidents that were a little off kilter or questionable from the age of eleven onward.

Thank you for sharing your story with us. I, too, have been abused by my father which was a catalyst for my mental illness.

Kimberly, I really appreciate you sharing your story because I can definitely relate. I am diagnosed with bipolar 1 with psychotic features and I grew up with a physically abusive father. Some days I thought he would murder my mother and brother. He never hit me though but it was still traumatizing to witness. You're so strong for going through what you went through and I look up to/respect you a lot!

I am so sorry you had to go through any of that in your childhood ❤

Thank you for being so open about your mental illness! I think it is really important for those of us that struggle with these issues to speak out when we can because that helps break down the stigmas!

Hi Kimberly. I'm new to your channel but I love seeing your strength in making your videos. I know what it's like to have experienced trauma from a narcissist. When you stated how you hate to admit that your illness is a part of the trauma from him, I really felt that. I know that feeling. However, by calling him out in this video..... you have taken back your power from him. You are so strong, wonderful and beautiful. That is why over 2,000 people love your channel. You are amazing.

I had my first psychotic break around 21... My mother went overseas to live when I was 13 and I'm 43 and haven't had a girlfriend since I was 19... Just mentioned that because if I had had one big happy family all along maybe a wife and kids by now it's hard to believe I'd develop schizophrenia... Anyway I would think it's very situational and also genetic...

Du är fantastisk! En riktig förebild för många som lider av liknande psykiska diagnoser, har egna erfarenheter om att ha psykoser och dina videos är otroligt fina och informativa❤️

You seems to be such a sweet person young woman Thank you for making videos ❤️

I am so sorry you have such a father. that's horrible. I am very proud of you for going "no contact" with him. that's a big step. that's something that is very hard to do in some cases. sometime we are "trauma bonded" so it can be hard to cut the cord. then in other cases i'm sure it just feels like a huge relief. amazing how our brains will try to escape or just can't cope and it feels like it just breaks open. that's what it felt like for me having my first psychotic episode. like a switch had been turned and all doors were open. never to be fully closed again. thank you for telling part of your story. must not be easy, but you are really brave for opening up sweet Kimberly. sending you hugs! I hope you are doing ok in Sweden with all this crazy weather. take care and i will see you next time 💕

I was diagnosed with schizophrenia after I left my dorm in college to go to a psych ward. I'm pretty sure my narcissistic roommate was a major cause of it because one day he would be nice and another he would be mean. I don't trust anyone.

Very interesting topic. Thanks for sharing!

Hi Kimberly, thank you for being so open and telling your story. Hope you are feeling better each day! Looking forward to seeing your next video :) Have a great week!

Found your post very informative and insightful - thank you for this. Blessings for a wonderful future.

Genetic vulnerability with trauma can definitely contribute to the development of schizophrenia.