#just shouting my thoughts into the empty void of the inernet

[pingintech]

there something i think about the epigenetics of schizophrenia where theres a ton of people with similar sets of symptoms and similar upbringings that i feel no one talks about??? i feel like ive seen similar things in other people with similar experiences my own father is a good example of this and i think theres a lot of bleed over into us his kids but ive also met a fair number of people not related to us who have similar lived experiences

schizophrenia is VERY genetic to the extent if youve have or have had a close family member with schizophrenia its suggested that you dont do any psychoactive drugs and you just in general sense of anxiety around that thought that youre constantly likely very close to a psychotic break the thought that it could happen at any point and send you over the deep end

i think theres something about the kind of people so very close to the edge of a psychotic break who also have a shared culture of living with someone with schizophrenia whether in my families case that means a lot of paranoia that is both partially inherited but also to a specific extent encouraged and taught to us growing up a vast knowledge of obscure conspiracies even if we dont believe in half of them a (well deserved) general distrust of the government and interest in paramilitary things i also think especially if the schizophrenic family member was a caregiver it influences the kind of behavior you think of as normal not even necessarily in bad ways as much as weird was often something ive noticed just anecdotally is that often these people have their own experiences with delusions and have a unique relationship with politics

i dont think this is a one size fits all situation but i definitely see similarities across the board in people ive met and i dont want anyone to think im suggesting this is like the "burden" of having a schizophrenic family member bc thats not what im saying at all but i am saying theres a lot of active and passive inheritance genetics at play when it comes to schizophrenia and schizophreniform spectrum disorders and i think how that affects those who DONT have schizophrenia or any schizophreniform spectrum disorder but have family members that do is hardly ever talked about??????

i cant be the only person who has noticed this kind of weird community of people with a specific set of mental health issues and culture around living with people with schizophrenia that goes almost completely untalked about by online mental health communities right???