u/FaLlEnAnGel122721

Good evening Family,

A beautiful day with minimal symptoms and for that I am grateful.

I want to share how proud I am of all of you who come here in search of support, insight, camaraderie, and further understanding. You showing up every day is seen. You sharing your strength, experience, and hope is seen. It is felt. In case no ones told you yet today, you are loved. You are a miracle.

Another one from my wise old friend from across the pond. It further solidifies my thoughts above. May it find you warmly.

"I'm so proud of you. I’m proud that you keep showing up every single day.

I’m proud of all the tough decisions you had to make and that even though it was hard, you stood your ground.

I’m proud that you never give up on yourself and keep fighting, that despite everything your going through, you still wake up and find ways to smile everyday.

I’m proud that even though you’ve seen so much darkness, you always continue to search for the light.

I’m proud of you and how far you have come and excited for all that’s still to come."

I love you all. Thank you for existing.

You are NOT junk.

You are NOT a mistake.

YOU, YES YOU, are a miracle.

We are strong, we are brave, we are beautiful.

Don't give up 5 minutes before the miracle happens.

-The Fallen Angel

Good morning beautiful family 🙏🏼🌞

Made it through yesterday but holy shit, it was tough. Hallucinations were bad but delusions were minimal which is THE MOST important part for me, as they are the worst symptom that can occur for me. I took my medication and slept the whole day. It is what it is but I keep being reminded by friends and family that rest is important even though I feel I need to keep doing more. I don't know. I am just trying so hard to keep up the good fight.

Here is my daily message from my friend across the pond. May it find you warmly on this day. I pray that if you feel symptomatic, remember that your medication is your friend and that even if you feel gross after taking it, which I ALWAYS feel, in the end, it IS better than going full-blown. I think many of us would agree.

"We are going to cross paths with people that don’t understand us.

That’s just part of life. Stop worrying about what other people think of you and focus on yourself instead.

Focus on what makes you happy, on what makes your soul at peace. You are your biggest commitment, so start loving your flaws, your awkwardness, your weirdness, your intensity and your vulnerability.

Life becomes more fulfilling when you are, just simply, yourself.

Find, forgive, and love yourself."

Don't forget:

YOU are a miracle.

YOU are not junk.

YOU are not a mistake.

Better times and smoother sailing lies ahead of us. I will meet you there. I look forward to walking with you into the gold of our collective futures.

We are strong. We are brave. We are beautiful.

Don't quit 5 minutes before the miracle happens.

-The Fallen Angel

Good morning beautiful family 🙏🏼🌞

I...feel bad. I am struggling. With self-worth. With seeing myself clearly. With seeing these strange people in the beautiful sunshine. I am trying so hard to meet each day. I try but I am so damn tired sometimes. All I wish for is feeling connected to humanity again like I used to. It all comes in such terrible waves. I breathe through it but it sometimes feels like I'll be lost in eternity.

Even so, I won't miss a day to post here because there are others who have it worse and being of service to others is better than being alone. Even if I can't prove anything is real. I will sing into the darkness even if I am blind and surrounded by echos.

Here is my message from my wise, old friend from across the pond. This is all in terms of healthy, positive self-improvement and spirituality. Medication and therapy as well as these messages help me see things clearly or, at least, more clearly.

"If you are resisting something, you are feeding it.

Any energy you are fighting, you are feeding.

If you are pushing something away, you are inviting it to stay.

Many of us spend our whole lives running from feelings with the mistaken belief that you cannot bear the pain.

What you have not done is feel all you are, beyond the pain.

Feel the feeling but do not become the emotion.

Witness it, allow it, release it. We have to stay open.

Continue to learn and continue to grow into your beautiful self."

I love you all even if it all is just illusions. Even if it is all a dream. Even if I never recieve anything in return. YOU are a miracle. YOU are not a mistake. YOU are not junk. You are not alone in this strange world full of strange creatures. WE got this and you are enough 🖤

We are strong. We are brave. We are beautiful.

Don't give up 5 minutes before the miracle happens.

-The Fallen Angel

Good evening beautiful family,

Its a hard day today. I feel useless and inadequate. I feel really blue. Just trying to remind myself this will pass. I wanted to suit up and show up for others and share some positivity and hope. Here is the daily message from my friend from across the pond.

"Life has taught me that respect, caring and love must be shared. For it’s only through sharing that friendships are born.

I will no longer allow the negative things in my life spoil all of the good I have, I choose to be happy. A positive attitude today will enhance the value of every experience, that choice is open to you and me alike.

True giving comes from the heart and soul in the form of pure intentions, energy, vibrations and selfless and unconditional love."

I love you all and we are strong, we are brave, and we are beautiful."

Don't give up 5 minutes before the miracle happens.

-The Fallen Angel

Good morning beautiful family 💪🏼🌞🖤

Another beautiful morning with minimal symptoms. For that I am grateful. Here is my daily message of hope and peace to anyone who needs to remember that they are not alone in this world. It comes from my wise old friend from across the pond. I hope it finds you warmly.

"One of the most important things we can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.

The best way not to feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you.

If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.

Power comes from knowing even in our darkest moments we are loved.

I hope today is the kind of day where you see the light in everything ✨"

Whoever reads this, know you are not alone today. You are loved and you are not junk. You are NOT a mistake. All of us are miracles that are in a special position to help the next sufferer ny sharing the good and the bad. With the proper medication, therapy, and support I can say my days of struggling are MUCH more manegable and I am living a life I thought was impossible.

We are strong, we are brave, we are beautiful.

Do not give up 5 minutes before the miracle happens.

I believe in you and your goodness.

-The Fallen Angel

Hey beautiful family,

Oof, last night was rough. I am doing better now, minimal symptoms after taking my medication and resting pretty much all day.

Didn't want to miss a day of spreading hope and possible peace to anyone struggling so now that I am well, I have this message from my wise old friend from across the pond for anyone who would like some hope and light as evening comes.

"We are not meant to stay wounded. We are supposed to move through our tragedies and challenges and help each other move through any painful episodes of our lives.

By remaining stuck in the power of our wounds, we block our own transformation.

We overlook the greater gifts inherent in our wounds- the strength to overcome them and the lessons we are meant to receive through them.

Wounds are the means through which we enter the hearts of other people.

They are meant to teach us to be compassionate and wise.

Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens."

I hope all of you who are in a dark place, a scary place, a troubled place, find this message and realize that YOU are a miracle. That YOU are not junk. That YOU are not a mistake. I love all of you and your unbelievable strength is seen and felt. All bad times will pass. Taking the appropriate medication, going to therapy, and practicing spiritual growth have helped me get to a place where I can say I am a survivor and no longer a victim.

I wish you all the best evening with absolutely minimal symptoms. We are strong, we are brave, and we are beautiful.

-The Fallen Angel

Hey family,

I took my medication. Waiting for it to work. Feet shaking, teeth grinding, everything is wavy and seeing the usual strange shapes in walls. Slight feeling that I can read or hear peoples thoughts and mind feels like its full of a stadium of people mumbling. Eyes hurt with crazy closed eye visuals. Floaty dream-like feeling of reality around me. Feel like I could run 10 miles AND fight Mike Tyson AND win.

All in all I recognize whats happening, communicated it with my Pop and as I said, took my medication and just sharing so I don't have to be alone in this. I am safe.

Currently laying down, petting my cat, and breathing through it. Man, this shit is rough! But I have been through it before, my medication just needs a chance to work. I know this will pass and I want you to know you are a miracle. Everything will be okay. Breathe in, breathe out.

Again, I am safe and just needed to feel less alone.

Love you family,

-The Fallen Angel

Good morning beautiful family,

Another beautiful morning with little to no symptoms. For that I am grateful.

Here is my daily message to you shared by my wise, older friend from across the pond. I share it with the hope that someone feels less alone, feels a little more loved, and a little more seen.

I know many of us have not been treated well in our lives. We cannot control very much. But we can, under the right circumstances, control our reactions at times. It is the love and compassion we have not gotten or missed out on that we can spread to the actively symptomatic or next suffering member of our mentally ill family that may help us remember that we are not defined by our illness, that we are strong individuals, and that we do, indeed, have a beautiful purpose.

"The most courageous thing you can do for others is to be kind and gentle.

No matter what heartbreaking pain you have been through, no matter how cold and brutal the world may have been to you, no matter how many times you have been beaten down, you must try with all your heart to be kind.

Everyone is fighting their own battles.

Everyone is going through something.

My lovely friend, you can always spread a little light and be kind."

My beautiful fellow schizoeffective brothers and sisters, may you find a bit of peace and serenity today. You, yes YOU, are a miracle. You are not junk, you are not a mistake. I am thinking of each of you and wishing you the best and safest day possible.

Do not give up 5 minutes before the miracle happens 🖤

-The Fallen Angel

Good morning beautiful family 🙏🏼🌞

Another beautiful day with minimal symptoms. Just wanted to share this in case it can give anyone some positivity, hope, insight, or just a plain old smile 😎 Again, from my wise older friend from across the pond who has been though many a battle and struggle 💪🏼

"Try to be kind to one another and forgiving. Forgiveness is just a word, until you need it then it stops being a word and becomes one of the most wonderful things in the world.

Words are powerful why not use them to lift someone up today instead of knocking them down.

Gratitude turns what we have into enough and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into clarity, it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."

Along with my right mix of meds and hopeful soul, I find I am grateful for my illness today. It puts me in a unique position to help others try and find peace today. For that, I am grateful. I am no longer a victim but a survivor living with an illness that is incurable but manegable today...and I never thought I'd be able to say that.

YOU, YES YOU, are a miracle. If you cannot or don't believe, believe that I believe. There is light at the end of all the darkness.

I love you all and thank you for existing. Don't quit 5 minutes before the miracle happens.

The Fallen Angel

Hey family,

Just wanted to share I had a job interveiw and it went really, really well.

For so long, I felt I would never be able to work, let alone LOOK for a job, but today I interveiwed for a position working as a Counselor for at risk children and teens and I think I nailed it.

I've worked primarily with children my whole adult life, teaching english, poetry, acting, singing, and dancing and the fact that I may even have a CHANCE to give back to the kids through service work and child care is giving me a newfound peace I didn't think possible.

I am stable, have found the right mix of medications, and I am ready to get back to what others call "the real world" haha I haven't felt this clear in years.

This is for all who are in the struggle, the dark place, the place that seems inescapable.

There is light.

YOU are a miracle and if you don't or can't believe, believe that I believe. We got this family.

Love you all and wishing you so much strength and hope and courage as we swim this sea of periodic madness and instability. Don't quit 5 minutes before the miracle happens.

The Fallen Angel

Good morning beautiful family 🙏🏼🌞

Another day with minimal symptoms and gratitude for finding stability after years of turmoil and despair. I have a wise older friend who sends me messages of hope from many, many years of experience with struggle. I wanted to share this in hopes that even one person finds hope through it.

"Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running away from it.

Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love, belonging and joy - the experiences that make us the most vulnerable.

Only when we are brave enough to experience the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

Grace means that all of your mistakes now serve a purpose instead of serving shame.

You are not defined by your past, you are prepared by your past 💪"

In case no ones told you yet today, you are a miracle and are enough.

Love you guys,

The Fallen Angel

Hi, I am new here and I have schizoeffective. Was diagnosed about a year ago and don't post much on reddit. Looking for friends who are also schizoeffective who can understand. I am in recovery, coming up on 7 months, and feel like my life is FINALLY coming back together a bit. Just want to spread hope and support to my fellows and find connection. Super grateful for yall and you know my therapist is gonna be happy and support this haha