Family Support

The love and support of family plays an important role in schizophrenia treatment and recovery. If someone close to you has schizophrenia, you can make an enormous difference by helping that person find the right treatment, obtain benefits, and cope with symptoms. You can also play a crucial role by encouraging your loved one and offering support as he or she embarks on the long journey to recovery.
But you also need to take care of yourself. You’ll be better equipped to assist your family member if you draw on the support of others and take advantage of supportive services in your community. Dealing with a family member’s schizophrenia can be tough, but you don’t have to do it alone.
If a family member or someone close to you has schizophrenia, you may be struggling with any number of difficult emotions, including fear, guilt, anger, frustration, and hopelessness. The illness may be difficult for you to accept. You may feel helpless in the face of your loved one’s symptoms. Or you may be worried about the stigma of schizophrenia, or confused and embarrassed by strange behaviors you don’t understand. You may even be tempted to hide your loved one’s illness from others.
In order to deal successfully with schizophrenia and help your family member, it’s important to:
accept the illness and its difficulties
be realistic in what you expect of the person with schizophrenia and of yourself
maintain a sense of humor
Do your best to help your family member feel better and enjoy life, pay the same attention to your own needs, and remain hopeful.
My family didn't help me with my illness and didnt understand and would use it agaist me and that in one way helped me but kelsey my loving fiance is very helpping and know's how to deal with me even know she never had really done it before because of her I have been doing great with my condition and I thank her for putting up with me.