I think you're trying too hard. PAUSE and reconsider your actions. See?

Tune into your mums wisdom, OP!

That's like saying people get epilepsy and seizure due to excessive video games.

25, some video games can trigger a seizure if someone has epilepsy already - especially if it has flashing lights

It's not the game it's the patterns of flashing lights.

To be fair, some parental figures do this all the time about the electronic doohickeys... "You've got a stomachache? It's that damn Facebook." "You feel like your about to throw up? Stop using that Twitter thing then!" "Aww, your arm fell off, there's 4 sharks in the bathroom and the house is on fire? Damn laptop..."

My parents always blame my console or my laptop "Oh you have a headache? It's cause if the computer." "Dehydrated? It's because of the computer."

"Those voices in your head are merely echoes from you're excessively loud headphones"

my mom does this all of the time. "your stomach hurts? it's because youve been playing that game for too long."

There are also parents who don't believe that mental illnesses are real, which could very likely be the case here.

Anyone who thinks mental illnesses are "made up" must be pretty ****** up in the head themselves. To a certain degree I think some are just a crock of shit, but schizophrenia is definitely not one of those. The problem is nowadays it seems like it's a cool thing to be diagnosed with something like OCD or bi polar disorder. A lot of people "self diagnose" themselves with shit like that to get away with being generally, a piece of shit. I'm not going to say there isn't people out there that truly have it and really need the help, because that's just being completely oblivious, but for some reason people love to say they have a certain disorder as an excuse to get away with shit. I wish you the best, OP, you have a battle ahead of you.

I agree, 40. My friend had severe depression, actually we both did. Her more than I though. Her mother blamed it on me and proceeded to tell her she neede to "grow up". She finally got to a therapist, and is almost back to normal. ******* parents. She was 13 when she "self-diagnosed" herself, but as it went on, it got worse, so there was no doubt what it was. She finaly got help at 18 when she could pay for it on her own.

Back in 6th grade, my whackjob psychiatrist overdosed me on a shit ton of different meds, and I ended up hearing voices as a side effect of their interactions. I'm glad the effects weren't permanent like OP's though - it was scary enough having that for a month... I can't even imagine how horrible never being sure of what voices are real and which ones aren't for the rest of my life. Sounds like your mom needs a dosage of Fisttofaceolin.

"Your back hurts? It's from the laptop"

I agree but there is mess that stop the voices .

My dad is the same. He blames my eating disorder, anxiety disorder and depression on a game I haven't played since I was 12.

Yeah. Schizophrenia is a SERIOUS condition. I took a mental health class and schizophrenia should not be dismissed.

No mental illness should be dissmissed,,,

That is what I meant, though it came out badly for which I apologize. Yes, every mental disorder is important. What I'm saying is Schizophrenia is one of the more serious ones. I have an anxiety disorder, and although it is important, it is easily treated. Schizophrenia is hard to treat and there isn't a true way to get better if you don't want to be drugged all the time, making therapy the only viable option.

I have diagnosed schizophrenia, and I agree with you. Mental disorders shouldn't be taken lightly, and OPs mum is just plain disrespectful.

schizophrenics*

There's kind of a big difference between having a virus and having a mental illness. One does not simply "get over" schizophrenia. Consider yourself lucky.

My parents did the same when I was about six. I was getting sick and asked to go to the doctor but they thought I was faking to get out of school. Turns out I had the early symptoms of TB and had to go into two months of medicines and antibiotics. I could have died.

My mom is the exact opposite. Through school I rarely got sick, maybe once every 2 years. So if I got sick more than once in the sane year my mom treated it like I could die the next day.

Or... It could make her end up in a mental asylum... On the bright side, at least the mum would know that OP does indeed have a mental problem.

Or they could both go to a mental asylum nothing like a bit of mentalist family bonding!

This plan works really well since OP ACTUALLY has schizophrenia!

Dude that's just like my comment

Dude, will you **** off with the arse comments already.