I have Schizophrenia.
Yes I am young
Yes I am diagnosed.
I am also a crafter,and have a mile of other mental health issues (depression,ADHD and autism) its hard for me to craft,my Schizophrenia tanking my mental health but crochet has really helped.I also have gotten a dog that specializes in helping people like me,now don’t think I need sympathy,I just want to share what the real size of a persons life is like.
Have a good day!
Thanks for raising awareness
I’m happy that crochet is somewhat helping you and wish you all the best on your future path
it’s so cool how crochet and crafting can help people work out and cope with mental health issues and real illnesses like this! it adds to the magic <3
When I was in undergrad, crochet was something that helped me to stay focused when I was in class. I’m diagnosed autistic and likely have undiagnosed ADHD (not just because of symptoms, my brother is diagnosed AuDHD and statistics and genetics indicate that I’m more likely to have it than not - but also the symptoms are there too), and crochet helped me immensely with staying engaged in class without being disruptively fidgety or going into infodump mode while class was related to my special interests (which uhhhhh happened a lot in my major lmaooooooo). It is still super helpful as a way of staying grounded and centered, and especially if the project is something more complex such as lace, it gives me a socially acceptable excuse to not make eye contact with people.
All this to say, I think the hobby is great for neurodivergent people in general. :D
I agree! It helps keep my hands busy along with giving me something real to work on,I have very extreme hallucinations both audio and visual so crochet has taken away some of the stress slightly.