Schizophrenia Support Group

I've been getting worse and worse and I worry that I'm going to get to the point where I can't leave my house because I might accidently walk into traffic or that someone could break in and I wouldn't know because I would think it was just another hallucination. Or that I won't hear the phone because I often hear the phone ringing but then it shows no one called. I've also been getting more and more paranoid. I'm terrified of strangers. I've been abused and assaulted in the past. Does anyone know if it would be possible to get like a service dog that wouldn't let me wander out into traffic and would alert to the phone actually ringing and keep me safe? Also I have fairly limited mobility due to fibromyalgia. I started thinking about this when I took my parents' dog for a walk today because I did not have the capacity to stay in the moment and my mind would go away and suddenly the dog would start barking at another dog or whatever and it would bring me back. Or he would tug on the leash and sort of pull me out of the fog momentarily. Does anyone know about service dogs and what kind of help they can offer and who gets them and stuff?
Posted on 10/24/09, 12:10 am