I started journaling as a means to work through my mental health and started this blog to publish my specific journal entries and my creative works. I am Vincent Robert Krupa (SoloOnTheRocX is my gamer/internet tag) and I live with Schizophrenia. This is my story. In October of 2022 I was diagnosed with Schizophrenia along with a Substance Use Disorder for marijuana. Here I began the process of treating my disorder and symptoms (auditory hallucinations and falling easily into delusions). It has not been the easiest road. Within the first month of treatment I struggled with finding the right medication to treat my symptoms. I struggled with taking medications in the morning because I didn’t eat breakfast and drank too much coffee. After bringing this up to my psychiatrist we found a good alternative. I am happy to say it has reduced my symptoms significantly, however I still experienced auditory hallucinations and continued falling into delusions. I also continued to struggled with my use of marijuana as little did I realize it made me more susceptible to falling into delusions and hearing what was not there. It took me two stays in a crisis center and a couple years to finally accept that marijuana was harmful to me and a maladaptive coping mechanism. I realized that getting stoned got in the way of a truly helpful habit. I realized it stopped me from journaling and writing. In my last stay at a crisis center I learned the technique of gratitude journaling, and found it to be a great way to build positive energy. To spread that positive energy I decided to share these entries (along with other writings) with you. Please join me in in this journey (and feel free to comment or message me) as we navigate the waters of mental health and creative writing. Thank you for reading.