Psychosis Thread

[Ballerina123]

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Originally Posted by ThePrincessOfDenial

I hope you get some sleep love.

I'm struggling with voices today. The medication is really helping though so I'm lucky.

How do you manage differentiating between real voices and hallucinations?

I go by who is in the room and if there mouth is moving.
Glad your meds are helping. X

[tamobhuuta]

I would also think about how likely people in the room are to be saying what the voices are saying.

[Ballerina123]

Feeling really paranoid today. Anxious im being tracked/followed by my rapist. I'm scared he put a trading device in me.
I don't know what to do coz im already on the highest does of anti psychotic I can be. I'm scared im getting ill again.
I only just got better.
My mind is so distracted by it. I can't concentrate on normal stuff :(

[tamobhuuta]

has anyone done cbt for psychosis? how was it?

[Ballerina123]

I have it helped a lot but I still needed meds to take the edge off

[Voldemort]

Have any of you ever considered the fact that it is not psychosis but an experiment? My team says psychosis, I say I've worked out what's really going on. It comes and goes in intensity but this is intense. I'm so fed up of the cameras and mind reading and experiments.

[tamobhuuta]

I've had trouble with cameras and mind reading but never put it down as experiments. can you usually trust your team?

[Ballerina123]

Anyone on meds and still get hallucinations and paranoia?
How do you manage it?
I'm really struggling to stay in reality.

[Voldemort]

I don't know if I can trust my team. I want to but it feels like this is all a lie. I'm not mentally ill and never have been. I'm not sure if I can live like this much longer, regardless of who is right.

I don't know, Kate, sorry.

[tamobhuuta]

sometimes I believe I don't have a mental illness but I have to admit when I am on meds my life is easier.

[MunchBox]

Todayy during therapy I saw a sinister man pointing at my therapist.
I think it's a sign she's gonna get hurt. How do I stop it from happening.

[Ballerina123]

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Originally Posted by MunchBox

Todayy during therapy I saw a sinister man pointing at my therapist.
I think it's a sign she's gonna get hurt. How do I stop it from happening.

Did your therapist see this man? If not it could have been a hallucination.
Hallucinations are not real. They are horrible to experience but they cannot hurt you or anyone else.

[Ballerina123]

Does anyone get homicidal thoughts?
Is that a symptom of psychosis or am I just a horrible person?

[Voldemort]

I get homicidal thoughts occasionally, Kate, I sort of pulled a knife on my partner last year before I went into hospital, I'm not usually a violent person though.

[tamobhuuta]

has anyone's AP meds given them a belly?

[Ballerina123]

Yep olanzapine gave me one. It's slowly going now I'm on aripiprizole.

[tamobhuuta]

it's really frustrating, diet and exercise make no difference. however I need to exercise to be healthy, regardless of appearances so this week i'm going to start exercising again.

[Ballerina123]

Yea exercise is good. But I also found it very frustrating

[tamobhuuta]

my mum assures me its just a belly but I hate being fat and I worry people are judging me.

[Ballerina123]

I worry about that too.

I'm scared terrorists are sending me messages.
All these planes falling out the sky is a warning.
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