Schizophrenia is a type of psychosis. I have been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. A man was following me where I went and I felt people were plotting against me. As well as lots of other things, (it's a long story)
I was getting strange smells and tastes, at one point I wouldn't drink water because I thought it was contaminated. Now this is both a hallucination because I found the taste different but also a delusion that I was being poisoned.
Maybe yours is a form of psychosis but it may not be as bad as schizophrenia.
I know how you feel I wish I never had it it's a scary title and so labled and stigmatized. But don't forget that it's mainly all to do with chemicals, too much of one, not enough of the other. There is nothing wrong with you. Don't be afraid. Just talk to people and tell them what's happening in as best detail as you can because that's the best way you can get effective treatment for what's happening.
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