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What I wish people knew about psychosis:
- not everyone with psychosis is dangerous
- you’re more likely to be assaulted by a drunk than a schizophrenic
- regressing can happen (I felt like I went back to being 12)
- psychosis isn’t just hearing voices & seeing things
- not everyone with psychosis is dangerous
- you’re more likely to be assaulted by a drunk than a schizophrenic
- regressing can happen (I felt like I went back to being 12)
- psychosis isn’t just hearing voices & seeing things
- medication isn’t the only answer
- 1 in 100 people experiences it in their lifetime
- voices aren’t always commanding in nature
- voices make it very hard to concentrate so be patient please
- a lot of the stigma lies actually within the MH system
- it is terrifying
- 1 in 100 people experiences it in their lifetime
- voices aren’t always commanding in nature
- voices make it very hard to concentrate so be patient please
- a lot of the stigma lies actually within the MH system
- it is terrifying
- relapses almost always have an external trigger (behaviour isn’t at random)
- it is the loneliest thing you could ever experience
- delusions usually hold some great relevance to other life events for the person
- it can happen to anyone
- feeling no sense of reality is
- it is the loneliest thing you could ever experience
- delusions usually hold some great relevance to other life events for the person
- it can happen to anyone
- feeling no sense of reality is
- music through headphones often helps (people aren’t being rude by keeping them in)
- personal hygiene is often very difficult
- there are therapies available that help (I did CBT for psychosis for over a year)
- technology can be scary and overwhelming
- personal hygiene is often very difficult
- there are therapies available that help (I did CBT for psychosis for over a year)
- technology can be scary and overwhelming
- it is usually a trauma response
- it is not an excuse to ignore a patients wishes, assuming they cannot hold an opinion because they have a psychotic illness
- nobody ever never needed to be scared of me, they just needed to be kind
- it is not an excuse to ignore a patients wishes, assuming they cannot hold an opinion because they have a psychotic illness
- nobody ever never needed to be scared of me, they just needed to be kind
Ever never 
sorry my brain is made of soup today
sorry my brain is made of soup today
