I can definitely relate even though I don’t have visual hallucinations.
Especially when she said that the more she knows about her illness, the less scared she gets.
The more I’m able to tell myself “this is just my brain playing tricks of me”, the less frightening unreal experiences are.
When friends see me taking meds they ask “what’s that for ? Or what are those?” I think to myself they should mind their ■■■■■■■business but sometimes wonder how they would react if I say “these are my Anti Psych meds cause I’m Sz”
It seems to me that people generally are more aware re: sz these days. I only ran into ridicule from a person once, in Dec 2010, on a rock star’s guestbook. It was abusive. But that was the only time, and just on the internet.