Did hearing voices and being delusional ever make you feel more confident in social situations, I always kinda wonder if mine ever helped because it was like I had too many thoughts going at once to ever be too self conscious in social situations. Jw?
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When I was psychotic I thought that I had found my purpose in life. Like I was on a divine mission. My voice changed, so did my posture and how I acted. Sometimes I heard music in the background, which I thought was specially meant for me. Like a message sent from God.
But it all came crashing down with delusions, voices and I thought I’d been prosecuted.
I was very biblical in my psychosis, and I also thought a lot about history. About world leaders and war.
Somehow everything seemed connected. I thought that angels were guarding me but also that evil was trying to destroy me.
It’s really sad that a person can be bound by illness to such extent that it consumes his world.
It was just a waste of time!!!
I wish I could go back to being that old cynical atheist bas-tard I was before my illness.
Yes, psychosis made me more confident when I was ill. It all had a meaning somehow.
No. Setting goals, and then practicing and achieving the skill for each goal (including socializing) is what gave me confidence.
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Well… Initially yea. Like curt kobain sings the voices in my head were my friends,
then they turned corrupt later on and I had the scare
Being sz made me crazy - brave. I didn’t know what dangers were around.
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Yes and no. For a short period of time everything was excessive, I partied, I was always around people. I was impulsive. Then I became socially anxious and agoraphobic
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It did for a time. But then another time later i couldnt even buy my own cigarettes. I couldnt talk to anyone at all.
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Nope 15 characters
I was much braver with psychosis.
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No just the opposite, I was always trying to avoid eye contact to stop my mind from being read.
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Yes…. This came after. I remember this (for me)
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This is what I’m working on right now.
Practicing and making things habitual – I have read from a number of sources – it what creates success, and then, hopefully, confidence.
Glad to see it’s working for you!
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No, it certainly didn’t.
I felt more confident in hospital though, as we were all completely out of it and I actually fitted in.
Yeah when I was in hospital I vaguely remember much but I think I was shouting quite loudly cos I wanted to get out of there. I usually quite shy. That’s not me.
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Yeah I could see why you would be in hospital, people are generally calmer and relateable when we’re in there
yes this is me too,
usually quite shy myself but i have screamed at those places.
Same, usually because I’m frustrated with the people that work there
I had the opposite experience. My confidence fell to zero, I couldn’t understand what was happening around me and (maybe only in my head) people laughed and were derogatory towards me. I went from feeling over the moon to feeling like there was something magical happening around me and I was the only person that didn’t know what it was. This persisted for years even after medication. I’m -mostly- better now though.
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It made me the opposite
Sometimes i need to think a long time about some questions but i would say i am kind of manic in psychosis and very confident. I am usually an energetic enthusiastic person doing sports, but these traits get suppressed by medication or illness these days.
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