Throughout this whole process i have always tried to be as open as possible as ive found it helps a lot but ive always kept parts secret. Things that feel special that i dont want to share with my pdoc or family. Maybe embarrasing ideas or sometimes i think i dont want to say it outloud cause ill face the reality that its not real. During my first episode i successfuly convinced my family i stopped believing in my delusions all the while following the voices in secret. Still today its hard to come clean about everythig
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I’m 100% honest with my doctors. They never ask me if I have unusual beliefs though so we never discuss those for some reason.
You have to be 100% honest to get the help you need otherwise you just end up suffering when maybe something could be done.
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Absolutely yes.
Never from my pdoc. She has me a keep a log of my breakthrough halllucinations, and she knows most of my delusions at this point. Anything she doesn’t know just hasn’t come up, I’d never hide anything from her. How else is she to help?
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Yeah, i understand that, and recently i have been trying to dump everything out but its so hard sometimes.
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I don’t tell my pdoc everything. I’m too embarrassed but I’m getting better at opening up about things.
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I tell the truth even though it offends people.
I don’t talk about everything because I would take up more time than is allowed for my appointment. I may say things like “I’m struggling” or “everything seems surreal” or “I’m having symptoms” they ask very directed questions that get to the point and don’t seem to want to much detail. I always feel that they get a lot of what they need to make their decisions based on how I present. Do I make eye contact? Do I speak clearly? Etc…And yes there are things I don’t tell anyone because they are embarrassing.
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