@martinhersey, @Here4You etc. So you’re 60 years old. Do you think you will ever relapse? Do you ever worry about having to go into the hospital? How long ago was your last relapse? I turned 64 yesterday and kinda think I’m past having another relapse. I had a blip in 2015 when I was in the hospital for two days but it wasn’t really a full blown relapse. I was suicidal because my mom died but I was out of the hospital and functioning again rather quickly. Before that I had been out of the hospital for 25 years. On the other hand, I know there’s no guarantee I won’t relapse so I want to know how other older folk are doing.
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If wisdom is a teacher. Who wants a hard time. Just the time of relapsing. Scares me to death.
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Happy Birthday! I haven’t relapsed for a few years and I am hopeful that I will not again.
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I’ve not been an inpatient for over 40 years. I functioned increasingly badly the dozen years after my wife died, but not in a highly psychotic way.The psychological effects of the bullying related trauma are more disabling. Nowadays I’d say I’m 90% recovered re the sz/sz-a. So the likelihood of a full blown psychotic relapse is very small. I get quite a lot of support re the adaptive functioning/ executive functioning difficulties I have. Without that maintaining independent living would be a lot harder.
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I am over 60 and don’t think I will relapse…my generic prolixin is working well.
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I am 60, I’ll be 61 this June
Sure I worry about relapsing, my last psychotic break was in 2016
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Neither of us deserved being bullied. I think what gets me most is that they probably had successful, or at least semi successful, careers. They’ve gotten over being bullies, but you and I haven’t gotten over being bullied.
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It works like child abuse, bullying trauma, in that it scars us for life and shapes who we turn out to be. Im a wonderful human being despite living with trauma and i wish i was stronger but i am just me @firemonkey @Speedy
Its kinda ironic the way neither of you replied to me hmm…?
That’s due to my getting engrossed in other things online, and in no way meant as a deliberate snub.
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Ok fair enough, thanks for replying
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I do think your original comment was good.
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Of course not everyone who experiences trauma is scarred for life, some fortunately move on. But ive never been able to
Did you have the support to have a chance of moving on? I never did. So many things I struggle with, both due to trauma and not due to trauma, that weren’t picked up on. It was easier to condemn me than to help and support me. When the patient- MHP relationship unsurprisingly broke down it was easier to see it as all my fault.
The sheer idiocy and dishonesty of that proved by my daughter putting the record straight as to how things actually are when she interacted with the mental health team here in Wiltshire prior to my moving. The result of that ? 89 months so far without the conflict that occurred in Essex.
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I know my problem stems from holding everything in, being too afraid to talk, confide. I talk more now but im still reserved and struggle with things.
Do you suffer with flashbacks if so how frequent?
@firemonkey
Due to the aphantasia I don’t experience visual flashbacks. What I do experience is intense emotional reactions that can be triggered by a song,smell, picture, etc etc. Some months there’ll be a lot. Other months considerably less. I have no control of that.
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I think i have ptsd but also think ive got a hectic amount of symptoms so its hard to tell for mental health team
Social phobia, paranoia, flashbacks, etc
I doubt theres anything that would cure me anyway now. My best bet is staying on this ap med and sticking within my limitations. Im too sick to do anything different
Nice chatting to someone who understands
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It seems I was wrong re aphantasia and PTSD.
From an email I’ve just received.
Hello Tim,
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