I’m having a little trouble dealing with feeling strangers are abusing me… do u guys have any strategies for dealing with negative emotions and thought when feeling abused ?
I really want to stay positive and any support would be appreciated 
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I have a fear of being used
I don’t really have any advice because I’m in the same boat as you therefore
But I can relate.
I hope this thread is busy
Like being used by friends? It really sucks when you don’t know who to trust 
I’m starting to learn to focus on the positive but I really don’t know the way out … It’s so bad that my personality is distorted into thinking asking for help is a personal failing or some unhealthy type of attention seeking but the truth is I want to connect with people 
Anyways… thanks for the letting me know I’m not alone … I hope you get some clarity with ur situation too 
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Like being used by someone until they find more exciting friends. Or gf.
Because I’m. Not the most exciting person to some people.
Thanks.
When i feel negative emotions i try to do something, take a walk, meditation, journal.
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Oh ok… yea that sucks. To be honest … I use to be a user but I’ve kinda grew out of that crap. I’ve never abandon people because they were boring tho … I found out that when you really get to know people most people really are interesting…
I guess getting sick and having my social world crumble I really see how important friends and love is…
I hope one day they find a cure for these severe mental illnesses… Lot of people suffering
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You will hear lot of people here saying the same. But then you know who is by your side, which sometimes (most of the times) is 0 people.
Embrace it and turn it into your advantage.
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Strangers attack me with bad vibes every day.
Walking down the street, grocery shopping etc
They are hostile and ugly vibing , stuck up and arrogant and disgusting disrespectful bully like behaviour and walk all over me.
I’m kinda alone amongst them except I have my dog and boyfriend and my dr is nice and a woman at post office but majority are disgusting behaviour including “family “.
I isolate as much as I think I can.
I don’t give out or back same energy as they do because I’m better than that.
Just avoid them.
They don’t deserve access to me.
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I can definitely relate to your experience. It’s hard to know what’s what… At least for me. All I can say is your honesty not alone in your experience!!! I too suffer
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I avoid people who are negative. If I work with them, I do not speak to them very much unless it’s business related. Of course, we say hello and goodbye.
That sounded bad. I meant I have the same experience but don’t know whats real. I didn’t mean to sound like I was being invalidating.
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I’m really starting to think this isn’t all in my mind.
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Man I’m really thinking this isn’t mental illness but I’m actually being abused… Idk what to do
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I read some good books on assertiveness.
The voices called me a dumbass this morning, and used my first name at the end. I was able to let it go without it affecting me too much. Sometimes it does get to me when they call me stupid. Dumb is another word for stupid so I could get a piece of paper and write down a long list of evidence that I acted smartly some of the time in my life.
For example, I put together almost all the furniture I own, except two folding chairs and a folding table. I put together my stationary bike from Walmart. This causes the hallucinations to lose some of their power.
Is there any specific thing they’re doing or saying?
I don’t hear voices but I have “delusions” I guess… about people stalking and mentally abusing me. I feel like I’m a target for whatever reason and the people around me scapegoat and gaslight me. I don’t know what’s true and what’s just in my head …
That’s a good strategy for invalidating those abusive voices but in my case I need to differentiate between what’s abuse and just coincidence… it’s really ruined my life but I’m still fighting 
I’m sorry you can’t differentiate. Do your meds help stop the frequency of the delusions?
Delusions suck. One day, I had dropped off my computer tower at a local store to get the OS refreshed (basically reinstall windows 10), and, a few days later, and an hour before I went to pick it up, and take it home (in my little shopping cart), I heard a conversation between men who were planning to steal it from me. It was just in my head, not even voices really. It was like a strange direct knowledge that this would happen. I thought that they had watched me take it in and I thought I was in danger when going to pick it up.
I had to bite back the fear of being robbed and go and get my computer tower. Nothing bad happened on the way home. I think the more that nothing bad happens, the less seriously I take the stuff that fills my mind.
I definitely get what your saying!!! In theory that should work but I’m also dealing with a condition emotional reaction that makes it really hard to “feelsafe” when those triggers happen. Maybe it sounds like an excuse but the emotions I have are extremely potent and I usually just go into a trance of anger and rumination to deal with those emotions… I have to find a effective strategy to deal with the reactions or the cycle will just continue… I think.
Sometimes I get so angry I think I could hurt someone…feeling stuck after this last relapse
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I had the same delusion for a long time. I got really low during that period. Eventually it’s died down. I experienced that abused feeling for years and still do to an extent outside of this particular delusion. It got worse with the feeling of being targeted. It’s better now that I’m on a med that works and I don’t smoke cigarettes(cigarettes mess with me)I think I know what you mean about triggers and strong feelings. I was always on edge and got my fight or flight response triggered constantly if this is what you mean. Stay strong. I believe it will get better.