Obviously it’s probably very hard to notice yourself but tips?
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You probably wont, talking from my experience. When psychosis hits you will think its normal or it is supposed to be likes this. And all the delusions will look normal to you
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Voices, bizarre ideas etc are warnings
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Usually if I relapse it starts with depression or irritable mood. When everything feels suddenly pointless. Maybe I’d also get paranoid and anxious, or sleep too little or too much. Or I’d hear voices more often.
Tips? If any warning signs appear, then tell pdoc and increase meds with his/her help. Avoid stress as much as possible. Distract yourself. Treat yourself to something nice.
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My voices usually get more aggressive when I relapse that is telling me that iam going to hell or my mother doesn’t exist any more but when I try to say its just a delusion the voices say that iam stupid for thinking that cuz they told me that and they controll my every thought and action but when I challenge them to slap my face they can’t do it
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The best method I found to protect myself from relapse is to check my thoughs when I suspect there might be something going on. The trick is to backtrack you thought and ask yourself why am I thinking about this right now? For istance if you think about dinner or food, maybe it’s as simple as your hungry. A bit more advanced is if you think of someone you went to school with many years ago, probably you were thinking about something else about school, or something similar just before, or earlier the same day or the day before.
For me the warning is when I can’t backtrack my thoughts, if they just come out of the blue. But I never panick right away. Because sometimes it’s as simple as you can’t remember what you thought about before, or maybe the connection between previous thoughts is too vague to comprehend.
But if it starts to happen with a lot of thoughts at the same time, like I can’t backtrack anything I’m thinking about at multiple occasions the same day, usually something is wrong. This has happened to me when I have tried to quit medication in the past. When I’m on medication I have had no trouble backtracking my thoughts.
I have never actually heard voices though, so I don’t know anything about that, for me what happens is my thoughts just get out of control when I relapse.
I get fear, paranoia and hallucinations. Delusions come later. Actions after delusions.
You don’t know, that’s the scary part. Your memory gets a mind of it’s own.
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I get really paranoid that ppl can hear my thoughts and I start to believe I can hear others thoughts… I get sleep paralysis, when I start to get sleep paralysis I know it’s time to go back on medication… and insomnia… racing thoughts… circular thoughts…
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