I know that I don’t have a diagnosis of Schizophrenia, but I do understand how it feels to have Schizophrenia, because I had delusions in the past.
I have Bipolar Disorder.
I am sorry that I said that, what I experienced and described is a serious mental illness, I feel related to people with Schizophrenia, but maybe to people who only have history of delusions.
It’s just I believe that I am on the Schizophrenia Spectrum, more specifically on the Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders, because I had delusions in the past, I also have hallucinations, but it was only related to the delusions that I had.
I made two and one similar post on Reddit that I understand what it feels like to have Schizophrenia, but some people there got mad at me, because I said that I only have a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder.
But, I am sometimes suspicious that I might have Schizoaffective Disorder in remission, because I had prolonged delusions, way more than six months. But that is a question with my psychiatrist.
Delusions before severe psychological highs and lows:
Unusual beliefs and delusions that no one has facial expressions until I was sixteen years old.
Delusion of guilt for five years, started at age five.
Delusions after severe psychological highs and lows:
Delusions of grandiose and paranoid themes for one month, at the age of fifteen.
Another delusions of guilt, for five years, started at age fifteen.
I also had hallucinations, but it was not as persistent and was only related to former delusions that I had.
The episodes i had would be indistinguishable from psychosis of schizophrenia. But i have a bipolar diagnosis. I also have had some psychosis where my mood was relatively flat.