Has anyone else found some new perspective on life that helped them become symptom free? My symptoms have become far and few for the past two years now. I’ve done a lot of research over these past years and I’m definitely on the right track. I do however still struggle with feelings of detachment often.
I rarely hallucinate, I do my best to avoid any and all delusional thought. I still just find myself struggling with motivation, Depression, and an overall feeling of detachment. I’ve found a few things I’m passionate about which is the biggest blessing of all I’d say. Yet over time it becomes impossible to just keep doing them.
All in all I’d say I’m doing great it just becomes exhausting trying so hard to keep up with everything in my head. Anyone have any advice on just staying present? I lose touch with reality too often.
Yes, it was when I decided to become med-compliant and develop rigorous honesty when dealing with my treatment providers. Things have improved to the point where I’m free of positive symptoms for extended periods.
But now that I’m actually on a course just for Mindfulness, I like it.
Idk if you have mental health recovery colleges in your area :s
Just looking it up on the Internet doesn’t help so so much, perhaps if you do cbt you can ask them to describe explain it and do some Mindfulness exercises with them in order to get the gist.
one way is to just accept that things wont be perfect. Then to work through it and learn to manage the best you can with different healthy coping strategies. Try to stay positive but also objective.
This is somewhat akin to the kind of stuff I’ve been doing to avoid symptoms and all. The thing that primarily concerns me is the detachment. I find that although being as mindful as possible helps mitigate all the symptoms, being mindful is kind of a polar opposite of trying to be present more. I don’t want to start exercising impulsiveness or something of the sort for fear of hallucinations returning.
I really like the idea of having a sort of neutral opinion on things that happen to me. The idea you mentioned of accepting things won’t be perfect, simply accepting things that won’t be. Really helped me kick my anxiety out of my life. I’d often do powerless exercises. Put myself in situations I had no control and simply wait. Because that’s really all you can do when you can’t do anything. Except maybe panic about it haha.
Unfortunately I’m one of those view that swore into a sobered lifestyle. I simply refuse to take medication that alters my state of mind. Although I can say now I’ve moved passed my pride and if I became a great burden to those around me I would. I do think I’m doing quite great without it all though. This includes alcohol and recreational drugs. I’m even kinda weird about taking supplements lol
I’m a 28 year member of AA and regard myself as sober as no booze has passed my lips since Feb 15, 1992. Also clean as I gave up street drugs at the same time. Medically prescribed medication used properly doesn’t affect you being sober, but it will give you higher quality of life and improved function.
I feel as if I’ve misspoke. The fear of hallucinations returning was in regards to practicing impulsiveness. I think being mindful is a great thing. I’ve been practicing a sort of mindfulness for quite a bit of my life and I find it incredible. We all live foremost in our minds so… Why not pay attention to what’s occuring there? I recommend observing the workings of their mind to everyone.
This is something I hear very often as well, the primary reason behind accepting if I truly need it I’ll comply. I do however still believe it’s important for me to do this without medication. A distorted view I know plenty of sz have. I suppose… I got myself into it so I’ll get myself out. Somehow. Which I mostly have. All except the dissociative stuff it would seem.
