Every single person I see is against me HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS?
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I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this. My paranoia is out of control and no med seems to help me except benzos, which I can’t take due to previous addiction. I’m sorry I can’t say more about how to mitigate this, but I understand what you’re going through. It’s impossible to make friends, or even just be friendly!
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I go through the same thing and it’s to the point where I’m afraid to leave the house to go downtown or even walk down the street. I feel like everybody hates me and wants me dead, including my neighbors. The psychiatrist just adjusted my meds, so I hope this improves?
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It helps to find someone to reassure that these people aren’t against you. Trust me they aren’t I used to bounce all these ideas of persicution off my wife, they kinda get sick of hearing about it but if you can find someone willing ,it helps. I no longer struggling meds have done wonders on me. But some of it you have to unlearn. Keep a clear conscience so you have no reason to doubt. Not full proof but helps.
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Wow that’s exactly what’s going on I have no friends pushed them all away I can barely leave the house at this point
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I will say this: Leaving the house does help, even if it hurts. When I stayed inside all day without a job, I went REALLY crazy. Now at least I have the opportunity to challenge my delusions.
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I have abilify it makes me feel yucky inside I’m scared of everything I never felt this way before
When did you start abilify and what dosage.?
The next question is do you take it as prescribed?
Keep in mind that this stems from your logical brain trying to explain your emotion brain. Fear chemicals get blasted there randomly, that’s part of psychosis. Your logic brain doesn’t understand why this is happening thus assumes you’re in danger, so it starts looking for signs of danger. In your case it projects this onto the people around you. So your thought process is going like this
I am scared and feel unsafe—>People around me seem suspicious—>they are plotting against me and I am in danger
When it should be corrected to this
I am scared and feel unsafe—>This is my brain setting off a false alarm by dumping a bunch of fear chemicals, I know that my heightened threat system is going to make me interpret other people’s actions as threats even though they are not and am prepared for this. This will pass and no one will harm me—>I am safe
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4 days ago and I dont il be honest it makes me sick…
It’s that internal critic who is never satisfied and he wants you on the defensive so that you won’t criticize him.
They take a while to kick in… Like a month or so, but if like me you can’t tolerate abilify their are other antipsychotics out there.
I took risperdone too makes me lethargic and I have to be able to work no matter how crazy I feel.
This is genius I too think more like this it’s just when you FEEL things your logical mind tends to go with the flow after awhile
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Medicine is only part of the solution. Are you getting therapy like CBT and mindfulness?
You’ve got to exercise your logical brain and get it involved so it stops passively following emotion brain. It won’t stop searching for an explanation for what you’re experiencing so it’s up to you to give it a more realistic and calming explanation. Takes practice but it can help immensely after a while. Good luck!!
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