Physical appearance and behavior of a person who will become schizophrenic

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See my reply to Andrea866 above.

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What I say here may trigger, so you may not want to read.

I was felt up in a haunted house when I was 11 years old, vagina and breasts, though I barely had any. It shook me very much. Then I was bullied shortly after that in school.

I really should have seen a psychologist or pdoc after these things, but we never ever talked about mental illness, it was an absurd thing that was reserved for older scary men.

I donā€™t know, Iā€™m kind of glad that I didnā€™t get into the system at a young age. Not sure.

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You still havent told me how you know clinical psychology, @notmoses. You more about it than I do. Like a lot more.

I wonder if you are a professor or something.

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And also, most scz hate eye contact. They mostly feel it to be too personal, like invading their personal space (radius of three ft), and even think that the person looking in their eyes is reading their mind sometimes.

What is odd about me is that I make glaring staring eye contact. I find it offensive if people dont look me in the eye. Iā€™ve said this repeatedly.

I also tend to not look at people in the eye when I am in ā€œpsychotic rageā€. When I am angry, I dont look people in the eye because I feel like doing so could lead to harming them.

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reserved
no friends
head down
seeing things
no showers
agitated
angry
sad
jumpy
expressionless
silent
blank staresā€¦etc.
building spaceship in back yardā€¦ :rocket:
take care :alien:

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This applies to me. It almost feels like you wrote this with me in mind. I know you didnā€™t, Iā€™m just saying. I know a lot of people who are heavy on eye contact. I look at peopleā€™s mouths or their chin. It keeps me from feeling discomfort.

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Thereā€™s no question itā€™s a crap shoot. Specializations and therapeutic orientations figure in it, as well as therapist-patient ā€œfitā€ and therapist capability. One almost has to do something like go to ACA or CoDA meetings and ask around about therapists. Or use a guidance website and insist on interviewing the prospects before one contracts with one.

I flat gave up after 25 years of disappointments, went to school and learned enough to be able to use the (mostly New Harbinger) workbooks on my own or in small groups with others. That has worked far better for me, but may not for others, of course.

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