I am curious to what has worked for people who are in psychosis on what the best way friends should react when in psychosis? I haven’t figured that out quite yet nor do I know how they can react without me getting deeper in psychosis or upset with them. The only thing I’ve heard of is distracting me with things I’m interested in but I don’t know that it’s working very effectively. Is there anything that works with the community on here on how friends could handle me when I’m in a psychosis? Answers would be much appreciated. Thank you.
What do you usually experience when you’re in psychosis? For me, I tend to have bad auditory hallucinations. What helps me is having my husband tell me boring stories about his day at work. I don’t have to pay attention, but his voice blocks out the screaming and reminds me what is real.
When I am having a panic attack, I usually just need to be reminded of my coping skills. I can’t remember them on my own, so having someone tell me to take deep breaths, or put an ice pack on my head, or take my PRN when all else fails really helps.
When I am delusional, I usually log on here so that others can help me rationalize away my delusional thought. They remind me that I have a chemical imbalance in my brain that causes me to believe false things, and then we get to work on breaking down my delusion step by step.
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I usually just get super paranoid and delusional to the point where I don’t know what’s real and what’s not. The main things I get paranoid over is the illuminati, people tracing my phone, demons in my head trying to kill me, being watched, my friends plotting things and to get me sent to the state hospital, etc.
The things I’m usually delusional over are me being super human and having super powers, me dying sporadically which has happened a few times I believe, me being the chosen one, etc.
Another thing that messes with me is when my mind tells me bad things about myself that I don’t know if they’re true or not and lately I’ve been getting into violent psychosis frequently.
I usually text or call my friends freaking out and they don’t know what to do. And I don’t know what they should do either.
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Hmm? that’s an interesting question. It may be different for everyone but, for me, being calm, reasonable, respectful and attentive helps me. I get really paranoid that I am going to be sacrificed. I am afraid of it everyday but sometimes it’s worse than others. I also think I am the savior, gifted, speaker of all languages etc. I don’t need as much intervention for the delusions of grandeur as I do for the massive paranoia.
Calm, attentive, rational, kind, respectful. That’s my vote.