I read that 30% of people who experience psychosis have also had childhood trauma
I was physically abused and emotionally abused throughout my childhood. It is painful when i remember what little i can remember.
Now i have schizophrenia
Everyday i struggle with anxiety and feeling im on high alert mentally, expecting bad things to happen, yeah i find it hard to relax. Stress is a big problem im always feeling stressed.
I dont know how anyone else feels about this or if anyone feels similar?
oh I’m so sorry you were abused as a child…no wonder you’re sad…I hope you find a way to deal with it…maybe therapy?
Im not sad and i dont need therapy. I just wanted to chat to someone who understands where im coming from. Sorry @jukebox
I know the Amygdala in brain triggers fear stress response , fight or flight etc and is damaged after severe childhood trauma
I had childhood trauma too.
I think most of us with sz had childhood trauma.
I didnt think it was most i thought it was like 30% ?
Sorry you have trauma too, it sucks but i feel at this point im ill, have been most of my life so what difference does it make what caused it. Mentally i just struggle with different things all the time.
I had some traumatic abuse as a child , probably not exactly intentional but had to go to a hospital. It made me introverted.
For me it was just severe verbal bullying during 10 years of going to boarding school. I find it hard to trust people.I’ve sabotaged lots of email based interactions because of people wanting to know more and more about me .The more they know the more they’re likely to reject me. I’ll pre empt that.
I was severely abused and neglected as a young child. It definitely has affected my mental health. It’s like my brain shattered.
I’m sorry @firemonkey it does affect us and its a shame that it can affect relationships and trust. Ive opened up about everything on here and people , have been very kind. I hope you see that i understand where your coming from and dont mean any offense. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day with peace and relaxation.
@LilyoftheValley i understand how it affects us and were all very ill too , so its difficult. Everyday struggles with schizophrenia, anxieties and trauma.
@devra sorry to you too but we are all strong for fighting on through life despite our troubles
It feels like my brain is affected, i am so foggy and stressed so easily
I was emotionally, physically, and sexually abused as a kid. And neglected of course. My parents have severe untreated mental illness and dont have any self awareness about it. Im lucky i didnt develop somethig worse than i did but it did give me a neurological disorder that can be caused by childhood trauma
Thats truly awful @Moon i hope you feel okay and are managing. Illness takes its toll i know
Stress is my kryptonite. I deteriorate when stressed.
I feel stressed all the time. I struggle from day to day feeling rough and easily triggered. Ive tried therapies in the past but they didnt help. I feel im just left with this shattered mind and i have to live with it the best i can. I have hubby to look out for me all the time and family are sometimes supportive, i ring them and sometimes they visit us or we visit them but they can also be a major trigger, so its ironic that i still see them? Idk its many decades of mental illness leads to the here and now and how i deal with it all. Its like ive a broken limb and im hobbling around on it all day
I was abused as a child but what was the most devastating thing was that I asked for help then but nobody helped me. it made me feel my feelings do not matter and that I can be treated in any way. and I felt extremely ashamed for asking help. because what I got was nothing. the feeling of rejection is profound. I have huge problems with asking things, anthing, these days, and I never tell about my troubles to anybody. therapy and growing as a person has helped me with telling to my closed people if I am having hard time or I need help. but it is always so difficult, because the feeling of being rejected in a devastating way is so intense and I am so scared that I will be rejected again. I can’t really deal with that feeling these days…
also I get serious dissociation and it gets triggered so easily and for small stupid reasons, but my body goes to panic mode, everybody who know what dissociation feels knows how difficult it is to function when extreme dissociation happens. I am very used to these episodes but they come from the smallest of things and life is pretty hard when your mind is somewhere else…
I am 100% sure my mental illness is caused by trauma. but life goes on and you can’t just get tangled in a bad experience. I need to move on. my body and mind just sometimes don’t do what I want them to do
I’m traumatized by the religious faith and beliefs put on me by my parents and family. But in honesty I have faith with myself so it’s very complicated. But it is very painful
I relate @nimeton . I begged for help but received none until I was 16
My symptoms are very similar to yours @Ducky
I’m constantly on edge, always stressed out.
Even on my better days.
Yes this is same as me @Wave always sort of hyper vigilant they call it
Im sorry your struggling with the same thing, i wouldnt wish it on anyone
If you ever want to talk about anything like this im here
I find the only things that help slightly are diazapam prn. And quiet room my living room. I cant cope with noise