- Psychotic episode
- Staying in hospital
- Taking meds
- Being restrained in hospital
- Readjusting to community living
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Psychotic episode. I was quite dramatic and crying hysterically. Also I couldn’t sleep and had a lot of pain in my head. I also made a fool of myself.
I hated the hospital but it wasn’t traumatic.
I hate meds, but I’m stuck on them.
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Psychotic episode for sure. I spent 4 days wondering around London being guided by voices. Experiencing nightmare fuel scenarios. Disturbing sh it.
Taking meds also because I felt something traumatic happen to me once I took the paliperidone for the first time.
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I’ve gone awol before as well during episodes. So scary. Police always find me.
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I lived in terror until I learned how to ignore my positive symptoms.
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Jail needs to be on that list
I’d vote jail, specifically solitary confinement
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1st episode for sure. Traumatized a bunch of family members for months because of how much chaos it was. Still have ptsd from it.
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Id say the psychosis was pretty bad but trying to function in daily life out in the world after getting treatment was pretty rough. Never had ptsd though until my brother. He’s also schizophrenic and didnt have insight and was violent.
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Back in the 90s they’d restrain me in seclusion with leather restraints. Nowadays it’s required that someone sit with you and it’s limited to 4 hours or less…back then you’d be listening to your own screams and crying for hours and hours, all alone with the camera. It was very traumatic for me.
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The psych ward was probably the most traumatizing cuz someone threatened to kill me and another person tried to claw his eye out. My psychosis was traumatizing but wasn’t real at least in the end of day.
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