When I went into psychosis my world literally stopped on two occasions. I was caught into thinking nonsense and was stationary, meaning I didn’t go anywhere. I just hanged around my apartment thinking non-sensical.
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When I first got sick I was always wishing the world would just stop so I could catch up.
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I thought it was awesome when the world stopped. I was smoking weed at the time though…so that was a factor.
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Life was turned upside down after my first episode… after the third I realized that I was sick and needed to stay on medication. I’m afraid of going into psychosis and not being able go come back.
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The world doesn’t stop… and that is the problem sometimes…
but psychosis has nudged me into a different direction of life with different problems to face
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Parts of my childhood, after injuries and psychosis and sz, there’s a song called suspended in time by group home that illustrates that feeling well but under different circumstances. There’s the initial traumatic slow motion stop and then the mental fog of world stoppage that follows for days to years after atleast for me.
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I was an intern architect when I first became delusional…lost my career…was forlorn over that a long time but I realized there is hope in medication…my world stopped in my professional life…but my life kept going whether I wanted it to or not…after two suicide attempts I found hope after I changed my meds…now I’m happy and with a gf living on disability…nice life so far…I’m 59 now…was 35 when I got sick.
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People seem to have very different reactions. When I first started hallucinating, they weren’t that bothersome and frequently amusing. Things seemed to get worse over the years, because everyone wanted to ruin my health.
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My life as I knew it is over. Coming to terms with not being able to work again was very difficult, and set me back for years mourning the loss of who I identified as
But I’ve got some great friends, a Goddaughter, and a sister all who I love very much. I’m not done yet
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Im not sure how I do it but I still go to work everyday, social life has stopped completely
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My world was turned upside down when I lost my professional license and my career. My life was turned upside down again when my grown son died. My life has never been the same since those two events. I’m not even recognizable to myself anymore 
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I’m sorry @SkinnyMe . That’s really awful. My life stopped when the men started harassing me in addition to recording and following me.
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I am sorry. When I went into psychosis, I punched my father and my mother. I slaped my wife and scolded my adopted sister. Now, I hope they can forget what I had done to them.
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I’m sorry @LilyoftheValley . That must be so hard to live with day after day.
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@walterchang , is your family open to a little education? Maybe you can talk to your pdoc about trying to educate your family about your illness. And ask him about resources you can use to educate about sz, violence, psychosis, and meds.
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There must be some misunderstanding. If i went off medications, I would get delusional and paranoid and I would think I was misdiagnosed.
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I’m so sorry to hear that, @SkinnyMe . My sister lost her first born son as well, just a few weeks before his 21st birthday
She has done incredibly well, but in the beginning we were all shattered
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No @walterchang , I would never tell you to go off your meds. Please stay on your meds.
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I’m so sorry @Cragger .
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@SkinnyMe thanks. We’ve all had time to process it, but there are still times it brings a tear to my eye. I’m sure you know what I mean
I can’t imagine how hard it must have been for you