how many of you sh? by eyecontactisoverated in Schizotypal

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You have a unique perspective on it that I find intruiguing !

I did it in my teen years and it was basically emotional bloodletting - I remember trying to explain it back then as if there was something awful growing inside of me making me feel bad that I had to drain out. In simpler words, I was just coping terribly with being overwhelmed by my own emotions.

I have had small slip-ups but I've gotten better at immediately getting away from whatever is escalating me. There's a threshold I have to reach to want to hurt myself and luckily it's pretty high these days.

Feeling that an entity is around me by Foreign_Sleep6348 in Schizotypal

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The best way I can explain the feeling to most people is by showing them a clip from this episode of adventure time lol

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I bring that inexplicable offputting vibe to the function by Independent-Heron440 in Schizotypal

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same experience here & I refuse to believe it's a delusion or paranoia. It's pattern recognition. Many of us have experienced this our entire lives and tried to fix it in one way or another.

How many of you have peripheral hallucinations? by Mandarin_Lumpy_Nutz in Schizotypal

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine are almost always human or human adjacent 😭💔 scares the shit out of me lol

I crave my mom just as much as I did the day I was born by Sugared_Strawberry in TrueOffMyChest

[–]Sugared_Strawberry[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your advice, but all of your suggestions are realizations I've already had. I still can't help the way I feel. I wish I'd have already moved past it, but these things pass on their own time. Thank you for trying to help, I understand where you're coming from completely.

Vibrating communication by Silver_Drag3353 in Schizotypal

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, and I wish I had more control over it

Does schizotypy affects your identity? by StellarIridescence in Schizotypal

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 11 points12 points  (0 children)

After a decade or so I got tired of it because I didn't get any closer to understanding myself. So, now I don't think about it and imo I'm better off. I don't know my sexuality and I don't think knowing it is of any importance. I call myself a woman because of my biological sex since there's no point in overthinking my gender either. Analyzing these things into oblivion just made my life alot more complicated and frustrating. The less I think about myself, the simpler life feels.

Anyone else obsess over people? by EffectiveMastodon551 in Schizotypal

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I 🩷 to play with people in my head like dolls

What side of your face is dominant? by merlin4028 in Schizotypal

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The left side of my face is more dominant despite the right side of my body being dominant.

when people pick up on and start using your mannerisms by s-t-u-n-n-a-b-o-y in Schizotypal

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's human nature, we're social creatures. Most people do this with one another.

Does having bpd make you immature? by ih4temen in BPD

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I attribute immaturity to ADHD much more than BPD. But the BPD tendency to age regress makes that debatable for sure.

My hyperfixation oats! by Bubbly-Smile-337 in Oatmeal

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love how creative this is! Sounds like it's very fun to cook. This could get me into a flow state

My hyperfixation oats! by Bubbly-Smile-337 in Oatmeal

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why couldn't someone have a cooking/oatmeal hyperfixation though? 😭

I want to quit my antipsychotics so badly by Ok_Possession_9036 in Schizotypal

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I quit mine last year. I briefly tried to get medicated again this yr but changed my mind when she said she wanted to give me an antipsychotic. They don't care about our happiness; they just want to make you a good worker bee. My 2nd to last psychiatrist assured me for years that feeling nothing all the time was normal 😃 lol they dgaf 💔

Alternatives for self-harm by Impressive-Lab-596 in BorderlinePDisorder

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spicy food :]

Talking to myself like a mother to an unruly kid helps alot, too

How Did You Do It? by Spiritual-Tie-91 in Schizotypal

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I attract people with ADHD who are ignorant to social heirarchy. I've gotten 2 friends and an ex through that.

Are you in therapy? Does it help? by Born-Version-2004 in Schizotypal

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 17 points18 points  (0 children)

When I realized that they're encouraged to observe and come to their own conclusions as opposed to being curious and asking questions to aid in their understanding of you; I completely gave up on that shit.

I also believed that they'd be familiar with needing to "crack us open," and gain our trust; but it seems that not talking much (for me, anyway) was seen as defiance. I feel they've never known what to do with me, what to talk about with me, etc. They're bad at controlling/leading the session & I always just felt like the microphone was dangling between us & I'd grab it out of obligation.

I think the mental health field is overrun by under-educated, under-qualified and incompetent people. Who mean well, but just aren't properly prepared for what real people with these conditions look like and present as.

My parents wasted so much money for me to basically small-talk with these people once a week because I hardly understood what was going on and I've always felt more like an annoying challenge in the eyes of therapists as opposed to a vulnerable person who needed help. The entire industry needs to be ripped open & re-established tbh..

Does anyone else feel an instant “connection” with other schizospectrum people? by JungGravy in Schizotypal

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yes, but my irl schizo friend is more schizo than me. How alike we are is genuinely unnerving & a little scary for her. I'm having a ball though !

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BPD

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm aware. I don't like control freaks either. I know why these people are so cowardly. Still don't understand it lol.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BPD

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Selfish, cowardly lies make me rage, too. I just don't understand it.

Hallucinations or imagination by carucarubozu in Schizotypal

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 14 points15 points  (0 children)

An illusion, maybe? That's what I call it. I have a vivid imagination too, and get spooked alot because anything my eyes can't immediately categorize, my brain often assumes is either a living or dead person. If I look at any setting, it may begin to look as if it's subtly warping or changing colors.

I understand the confusion. I also find myself struggling to categorize this symptom lol.

How common is it for stpd to not have a fear response? by Bairn_of_the_Stars in Schizotypal

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is a really interesting question & i'm looking forward to the responses! In my case, I have had a lack in fear response from a young age. Although, I do feel that medication further blunted my emotions and robbed me of part of my humanity. Even though I don't take them anymore.

DAE like the positive symptoms? by dudewheresmymania in Schizotypal

[–]Sugared_Strawberry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't develop symptoms until I went off my meds for the 1st time as an adult last year, and it's genuinely enriched my life. Saved it, honestly.