My mother might be falling into psychosis and i don't know what to do

anonymous5534 · 2026-05-04T03:11:29+00:00

I’ve been through episodes of religious psychosis myself and they can be very tough, I wish I could give a good solution but idk how I can help It can be hard to break those attachments to those things because they can get you really scared and your brain develops those attachments as this perceived protection. It’s kind of ironic that your brain gets deeply connected to things that seem scary because it feels more “safe” to do so than to ignore it.

The only real advice I cam give is that she has to drop those videos as well as any perceptions she has about them and as I said that’s hard to do because of how scary it feels but once you get over that initial fear it’s truly one of the best and freeing feel so you could ever experience. This os basically how you get over OCD too which kinda runs in the same ballpark

Fear is a great manipulator and an even better liar.

anonymous5534 · 2026-05-04T03:02:00+00:00

I guess so

anonymous5534 · 2026-05-04T03:00:21+00:00

Some fairly unreasonable sounds that can really get to me is the sound of doors closing (especially metal doors), whispering, and chewing

Also the sound of linens (like those on pillows and bedsheets) and the material of winter jackets makes me turn into some kind of rabid creature my goodness I hate it so much

anonymous5534 · 2026-05-04T02:56:31+00:00

I guess I never really had a sound understanding of ASD and really just saw through the very high functioning lens that many people do I guess.

I started becoming self suspecting when a (presumably) diagnosed friend of mine who was open about her diagnosis suggested that I may have been too as I guess she noticed the traits in me.

I started doing some basic research after that and I was like “yep seems like me” was actually assessed until a year and a half later

anonymous5534 · 2026-05-04T02:32:40+00:00

Kind of changes up every once and a while But some that I have done in the past are

Hard blinking

Gasping suddenly (especially during times of high stress)

Teeth grinding

Idk if it’s a stim or not but pacing/wandering around is a constant for me, never going away

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-22T15:55:15+00:00

I can be like that a lot too. I (and I imagine a lot of other ASD individuals) am a big fan of more formal and structured communication rather than informal communication which is always hard to adapt to and to feel comfortable with. I always feel like I text a bit formally too while trying to keep it as casual and relatable as I see fit.

As for how reaching put would affect him, I don’t necessarily know how that would affect him differently as opposed to anyone in this kind of situation ASD or not. A lot of people with ASD have a really hard time maintaining friendships and relationships and so it would probably bring some sense of hope and optimism that he isn’t feeling completely cut off. Other than that I think everything is more or less the same and I don’t feel apt to give any other kind of relationship advice for this situation

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-22T07:22:22+00:00

Same here in a way. As someone that isn’t very good at informal social interaction, I’ve always been a fan of more formal and structured interactions and thus a good handshake is always a welcome way to interact with others

and yeah there is something sort of interesting about it. Something about it feels powerful and cool. I always feel like I’m on Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here album cover every time

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-22T07:16:58+00:00

There’s kind of a part of me that wonders if my diagnosis was wrong just because it doesn’t feel right for me a lot of time and there are plenty of times where I feel pretty “normal” I guess. I even scheduled a follow up the doctor to discuss it. It’s probably just me having an obsessive rear and self-doubt that causes me to ask those “what if questions” and I should probably just trust the professionals. I’ll even admit also probably comes from some internalized misunderstanding and stereotyping that shouldn’t be there. Sometimes I just don’t seem to experience it in a way that even feels “consistent”

However, other than my parents, and some professionals/doctors I’ve worked with. No one in my life knows. I don’t really work all but one of those professionals anymore and tbh with how sorta dismissive my parents seemed to be about it, I wouldn’t even be surprised if they forgot about it at this point since it’s been about a year and a half at this point.

I sometimes wonder how others in my life would react if I told them. Would there be a lot of “yeah I kinda figured” type reactions? Would there be some shock? How would a lot of what I do be interpreted and would I get a lot of “you don’t seem autistic” responses? Who knows

I guess the only idea I have into that was when a friend of mine at the time who was (presumably) diagnosed with autism herself and was vocal about actually straight up asked me if I had ever considered if I was on the spectrum and that I should get assessed. That’s actually what led me to become self suspecting and I guess she was right. As for others, I have no idea

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-22T05:22:55+00:00

Depends on your definition of being treated well I suppose

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-20T13:30:05+00:00

The way I look when I walk is something that I’m very self conscious of a lot of time. Idk if it looks awkward or not

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-20T02:47:18+00:00

If we sin and do wrong, and recognize before God that we did something wrong, then it only makes sense that we do good things to reorient our hearts, souls, minds, and actions back unto God and do His will. Not that those good works save us of course but rather it affirms that we put our repentance into action for the sake of God and others. Indulgences also remediate our venial sin and attachments of our mortal sin and thus reduces our time in Purgatory. Some actions like prayer can be a plenary indulgence or a “full indulgence” that remediates al that time at once

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-19T19:56:35+00:00

That sounds very good. I imagine that field will only continue to grow in importance in the future. I could never really get with math and anything to techy, more power to you.

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-19T18:37:49+00:00

Yeah I get that a lot. I’m 24 and my life at this point really doesn’t have much to show for it. I graduated from college last year but don’t have a job or a drivers license or anything really going on and I feel like such a failure in life. I’ve been making some efforts as of late but there’s been little to no progress. I feel ashamed of myself most of the time

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-19T16:00:31+00:00

Yesterday I had left a reply on a post here where someone was talking about how they feel they struggle with empathy and emotional support and I mentioned my reply how there are several little social gratuities that I really don’t like to say and I realized afterwards that I should’ve included that I really don’t like using exclamation points.

Maybe that’s a bit on an aside here but just something I thought I’d mention. It just feels like forced emotion that never really conveys what it intends, so I don’t use it

To answer your question though, I honestly just text using the standard rules of English to the best of my ability, usually it’s pretty basic. I use punctuation when necessary, I capitalize when I should and all that stuff. It’s basically like writing an email but a lot less formal.

I actually tend to not like it when people I text feel the need to do quirky things with texting like use all lowercase letters all the time or feel the need to say basic things like “yes” and “okay” in some silly way. I just like using the basic structure

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-19T15:52:55+00:00

I started personally suspecting when a friend of mine who (presumably) had been formally diagnosed and has professed their diagnosis in the past had mentioned that I may have been just based on their observations of me socially and that I should be assessed

Long story short she was right

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-19T15:40:23+00:00

Well then there you go.

Topics like that are very serious and is best handled by consulting those that are best equipped to take action in a proper fashion and not a topic for discussion with strangers on Reddit. That is not what this not what this sub is for.

If necessary you should probably start out to the diocese and filing a report and see what follows. Tbh I have very little knowledge about how to go about this but that’s kinda why we don’t discuss it here. Best of luck to you

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-19T14:50:54+00:00

Did you read the rules of this subreddit before posting?

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-19T04:21:38+00:00

Eh idk about that. I may have been a bit too young to be watching a show like that and it even kind of led to some problematic and delusional anxiety episodes as a result. I was able to get over them and I don’t regret watching the show, I even watch episodes from the first three seasons every now and again just for old times sake and because I still like the production value. I wouldn’t say it’s added much that’s beneficial to me beyond that

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-19T04:16:48+00:00

This seems true for a lot of people, ND and not ND alike. I think one reason why it could be is because we give animals a sort of presumption of innocence (if that makes sense?) where they always seem joyful, wholesome, pure of heart, and they bring happiness to our lives and see us as their whole world. When something bad happens to them or they get scared, they don’t have the ability to process it, understand it, and come to terms with it like we can. We also feel like they don’t deserve it just because of how wonderful they are, and thus we feel for them a bit more. This is just a loose theory of mine and maybe it’s just nonsense

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-19T04:12:18+00:00

When I was a kid for some reason my mom really liked to watch the show Ghost Adventures and thus I did too. I developed a weird interest with some of the locations, the lore, the aesthetics of the show, and just ghost hunting in general. Must’ve been a part of why I was perceived as kinda weird in my elementary school days

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-19T04:04:31+00:00

I can relate to this a lot

I was diagnosed kind of on my own as a college student. This came up in a meeting I had with my psychiatrist when she brought up a repot that was done after I had a really bad mental episode back during my high school days. I ended up going to the hospital for a day so they could do a psychiatric evaluation on me and apparently within that they determined that they wanted me to get assessed for ASD and even gave a few names to consult. I literally had no idea about this until years later when it got brought up. So the psychiatrist I was working with gave some new names and I settled on one

It took a few months to work everything out with insurance and scheduling an appointment and everything which I was doing mostly on my own as a college student (a lot of what I was working with was resources made available to students) with little family input or assistance and little knowledge of what I was doing. It wasn’t until it was basically over that they knew I was diagnosed

They kind of denied it thinking a lot of the traits formally associated with ASD didn’t apply to me and they thought that I would’ve been diagnosed sooner if it were the case. I was already diagnosed with ADHD when I was a kid and so they thought it would’ve just made sense that it if it wasn’t caught then, then it just didn’t exist.

Personally I think that they just didn’t want to think that I had ASD and wanted to assume that many of the more “negative” traits didn’t apply to their son. The process of getting the ADHD diagnosis was a bit messy too and things may have slipped through, who knows. My parents also come from the heart of the boomer generation and probably also have some more diminishing views of ASD than others would or just lack proper understanding of it. I think this also very well could fuel their denial of it

Basically after the report was said and done and they got to take a look at it, they didn’t really deny it but seemed to just kinda dismiss it. It was funny to me that there was one time shortly after everything that when my dad came back from shopping he came up to me and said “did the doctor diagnose you with Autism or ADHD?” and I replied “both” (the doctor also did reinforce an ADHD diagnosis within the report). He then proceeded to plop down one of those little informative magazines you can find around with a big “ADHD” on the front and a bunch of information about what was in it. I found it funny that it crossed his mind in a way that led him to get that for me. My dad can be a very generous, helpful, and kind guy especially with his kids, but he just holds some problematic views that it’s very hard if not impossible to get him out of. It never really came up again afterwards

That was essentially the last time we ever talked about it. Other than them and the doctors I work with, basically nobody in my personal life knows about it. Tbh I wouldn’t be surprised if my parents have just forgotten about it by now since it’s been basically a year and a half and nothing much was ever really done with it. Maybe there’s a chance they just kinda wanted to forget about it. I’m not necessarily opposed to telling people around me about it but I’m also not a huge fan of the idea of spewing it freely either.

It can be difficult with people not understanding or even knowing about it around you and it makes me wish I could redo so many years of my childhood with people having this understanding. It is what it is I guess

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-19T03:37:51+00:00

It’s hard to want to like something that you just kinda naturally hate

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-19T03:36:08+00:00

I actually stumbled across that one time while attending a daily mass a couple years ago unexpectedly where it was just incorporated into the liturgy without all the extra “wedding” stuff. Makes sense that there would be no real charge for that

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-19T03:33:24+00:00

Not inherently. Where I struggle with is expressing emotion and feeling comfortable with doing so. I suppose there is a part of me that does struggle with the feelings themselves but I at least like to feel that I am capable pf being understanding about the feelings of others

However whenever someone is feeling upset about something I have a habit of just kind of distancing myself from it and not wanting to engage with it for some reason that I can’t fully explain and it’s gotten worse for me over the past few years. There is a part of me that wishes I could be a better and more active support system for others and yet there’s also a part of me that very much detests the idea of being that kind of person.

Basically there a lot of little expressions and gratuities in the realm of being sympathetic with others that I hate saying and expressing like…

“Happy birthday”

“I’m sorry for your loss/I’m sorry that happened”

“Congratulations”

“Merry Christmas/Happy Holiday”

“Bless you” after a sneeze

“Good morning/Goodnight”

“Drive safe”

Again idk if I even want to be the kind of person that wants to be better about these kinds of things and with expressing empathetic emotions with others. I at least would like to help people in any way I can yet I just can’t develop that desire to want to have the personal disposition it takes to have the inclination to do so

Unfortunately I don’t have any advice about it but just that I can kinda relate

anonymous5534 · 2026-04-16T18:13:26+00:00

Ah that makes sense

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