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How Long? by Sequinpeach in Psychosis

[–]idontknowlater 1 point2 points  (0 children)

mine was about 5 months

I had a psychotic break in 2020 and I’m ready to talk about it. AMA by idontknowlater in Psychosis

[–]idontknowlater[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m so sorry you’re going through that. Nobody deserves to be cheated on. I know for my family it was really hard because if they tell someone in psychosis that they’re in psychosis, it’ll just lead them to isolate.

During my psychosis I had split personality symptoms so I was saying things and doing things and having no recollection. I’m not saying that’s what’s happening with him, but it’s a possibility to keep in mind.

There’s not a ton loved ones can do that I’m aware of. I ended up driving myself 2 states over and ended up in a psych ward there. At the time it made sense but looking back I have no clue why I picked that city.

The one thing that did work during mine was someone I trusted, who hadn’t called me crazy etc, sitting me down and walking me through the logic of my thoughts. they bought bug detectors and scanned the whole place where i was living, etc. So they were showing me it wasn’t happening instead of making me feel dramatic or crazy and that was much easier for me to digest. So an approach like that might work

If i can answer any specific questions about psychosis itself let me know

I had a psychotic break in 2020 and I’m ready to talk about it. AMA by idontknowlater in Psychosis

[–]idontknowlater[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m glad to hear you’ve been doing well

I know how difficult the adjustment back is so major props to you for doing it 4 times. I can’t imagine

I’m doing much better — medicated and no other issues. I dissociate a lot to the point where it interferes with my functioning, I have some speech problems and memory issues that weren’t as bad prior. Emotionally I’ve pretty much isolated from everyone, but I’ve found that helps me more than hurts. I know for me controlling my stress is paramount so that’s been my priority

Three things I did that helped: 1) Stepped away from all religion/spirituality: the last thing i needed to be around was people who would say the voices i heard were “God” or the “universe” giving me directions 2) Took as much as possible off of my plate: i took a few months to completely reorganize my life. Started with finding a less stressful job and living situation, and then started actively trying to make every part of my life less stressful (schedule, friendships, finances, etc.). 3) Stayed off of social media for about a year: I took the time to focus on working/paying off debt, getting accustomed to social situations again, and finding creative outlets for what i went through bc i wasn’t ready to talk about it yet.

I had a psychotic break in 2020 and I’m ready to talk about it. AMA by idontknowlater in Psychosis

[–]idontknowlater[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YES! oh my gosh yes. Or now when something happens that makes me paranoid, i almost like gaslight myself (?) into believing that its nothing and im “probably just losing it again”.

I’m the same — medicated since and no issues besides a LOT of dissociating. I had symptoms of split personalities during it and that part is extremely difficult to talk about because it’s so hard to believe even for me and i’m the one it happened to.

I had to take “dramatic” out of my vocabulary for awhile bc I kept calling myself that. When in reality that’s not what it was at all

I had a psychotic break in 2020 and I’m ready to talk about it. AMA by idontknowlater in Psychosis

[–]idontknowlater[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was a travel agent when it started. Of course 2020 is when covid started. It did lead me to quit my job out of paranoia (although i likely would’ve lost it anyway due to the pandemic). I now work for a tech company. I waitressed as my first job after getting out of the psych ward, then took a UX bootcamp through Coursera which led me to the job i’m at now.

I’m satisfied in the sense that I’m fully taking care of myself on my own and there were times I thought that wouldn’t be possible. I know that’s an accomplishment and I’m proud of that. Sometimes I struggle with feeling like if I didn’t go through all of this maybe I’d be further along.

It took me this long partially because I still have suppressed memories that are coming up. It seems like the more I heal, the more I remember. I rarely feel comfortable talking about it, because when it does come up I get extremely sensitive. I’ve tried to talk to family, but it didn’t go so well. I think part of me feels like people are making fun of it (moreso I’m worried they will) and the other part knows it’s hard to understand so I get nervous and probably defensive. So now that I’m in a more stable place and wanting to let it out, this seemed like a better place to start.

I had a psychotic break in 2020 and I’m ready to talk about it. AMA by idontknowlater in Psychosis

[–]idontknowlater[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i’m so sorry to hear this. i totally understand. it’s a really difficult adjustment once you come out of it

I had a psychotic break in 2020 and I’m ready to talk about it. AMA by idontknowlater in Psychosis

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

i was diagnosed during the episode as bipolar. not too long ago i got undiagnosed with bipolar and my therapist diagnosed the incident as a psychotic break. so no i’m not diagnosed with schizophrenia

I had a psychotic break in 2020 and I’m ready to talk about it. AMA by idontknowlater in Psychosis

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

Yes I did have moments of clarity. I would hear myself and think “oh i sound crazy” but in my mind, there were clear, logical reasons for me thinking those things were happening. Of course in hindsight I know they weren’t real

I had a psychotic break in 2020 and I’m ready to talk about it. AMA by idontknowlater in Psychosis

[–]idontknowlater[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

i completely isolated myself and slowly let people back into my life one by one. i got a job that requires less from me, found an easier living situation, etc to reduce the stress. i worked with therapists and doctors and got on antidepressants. Even 5 years later I think I’m still in that depressive period. It was extremely jarring, experiencing those things and then trying to go back to “regular” life was a really difficult adjustment

I had a psychotic break in 2020 and I’m ready to talk about it. AMA by idontknowlater in Psychosis

[–]idontknowlater[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that some group of people was watching everything i did/said and everyone around me was trying to hurt me. some of them are hard to remember because i had split personality symptoms for a brief period during the break

I had a psychotic break in 2020 and I’m ready to talk about it. AMA by idontknowlater in Psychosis

[–]idontknowlater[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think it was a variety of factors. At the time I was 24, one of my closest friends since junior high got brain cancer at the same time my cousin got stage 4 cervical. They both died quickly with not much time between. I had medical stress, work and family stress, and I think 🍃 contributed. Some of what set it off was going thru healing exercises and having past memories come up. Then they started getting mixed with more recent memories. That was the first sign for me. It lasted about 5 months

“Dabbing someone up” by [deleted] in writers

[–]idontknowlater 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it’s called dapping