Life after pshycosis

@Ashleigh2 hi there..

I don't if I have psychosis. I've been feeling like I'm going through something like that but no official word on it because of lack of mental health care...I Doo know the feeling of being perpetually in a black hole. So much so I can no longer even read books.

The biggest thing for me to help lift me up is other people. At one time I identified as a recluse and private person. Yet these past six months I starve for people and interaction. I still have trouble socialising, but I long for others just the same. A touch of humanity, or human touch goes a long way, I've found. Apparently it stimulates the brains release of oxytocin.

@Ashleigh2

Sounds good. Just be mindful of your selection... it can be a maze like experience and tiresome but can be worth it in the end hopefully. 🙏

Hi @Ashleigh2 , I developed some psychotic symptoms years ago that progressed to depression, if you are describing a 'black hole' that might be depression related.

@Ashleigh2

I haven't...

Time with people helps sometimes...

Hugs 🫂

But for me it's like if I don't have someone regular in my life the isolation and darkness is too much... I used to handle being alone. I would design my life as such. But these days I despair to be alone.

@Ashleigh2

My first Brief Psychotic Episode too years to emerge from, but I was a different person. I was heavily medicated and ended up living with my parents again and gained a diagnosis of BP2 w. psychotic features.

I had to learn to be ok with the person I now was. I had to learn to deal with regular hallucinations (visual, audible and tactile). Its not an easy road.

The recent psychotic break has left me dazed and confused. No real change in who I am but making changes in what I allow in my life, less stress being a main one.

Some stuff comes back over time some doesnt and you have to learn to love the person you are now to fully allow yourself to heal and be all you can be.

easier said than done I know