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Topic Tuesday **closed** Psychosis

NikNikSenior Contributor

Topic Tuesday **closed** Psychosis

Tonight we will discuss psychosis.

Do you care for someone who has experienced a psychotic episode? For some of us it can be scary and overwhelming and I'm sure a lot of us have felt helpless and even a bit lonely in our experiences.

During Topic Tuesday this week (26 May) we will share our experiences about caring for someone who has experienced a psychotic episode.

Some of the topics we will touch on include:

  • Noticing symptoms during the onset of an episode
  • Care plans to manage episodes
  • Tips for working with psychotic symptoms

Read about the experiences of carers, people with lived experiences and health professionals to find out ways you can support someone experiencing psychosis.

Nik

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LinmercSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday tonight at 7pm AEST / Psychosis

We did not know what was going on. His illness made him very secretive and we only realised he was sick when I discovered he was having affairs.

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Unknown userMember

Re: Topic Tuesday tonight at 7pm AEST / Psychosis

It's great to hear some advice coming through for your loved ones. @kenny66 the point about being gentle is a key one. And not just physically. I think there can sometimes be a tendency to argue back - challenge the delusion - when some empathy for the emotion behind it (fear, anger, shame etc) would actually be more helpful. It's like we try to verbally shake people back to our reality.

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kenny66Senior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday - now open: Psychosis

none of mine are exterior-the running commentary and commands are inside my head-

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CherryBombSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday tonight at 7pm AEST / Psychosis

Hi @Louise

Welcome to the discussion, and thanks for sharing your experience with your son.

It sounds like it was a pretty scary ordeal. Did your son remember any of it afterwards?

You've also brought up some stuff that I was hoping to discuss: support services and treatment.

Where should carers go and who should they call notice these symptoms?

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soulSenior Contributor

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If you sense a psychotic episode coming on, are there any strategies that are helpful in minimising it or averting it even?

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CherryBombSenior Contributor

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Hi @Former-Member and @kenny66

You raise a really important point - what are some conversational strategies that people can use when their loved is experience psychosis?

Should carers go along with delusions, challenge it, ignore it?

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kenny66Senior Contributor

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as I said trying to make you see reality is absolutely the wrong way to go. My flatmate is a paranoid schizophrenic and he manages me adeptly and successfully. I think it is inside knowledge!!!!

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ShadowSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday - now open: Psychosis

Most people I speak to say theirs come from inside their head and mine come from outside like someone's sitting in the room with me speaking.

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Unknown userMember

Re: Topic Tuesday tonight at 7pm AEST / Psychosis

@soul wrote:
If I'd known how to handle it, he might not have been in the situation he is in right now 😞

@soul There really is no way you could have forseen where this was going. Are you getting some support yourself to work through the what's happened and how it has impacted on you?

From your experience, and all the other wonderful Forum members sharing their experiences, do you have any thoughts for anyone starting to suspect a deeper problem with a loved one?

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kenny66Senior Contributor

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it can be either-depends on the episode
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