QueenieSenior Contributor
Surviving Psychosis
I’m not going to tag anyone in my post as I don’t want anyone to feel pressured to reply.
I really thought I was going to be trapped in my dark world forever this time. I am still in hospital but now am recovering from my latest bout of psychosis. I’ve been accused of falsifying symptoms when I wasn’t (which led me into a depression). I was flat out labelled as “crazy” by my treating psychiatrist and forgotten by friends back in the real world outside my private hell.
I hear a voice literally scream at me and command me to complete suicide so “I will be a martyr and everyone will chant my name”. How can anyone make that up? Just because I’m not religious doesn’t mean I don’t hear what I hear! I have nurses comment that I am doing a lot better than when I was admitted. I have a tattoo I got done in the heat of the moment and while beautiful, I feel I should have waited until fully recovered before getting inked. So much has happened in a few short weeks.
I have no idea what is going to happen next. I’m on tenterhooks.
My diagnosis is no longer schizoaffective. Officially I have paranoid schizophrenia with mixed mood disorder and generalised anxiety disorder. Gawd, what a mouthful!