[sikeosis]

Even with psychosis or another schizo spec diagnosis, you can still make yourself into something. Don’t get your hopes down just because things aren’t working out right now. They eventually will, as long as you keep trying and doing your best. 🩵

[polyporpoising]

another thing that's deeply fucking annoying is the way schizophrenia is treated as an all-or-nothing thing, where if you don't have the most severe presentation of it that cannot be masked under any circumstances ever, you can't have it at all. and also if you're self aware of your symptoms in any form, you can't have it at all, especially (in our experience) if you have any awareness about your delusions, even if your awareness extends only as far as "other people think these are delusions and i know this because i've been told as such, so it isn't safe for me to talk about them because i risk getting hurt if i do"

[auschizm]

No, schizophrenics usually can't just take antipsychotics and be fine/normal. Even when the meds can control the psychotic aspect of the illness, the antipsychotic pills are actually very likely to worsen what's known as the cognitive and negative symptoms in the process, and they definitely won't resolve those aspects of the illness. As is, there is no effective treatment for either the cognitive OR the negative symptoms, which means that even when in effective antipsychotic treatment, about 2/3rds of the symptoms associated with having schizophrenia will still be present. So here's your reminder that schizophrenia is a complex illness that can't just be fixed with a pill, even if there are pills that can help

[pearlclaws]

Please, do not tell someone with psychosis that they can see into other dimensions or are spiritually gifted… It’s one of the worst things you can say. It can make delusions stronger or even start to manifest new ones to deal with.

[cerviideath]

Reminder that if you yourself never experienced an actual delusion, you should shut the fuck up about what does or doesn't make someone delusional n' what is or isn't harmful to delusional people.

It's not that hard to keep your fuckin' mouth shut n' not spread harmful misinformation about shit you have no real idea about.

[schizophrenicmushroom]

you are not a bad person for being schizophrenic. You are not a bad person for being psychotic. Your insanity does not negate your personhood. Just because people have treated you wrong due to you illness doesn't mean that you deserved it or earned that treatment

[sikeosis]

TW mentions of paranoid thoughts

One of the struggles of psychosis being negative and paranoid thoughts and feelings about places, people and things. They randomly come in and make you feel all freaked out and anxious. Like “this person next to me holding a pen is writing down something bad about me” “that car across the street belongs to the police in disguise and they’re watching me” “that person is looking at me because they want to hurt me”

The only way I’ve found to deal with it when it isn’t super strong is reminding myself it’s just a product of my mind/random thoughts that are popping into my head, completely made up and not real. Like each time I have a thought like the ones listed above, I tell myself “they’re just a regular person running their errands” “that car is just a regular car/it’s not true” “that’s just a random thought that popped into my head, it doesn’t mean anything”.

It’s hard to deal with but reminding yourself it isn’t true or doesn’t actually have any meaning to it can sometimes help.

[npdblythe]

Tiktok is like legit unsafe for ppl with ocd or psychosis

[smokeshopsunset-deactivated2025]

Psychosis really is wild because I will be experiencing some of the most terrifying shit ever and all anyone around me can do is say how scary it is for them to watch it happen.

Like. Listen. I know it's scary to see someone freak out and talk to the air or start screaming or w/e but buddy I guarantee you, what I am personally experiencing is 10 times worse. And what I need non-psychotic people to remember is that people in psychosis do not want to hurt anybody. They are not trying to scare you, their intentions are not malicious. They are experiencing a terrifying medical event and deserve compassion, grace, and help.

[schizopositivity]

Hallucinating is normal, many people experience it. You have most likely at least passed someone in the street who was hallucinating once. Or you've worked alongside a coworker who was actively hallucinating and you didn't even notice. Or your loved one hallucinated while you were in the room, but they were afraid to tell you.

Hallucinating is common, it's just not commonly talked about in everyday situations. If you don't experience it, or don't know someone who does and tells you about it, you've probably only heard it in the news or on TV. And they only really represent the worst possible outcome for shock value. But that isn't representative of how most of us who hallucinate experience it.

Most of us are just like everybody else, living our lives, just with the addition of hallucinations. We may need to take pills every day, or need therapy, or need to stay in mental hospitals sometimes, or need to be checked on by loved ones, but so do a lot of other people who don't hallucinate.

Hallucinations are just a symptom. Just like anxiety, or trouble concentrating, or tiredness. A lot of people experience it and have to learn to cope overtime. The only difference is we don't generally talk about it to people in casual settings. And it's because of the stigma. If you don't hallucinate, or know someone who does, you probably don't see hallucinations as a normal part of life, a symptom, just a thing plenty of people experience. But it is, it's not special, it isn't more dangerous, it doesn't have to be a huge deal.

Obviously hallucinations can be life changing and horrific, but so can other mental health symptoms. Hallucinations can also be neutral, or just annoying or even a positive experience. It's just a symptom, it doesn't automatically mean someone is in the worst mental state possible if they are hallucinating. It doesn't automatically mean someone is dangerous or unpredictable. It just means a person is experiencing senses that the people around them are not.

You have to learn to accept that it's just a symptom, and that people around you experience it, and they deserve to complain or talk about it just like anyone else gets to with other things in their lives. All you have to do is listen, and try to be understanding. Hallucinating is normal, you just need to stop treating it like it's abnormal.

[schizoetic]

Betrayal can come in the form of those closest to you denying that you have mental health problems

[sikeosis]

Living with a schizo-spec or psychotic disorder can sometimes make me feel really isolated and alone. Like I don’t know anyone else who’s had similar experiences, and even more with the stigma surrounding it and how people can treat you differently, I feel cautious to share with people that it’s something I live with. Here on the internet it’s sort of easier to find others who understand what it can be like and those who may be more understanding and kind about it.

On top of those things, it makes it difficult for me to fully trust people or feel connected to them in any way, if anything it makes me feel more separated from people and like they are hard to trust at all, especially when you get random paranoid thoughts about others. So yeah,….

[moldsporr]

I see a lot of posts about how schizospec people aren't violent, scary, cold-blooded serial killers like horror movies loooove to portray us as, but shoutout to schizospec people who ARE violent. Schizospec people who struggle with violent thoughts and urges, schizospec people who struggle with anger issues, schizospec people who have to make a conscious effort to not hurt people. I see you and you still deserve basic human decency and respect + MORE. I love you

[sikeosis]

Anyone else who’s experienced psychosis before have had extremely loud thoughts in their episodes or like, the jumbled loud paranoid thoughts etc that are just super noisy and hard to not pay attention to? That sort of just get shoved into the front of your brain?

It’s kind of hard to describe but they were definitely a thing during the episodes I’ve had and let me tell you, they are not fun at all. In multiple instances they caused me to do some not so nice stuff and they were almost like voices in the sense they’d tell me what to do etc. but just in my head. And I’m not sure why they are so hard not to listen to but with psychosis you are constantly on edge and defensive/scared feeling to begin with..

[sikeosis]

Being someone with psychosis, it can be difficult to tell others who I’m friends with/know that I actually, really am schizo-spec or experience symptoms.

For some reason when I tell people I experience or have experienced psychosis and that’s a part of my diagnosis, people assume I’m just being “dramatic” with my words or just saying it in the moment. Like, no.. I actually have a mental health condition, I’m not using delusional as an expression of speech, or saying I’ve experienced episodes before as some random thing to just say. When I say it I’m just telling the truth and being serious.

[starschizo]

please dont "reality check" strangers. it can be helpful and grounding if its a close friend and youve discussed it beforehand, but you could seriously hurt someone trying to "snap them out of it". psychosis doesnt work like a tv show.

[pansyboybloom]

shout out to psychotic people who struggle with anger. psychotics who get angry when they’re wronged, when they're scared, when they're overstimulated, as a response to emotion. psychotics who want to hit. who want to bite. who want to hurt. who want to scream and break things. who redirect with self-harm. who struggle to keep calm and keep it together. i love you. you deserve love and care to.