#actually psycho

[softschizo]

i promise you this

psychotic people aren't inherently dangerous.

psychotic people aren't weirdos.

psychotic people aren't destined to harm others.

psychotic people are mostly wonderful people.

psychotic people are deserving of unconditional love.

psychotic people don't deserve to be demonized.

psychotic people are human.

[womanism]

one time this person told me that people with bpd cant reclaim the slur "psycho" but "psycho girlfriend crazy girlfriend etc" were used against women who had bpd (and of course other disorders)

bpd got its name because it was thought to be the border between psychosis and neurosis. during the time of this discovery the slur was used against us.

although the term itself is outdated and many psychs want to change the name, psychosis is still there and a part of people with bpd (mostly the ones who have suffered trauma)

so maybe before you yell at people for reclaiming a slur maybe yknow you should stop and think

[softschizo]

Cognitive Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Disorganized thinking

Slow thinking

Difficulty understanding

Poor concentration

Poor memory

Poor working memory

Difficulty expressing thoughts

Difficulty integrating thoughts, feelings, and behavior

Executive dysfunction

[softschizo]

Behavioral Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Social isolation

Disorganized behavior

Aggression

Agitation

Compulsive behavior

Excitability

Hostility

Repetitive movements

Self harm

Lack of self control

[softschizo]

Speech Related Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Circumstantial speech

Reduced speech

Rapid speaking

Disorganized speech

Incoherent speech

Monotonous tone

Alogia (inability to speak)

[softschizo]

For those of you who experience social withdrawal, when you try to socialize past your limits, do you start to get psychotic? For me, whenever I start to lose energy for/interest in socializing, I start to hear paranoid voices. (Reblog to respond so other people see this)

[softschizo]

I need psychotic friends ;_; All the people close to me I talk to about it seem weirded out/awkward/scared about it. I guess they just..don’t know how to react. P.S: if you wanna message me and my age matters, I’m 17, turning 18 in May 2019.

[softschizo]

Does anyone know if one can to some degree control the repetetive movements caused by catatonia? I can stop them for a few seconds, but then I feel a pit in my gut and this weird feeling in the parts of my body that want to move and it eventually gives and i cant stop again. I try to engage in another activity when i can (sometimes all i can physically do is pace around doing the movements, either mute or repeating meaningless phrases, but lately I've been havig partial episodes where I can speak), but i can only do that activity for a short period of time before the movements act up again. With my full blown episodes, when I have speech issues, even though i cant speak, I'll copy the speech I hear in my head. I have short staring episodes until something (a sound, someone calling my name) breaks me out of it. I'm agitated and panicked too...