#schizo-

[xeno-aligned]

Are there any psychosis/schizophrenia specific genders/sexualities etc

putting this under a read more cause it’s long

Errofluid / Erroflux / Errogender: A gender which is fluid or fluxes in relation to psychotic symptoms; e.g. when someone’s psychosis symptoms are strong and they’re having a manic episode they feel genderless, but when they’re having a depressive episode they feel more male. However, the term errogender can be used regardless of how your psychosis affects your gender.

Posigender: A feeling that one’s gender is defined by or influenced by positive symptoms of their schizophrenia. Positive means symptoms non-psychotic people don’t have but psychotic people might (like hallucinations, delusions). 

Negagender: A feeling that one’s gender is defined by or influenced by negative symptoms of their schizophrenia. Negative means traits psychotic people might have which suggest the absence of a “normal” trait (like having flat affect, anhedonia).

Delusogender: A subset of posigender in which one’s gender is influenced by one’s delusions. Strictly for schizophrenic/psychotic/delusional people. This can be a multigender identity if your delusogender is made of multiple genders itself.

Delusofluid: A subset of delusogender in which one’s gender changes as they experience delusions. This can be fluid through delusogenders, or simply changing between experiencing a delusogender and not experiencing one.

Holidelusogender: A subset of delusogender in which one’s gender is affected by delusions of being divine, holy,  demonic, angelic, or godly.

Grandelusogender: A subset of delusogender in which one’s gender is influenced by delusions of grandeur.

Paradelusogender: A subset of delusogender in which one’s gender is influenced by paranoid delusions.  

Genderfake: Feeling that your gender is part of your hallucinations or delusions.For people who experience delusions or hallucinations as part of their mental illness or neurodivergence only.

Gendernoia: A gender affected by paranoia. Can be combined with other genders.

Psychogender: A gender that can only be understood in the context of a psychotic disorder.

Malagender: A gender which is created or influenced by maladaptive daydreaming or fantasy prone personalities. For example a malagender person might feel male usually but their gender may feel more nonbinary during a maladaptive daydreaming episode. A gender specific to people who experience maladaptive daydreaming due to a neurodivergence such as: schizotypal personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, schizophrenia or similar.

Genderdisordered: A gender that is heavily influenced by, or unable to be defined because of disorganized thinking or a thought disorder.

Skhizeingender: A gender that is strongly connected to schizophrenia, or having a gender that is difficult to describe or communicate because of being schizophrenic. This term is exclusive to individuals with schizophrenia or schizophrenia related symptoms. Pronounced: sk-heez-ein-gender

Schizo-: An orientation for people on the schizo spectrum who feel like their disorder(s) affects their attraction in the way they perceive it, experience it or in its intensity. 

Mala-: An orientation which is created or influenced by maladaptive daydreaming or fantasy prone personalities. For example a Malasexual person might feel pansexual usually but may feel more asexual during a maladaptive daydreaming episode. An orientation specific to people who experience maladaptive daydreaming due to a neurodivergence such as: schizotypal personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, schizophrenia or similar.

(i didn’t include neurogenders/orientations that weren’t specific to psychosis/the schizo-spec so have a look through: my neurogender tag,@pride-color-schemes’ neurogender tag & their neurorientation tag)

[joyfulattic]

To all those in fear

I don’t want to keep adding onto that really long post already, because that’s just not fun for ANYONE to scroll through. But if you want to read everything so you feel as if you are at least educated on what the whole matter is, that’s fine too.

But I saw some people who were stating that they had fears about not going to get a professional diagnosis via a doctor/therapist/psychiatrist/psychologist.

If you’re scared about professionals treating you different after you get a diagnosis, i.e. them no longer taking your physical ailments seriously due to you having a mental disorder, you have a bad doctor. That is a BAD doctor. A doctor needs to listen to their patients and needs to survey what a problem is before jumping on the “oh you have a disorder that alters your perception of reality, EHHH YOURE FINE.” That’s bad. You need a NEW doctor. It has nothing to do with you having a diagnosis on your medical history. That’s THEIR bad. That’s THEIR fault. You DESERVE to have that diagnosis.

If you’re scared about potential employers looking for your medical history and firing you for your mental disorder, that’s literally illegal. That is against Discrimination Laws. Your medical history is none of their concern and should never show up. If they go digging (your medical history is no where for them to find, it’s only for those with medical degrees to find, WHO actually require your consent to disclose that information between other medical professionals, you actually have to sign for them to do that) and they somehow find it, and they fire you, that is against the law. You don’t deserve some boss like that anyway. You deserve a better boss who won’t go snooping. That is not how the world should work. 

If you’re scared about now having a “label” slapped on you, as if that diagnosis is all you are, you aren’t. You will NEVER be Just Your Illness. That sort of encouragement is passed around on this site amongst hundreds of suggestion blogs, self care blogs, self love blogs. You are NOT suddenly just what is written on your medical history and you never will be.

Getting a professional diagnosis is meant to benefit you. You cannot, absolutely cannot get the proper treatment by getting over the counter medication because it will not be there for you to ask for. Those medications are carefully picked out for you. There are certain dosages required for each individual case and your case may not be the same as the next person (regardless if you both have the same diagnosis). It could damage you. It could worsen you. You may accidentally kill yourself if you do not follow the dosage given by a medical practitioner. 

Getting a professional diagnosis is meant to help you get better. Schizo- disorders require having both medication and talk therapy. It’s a hand in hand project. You don’t get to pick between one or the other. You have to put the effort needed into helping yourself. Getting a diagnosis helps the therapists or psychiatrists or psychologists to understand your needs from the get go, and after talking to you over a period of time, they understand you more and more. YOU also understand yourself more and more. None of this is an easy fix. It is a long and stressful and strenuous journey. But it will not be like this forever.

I absoluTELY had the same fears when I first started this whole experience. I thought “Shit shit Im going to be on medication all my life. im fucked. I hate this. I dont want this anymore.” And maybe you will be. But don’t begin to think for a moment that this means you are a lesser person anymore. You’re no different than the diabetic who needs insulin. You are lacking chemicals in your brain or in your body and you need extra help to obtain it. That’s all there is. Yes. I am not denying there is an absolutely horrible stigma surrounding mental illness. And for schizophrenia/and others, it’s pretty bad too. I am not denying that there will be people out there who will discriminate against you. And what you need to do is remove yourself from those people (if they are jobs, teachers, even family members) because you do not deserve that. You deserve help. Much like the amputee who may require prosthetic. Much like the diabetic who needs insulin. Much like the person who has a fever and needs some medication to ease the suffering. It boils down to you require some aid and you deserve it. Please do not give into the fear mongering of “Yeah its terrible out there....And you should hide from it.” Because that will only perpetuate the idea that you’re SUPPOSED to be ashamed of this. You’re SUPPOSED to be ashamed of yourself. I promise you, remaining quiet will never benefit you or others. Please speak out. Please get the help you deserve. Please stand up and be an advocate for the people who feel they can’t be. It will ALWAYS be up to you and you alone on helping yourself. And you may be surprised that you are helping others simply by telling your story.