Can you do a tip on Trans-Schizophrenic, I’m only getting the basic stuff from google and need some more research to help me!
It’d be AMAZING if you could, of course you don’t have to but it’d be appreciated if you could!
TransSchizophrenia Tips!:
Pretend to see things that aren't there! Glance in random directions occasionally with a confused/panicked expression, and then continue what you were doing like nothing happened. Try to avoid looking in that area for a bit as if you're "scared it might know you noticed".
Second guess everything around you. "Are those my real parents/siblings/friends?", "What if they were replaced by someone?", "They're working against me/using me for something.", "they know something I don't.", "the people on the TV are laughing at me.", "the people outside talk about me when they get home.", etc...
Speak without much structure! Move from one thought to the next without smoothly transitioning, ramble about theories you have or other random "nonsensical" things! They need to know you know the truth. Speak "illogically" about things.
Do "strange" actions. Random motor movements that are repetitive (like tapping your thumbs or fingers in a very specific order), or speak without moving your body at all, or the inverse! Do tasks silently, don't speak at all and don't look at anyone when doing things.
Don't show emotion when conversing as much. Make blank, emotionless, intense eye contact. Or, don't make eye contact at all. Speak with irregular tones, or with no tone at all. Try to sound stiff during conversation, like a robot.
Try to convince yourself out of doing tasks. CisSchizophrenics have low motivation to start or continue tasks (even simple ones!). Even ones they originally wanted to do.
Convince yourself that everyone you interact with doesn't actually enjoy your presence. Make social interactions as miserable as you can in your own mind. Make it unbearable to interact with people, to make you avoid them.
Try to get distracted when doing things. Lose focus randomly through dissociation, staring off at something, or getting in your own head about things (delusions, theories about things, etc...).
Forget things commonly or twist how things happened in your head. "That isn't how it actually happened.", "they were glaring at me", etc.. Also, try to take longer to respond or answer things. Think longer than most people would, try to predict every outcome of how they'll respond to things you say.
Overthink decisions, double check yourself every time you want to make a choice on something. Buying groceries? "What if the power goes out?", "What if we run out of [X]?", "What if something happens?", etc... Making food? "What if they poisoned this?", "This could cause me to have a heart attack/choke/drown/liver failure/something else", "What if I'm allergic to this and I don't know it yet?", etc...
When told directions/how to do something/instructions/ or any information. Try to second guess the information, or use it incorrectly. Directions? "What if I'm being led somewhere I shouldn't go?". How to do something? "This is too dangerous/risky (even if its mild)"
Remember, all of these symptoms are irregular in how intense/common they are. Don't do ALL of them if you aren't trying to simulate EXTREMELY debilitating schizophrenia. Select a few of em and go with that, letting others emerge as consequences of the original few. Sometimes, symptoms can be intense one day/hour/minute, and subtle the next. Sometimes, some symptoms aren't there at all for a day.
