Schizophrenia Simulation: Mania/Psychosis

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A hopeful message about schizophrenia.

Kristen Stone is diagnosed with schizoaffective bipolar disorder, a type of schizophrenia on the schizophrenia spectrum.

[NelsonClick]

I have a friend with schizophrenia. He's on meds now so he's normal but the last time he had a freakout (20 years ago) he was admitted to the hospital. He was there for months but totally recovered. In his second month there we paid him a visit. Sat with him for almost an hour. Regular conversation about things we normally talk about. Totally normal. Before it ended he turned and asked if I was really sitting next to him and asked the others if they could they see me too. Then he greeted me more sincerely and said he was sorry but he wasn't sure if I was real and appreciated that I had come to visit him.

[Coolcake]

That’s how my neighbor died she thought she could sleep outside. There was a blizzard that night and she wasn’t found till a month later

[jorelmccoy]

I’m schizophrenic I’ve had roughly 9 hospital visits one lasting around 110 days. It’s a serious illness that requires medications and monitoring from a loved one. It’s a scary disease and hallucinations are horrible especially when they last for weeks if not months on end

[caylieann]

Once I was driving and had the idea that I absolutely NEEDED to run barefoot thru someone’s yard. I stopped along the highway in 30 degree weather to take my shoes off and feel the murky mud on my feet. I was contemplating leaving my car and going for a walk, then I remembered how crazy that would look. It took a lot of mental strength to NOT go thru with it.

[SydneyScream]

For me it’s more thoughts like “why would you go out” “you’re not gonna gain anything” “ppl will know how weird you are”

[iisabrennan]

Bless you darling .. and to everyone else who suffers from schizophrenia, any kind mental illness can be so desperately terrifying.
My ex partner has this coupled with a personality disorder .. my heart broke for him. The things he thought were happening or going to happen. I tried so hard for him.
He became a heavy reliant on alcohol and hard drugs to deal with what was happening with his thoughts. I watched a beautiful man decaying. So sad. I still hold love for that man 27yrs on. Such an incredible intelligence and musically talented young man. I ended up having a mild stroke under the amount of stress so thats when I had to take care of myself. Unfortunately all the drink and drugs exacerbated his illnesses.

[n__]

Its 4am my 18 year old brother that has schizophrenia has been missing since 6pm . He’s having a episode and my mom hasn’t been home she’s been out trying to look for him.I feel so powerless and defeated. I miss the old him and when he was normal

[undeniablyrancid]

My ex has schizophrenia and even though we cared for each other, sadly past relationship trauma and him having schizoaffective disorder, caused him to transition his delusions onto me. I tried my best to be the person to stick by him in his hardest times. Tried to support him all the steps of the way to therapy. It just didn’t work out because of his mental health. But it’s scary, and even scarier for those experiencing it. I would always hold onto those moments of clarity like they were his last. I feel for him to this day, and I hope he is well

[cathybumgarner]

I am meant to be outdoors is a truly wild thought to occur. Bless you.😮

[angrysquirrelproductions]

I'm schizophrenic. One time I wanted to cut my hand off because I thought an evil spirit was in it. I can relate. It's a horrible disease. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. I get hit with an episode once a year. I drank to self medicate but but I'm quitting now because the alcohol can induce an episode.

[poky]

This happen to me all the fucking times i swear. These days i’m always thinking about going to sleep on the roof of my house even if it’s winter. I see facese transform like metamorphosis, when i look people in the eyes my head starts shaking, I’m constantly talking to myself about the most awkward things. I think always about different scenarios on how i will die, i feel like my family are strangers and I’m ashamed to talk to them because i feel weird and always scared that even my parents are gonna judge me and be disgusted by me. I’ve seen so much shit that is have ptsd, I’m scared of the people. When i go to sleep i always see shadows moving in my room and every object takes life and begin to move like I’m on acid or some shit, even if I don’t do drugs. When i hear a sound like a door closing my heart start pumping like crazy, my ears start moving like i’m a scared cat. I live in my room. It’s been years now. I don’t work and I don’t have even a single relationship, not even with my family, needless to say that I don’t have friends. I’m 26, i feel like I’m going crazy

[TomGhoulerie]

I don’t have schizophrenia, but bipolar, so I’ve also had to deal with mania. And yea, this hits it on the head. Irrational thoughts seeming perfectly normal, acting on impulse despite the consequences…

[alspezial]

For me, it's seeing wired stuff like breathing walls,

Or horrific stuff like using tools on other people
(Hammers, knives, axes, screwdrivers)

I didn't talk until i was 8, so it is probably dependents on what your main thought proses is based on.

Like when you mainly have an internal monologue, you get inner voices.
And when you mainly think graphically, you see things.

[jamesd.]

I have experienced psychosis and I can tell you that I hadn't left the house in 3 years due to psychosis. I was smoking street weed that was clearly laced with something... I was getting it from my friends at the time and it sent me down a mental hole of hell. I was biting flesh off of my hands and beating myself until I bled almost everyday, hence why I never left my house. Ontop of this I have a lot of health issues like diabetes, hemochromatosis, tourettes syndrome and autism. I've been through a lot since covid had started and in only 21. I am on medications that actually work positively now and my life has been so much better since then! It's been years until I've figured it out but the point is, never give up! :) if you are struggling know you aren't alone, things will get better with time and especially the effort and energy you put in to realize that you are struggling to become the person you deserve to become, and that's happy and healthy :)

[Viciousfalafel]

Ironically I befriended a schizophrenic when I was baker acted.
Sweet, well meaning guy. Genuinely made me feel safe in there, it was as if his mind just slipped into fantasy land. He started meds in there so I don’t know what he was like completely unmedicated. But I think just listening and keeping them safe helps a lot.
Really hope Kevin’s okay

[TheOnePhillip]

Having schizophrenia for many years I’ve had thoughts like this. Including wanting to go someplace secluded away from people to end my life.

[cinnamoomilk]

I talk to myself a lot. Talk back to the thoughts even in public and I don’t see it as weird because I always do it. Until someone says something. I have never told my doctors about it because I feel like they would just think I was a crazy person. For example. Thought: You need to go for a walk. It will be fun and it’s exercise. My response was “Yes. This is a good idea and I want to go for a walk.” My husband, after hearing me say that aloud spent a good 30 or so minutes talking to me about why going for a walk in my nightgown at 4am was a bad idea. Then I became depressed. But we as a collective had decided that going for a walk was good and the right thing to do so I cried until I fell asleep because I was doing the wrong thing, if that makes sense.

[DrippyBoyOfficial]

i talk with my voice in my head like a dialogue.

[nonlybigback]

This is kinda sad. My dad has schizophrenia and hasn’t treated it because he refuses to take his meds because he thinks his doctors are crazy, and want to hurt him. I remember he wanted to live in a forest with no human contact and run away forever, we admitted him to a hospital but he didn’t get better after he was released, he got worse. I miss his old personality tbh. I’m not allowed to see him anymore because he is ‘mentally ill’, but no one’s taking proper care for him, and I can’t because I’m too young.

[Rylanhelmer]

I have Voices that just randomly talk shit about me but when i take drugs they manifest from whispering words to saying the words so loud i once was laying down after taking some pills and one of them whispered my name only it sounded like they were yelling but it was a whisper at the same time. Edit: spelling errors