I’ve been calling out ambulances (had a letter telling me I’m calling them out too much) I am getting really bad chest pains so much so that it feels a like a heart attack! There is heart problems in the family and I already have Epilepsy too. It’s really scary! Some of my friends have turned against me too! I’m so scared!
#Anxiety #Epilepsy
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I think my psychosis is back; it was really scary I saw different things and thought I saw lights too and terrified too! I’ve been praying more and thought it had gone too! She’s ever so sweet and kind and patient and stayed next to me whilst I stayed with me until I fell asleep! I was extremely tired yesterday (I’d been out shopping yesterday so I think I’d overdone it as I couldn’t see properly because my eyesight was a bit strange even though I had my glasses on!!
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Have you ever caught your mind coming up with a completely ridiculous thought while the rational part of you just watches in disbelief, mildly amused? It’s such a strange moment: you’re both the director of a bizarre little show and the person in the front row, shaking your head with popcorn in hand.
Psychology calls this metacognitive insight—the ability to notice and observe your own thoughts as they happen. It’s that part of you that steps back and goes, “My brain is coming up with nonsense right now. I can see it, and I don’t have to believe it.”
When thoughts like this appear out of nowhere and clash completely with who we are or what we believe, they’re often called ego-dystonic thoughts. They can occur in OCD, but in a milder form, pretty much everyone experiences them from time to time. They can also come with hyperreflection: that intense, sometimes exhausting habit of analysing your own thoughts and every perceived little “glitch” in your mind.
Instead of getting pulled into the thought, we can keep some distance and watch our inner operating system do its weird little thing.
The human mind is a fascinating place. Have you ever caught yourself doing this? What’s the weirdest thought your inner critic has ever intercepted?
#MentalHealth #BipolarDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #SchizoaffectiveDisorder #Schizophrenia #BPD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorderBPD #Psychosis #Delusion
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Hi, my name is mhirschl. I'm here because I would like to share my brother's story on sudden onset psychosis, lyme disease, mold, and autoimmune encephalitis.
2 reactions My usual support worker has had to fly home for a family emergency (they live with me) I completely understand, i do. The person who is with me is lovely but I have found out that they are going to be leaving in a few days soon and someone else is coming too(I’ve already had another lady and we didn’t get on too well so that unsettled me a lot as I struggle with severe anxiety and psychosis)
That did not help at all. At the moment they are investigating why I am hitting myself uncontrollably too (just had an MRI scan so hopefully that helps) have no idea when my usual support worker will be back! It’s so so hard!!!
#GeneralizedAnxietyDisorder #MentalHealth
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I’m coming to know myself better than ever before. I’ve reflected back to my childhood and realized I have been holding my breath when I’m anxious for as long as I can remember. It started with refusing things in my mouth. I believe this breath holding, shallow and inconsistent breathing (also hyperventilating) has become a part of who I am now as an adult. My 😥 #system as my mother would say was overactive. Over-everything ….and always at the wrong time. My system would get overloaded and the brain/body connection would become spastic. Giggling, jumping, crying…thank goodness no anger then….#ADHD #Trauma #Anxiety #PTSD #ComplexPosttraumaticStressDisorder #AcuteStressDisorder #Psychosis
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I don't move through life in a straight line. My paths wind into places most people avoid, and I've stopped pretending that's a flaw. The twilight suits me—half-lit, uncertain, honest in a way daylight isn't. There's a kind of room only that light makes possible: not empty, just unfinished, and I've learned not to rush to furnish it.
There are rooms in my mind I don't open often. Not because I'm fragile, but because I know what it costs to go in and truly look. Some days, I don't have that cost to spare. My sensitivity isn't gentle. It's like water—it erodes things, including me, including people I've loved. I write because the alternative is drowning quietly instead of on paper. I keep looking for meaning, knowing I'll lose it as soon as I find it. That's not peace. It's just what I've learned to live with. I keep people at a distance not out of coldness, but because closeness costs more than most can imagine, and I've run out of energy to spend on people who only speak in words.
So I stay where the light doesn't fully arrive, where things are allowed to be unfinished, unnamed. Not everything needs to be carried all the way through. Sometimes it's enough to loosen your grip, to let meaning drift without chasing it. And in that small surrender, something quieter—the same quiet the twilight always offered—finally has room to exist.
#SchizoaffectiveDisorder #Schizophrenia #MentalHealth #mentalillnes #Psychosis #SchizophreniaSpectrumPsychoticDisorders #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorderBPD #BPD
Since my latest seizure last week I have been feeling like I’m dying- ive been feeling really anxious and spent all night last night in A&E waiting to be seen by the mental health team due to worsening pain in face. They asked if it was my psychosis returning again (I’m hallucinating again) but I said I don’t think so as I’m taking all relevant medication but she said they don’t think there is anything wrong with physically which is frustrating especially as I felt like I wanted to vomit blood twice last week (but I didn’t). They all put it down to heightened anxiety levels since my seizure and that I need to do CBT and have talking therapy.
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#Epilepsy
3 reactions My story is real is not a fairytale is my life experience. Trauma is real but I got distance to it after 4-5 years of pain and not being able to live.
#MightyTogether #Anxiety #Depression #PTSD #ADHD #Psychosis
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