This was incredibly eye opening for me, and I hope it is for you all as well. Tell me your thoughts in the comments! #PTSD #MentalHealth #BipolarDepression #Anxiety #BipolarDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #ChronicFatigue #Addiction #SchizoaffectiveDisorder
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I wanted to share with you my movie's theme song about Erotomania:
I’m looking for people with this disorder to chat with daily or weekly about the struggles and also for support. No one in my life has educated themselves on this disorder and I don’t have much of a support system.
1 reaction Can people who live with this disorder message me? I don’t have a support system of people who understand this disorder, I really need a safe place to talk and be understood. Also tips on living with this illness
Below is a link to a blog that I wrote about what antipsychotics are and how they differ from first generation to second generation and then there’s a bit more information about Quetiapine. I hope it’s helpful for anyone who needs it and as always if you have any questions please feel free to ask them in the comments section below.
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We talked about how I have ORD (olfactory reference disorder). I've never told him about it cuz it's very embarrassing. But he was very understanding and empathetic. We talked about my plans for the weekend. I'm either going to go to the cider mill or to Rust belt for shopping for a special candle and bubble tea. Rust belt is one of my favorite shops to browse. It's in the same shopping center as a really nice LGBT resource center. I think, whatever we do, we're gonna have a good time. My caregiver says she wants to spend more time with me and I want to go on adventures with her. My therapist said he hopes my weekend goes well.
I'm gonna work on some journal prompts this weekend for therapy on Monday. I have a few lists of good journal prompts.
My therapist asked me what kind of music I have been listening to and I told him I've been listening to Avicii. He said he really enjoys his music and we both said we were upset when he died. It's really powerful music.
He asked me if I have plans for the rest of the day. I told him I'm making grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner tonight. He said it sounds so comforting. He asked me how I like to eat grilled cheese and I told him I prefer adding bacon and tomato and dipping it in ranch dressing. I'm weird.
He asked me how my pain level has been this week. I told him it's been pretty bad lately. But the tramadol has been helping. Luckily my PCP is ok refilling that script. He asked me if I've been having migraines and I told him I've had one every day since Monday.
I really appreciate my therapist. We've been working together for 7 years. He's seen me at my worst and my best. He's so proud of my progress. I'm very proud of myself too. We've been doing 2 sessions per week for almost 2 years now. It's been really good.
#MentalHealth #Therapy #SchizoaffectiveDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #PTSD #CheckInWithMe
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Art therapy and mental health (filmmaking and schizophrenia)
I've been through mental illness for 7 years: schizophrenia and bipolar, also known as schizoaffective disorder. One of the main causes of my mental illness journey was love delusion. It is this kind when you think someone is in love with you while that person doesn't know that you even exist :D
In love delusion, the patient seeks to convert and interpret any glance or situation from that person for their sake as if that person loves him/her.
Unintentionally, the patient converts a bunch of situations as a reason for the love he/she thinks it is from that person. I experienced love delusion and felt pain when I discovered that these situations were from my imagination and desire to be loved.
As a kind of art therapy, I decided to work on making a movie that shows my imagination about this fictional story. The eye contact that was interpreted as evidence of love, the stalking, the rumors or the auditory hallucinations, and the wrong interpretations, are all in the story.
In this kind of therapy, when you see something beautiful and discover that isn't true, you find yourself in need to show people what you have seen and how this affected you.
If you want to know more about my movie project, check our my YouTube channel and blog.#Film #MentalHealth
Psy/Samar Khalefa
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How do you feel about this quote? What does it mean to you? #Addiction #MentalHealth #SchizoaffectiveDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #Anxiety #BipolarDisorder #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #Depression #PTSD
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The moment I needed the most to be balanced my disorder is making effects on me again. Waking up at 3:45 am and not sleeping any more, sad feelings, bad self esteem and so on… #MentalHealth #SchizoaffectiveDisorder
5 reactions Hi, my name is JolleyRecovery. I'm here because of my own mental health conditions but more urgently, my 17 yr old son's schizoaffective DX on top of his ADHD, rage disorder, agoraphobia, severe anxiety, depression and PTSD related to sexual trauma. he's spiraling and only four months till 18 and I'm terrified. The mental health system in our state/county is failing him. particularly because we are in poverty and in Medicaid, so the things available to us are limited. Last Friday he attacked his 29 yr old brother for one simple statement that he was voting for Trump. my 17 yr old has very grandiose thoughts and thinks he's more knowledgeable on ANY subject than anyone else. he's highly offended by the orange guy. He instantly jumped to his feet, yelling about women's rights (he wasn't wrong lol) and how dare his brother say that he was voting for him... my oldest attempt to deescalate him failed and my youngest just launched at him, throwing fists and my oldest had no choice but to defend himself while trying to get away. my house got busted up, and my youngest actually grabbed a huge kitchen knife and was going to stab his brother. when I saw him head to the kitchen I just knew and I pushed my oldest out the front door and said take my car, keys in it, RUNNN NOW.. he didn't want to leave me but I knew I wasn't the Target. he ran out and I grabbed a hold of other sons arm and clothes to slow him down and ended up thrown to the floor and stomped on several times. I have a broken rib and a messed up shoulder and lotsa bruising and a goose egg. his eyes were pitch black, his face slack -- lights were on but no one was home he was in such a rage. He threatened suicide by cop in a regular so I had to let things cool off while I texted for help. anyhow, 3 days in a padded room in the ER, being promised they would find a psych bed for him, be patient mom, helps coming... easy for them to say when they weren't trapped in a room with someone who had just assaulted them and promised to kill them and kept saying it for hours as I was forced to stay by his side at the hospital, under threat of them calling CPS if I left! I finally said call them idgaf I'm going to smoke I'm not just going to sit here being abused! anyhow, there's WAYYY more but too much for My intro. sorry it's so long. I'm just so ALONE and desperate for help. they discharged him home two days later saying that because he had no active plan at the EXACT moment they're interviewing him, that he doesn't meet the criteria for inpatient hospitalization. He BEGGED them to place him, for help, even said he wasn't sure he wouldn't snap five minutes after leaving hospital and hurt himself or someone else. NOPE sorry ya don't meet the criteria. WTF is wrong with this country??! help?
#MightyTogether #Anxiety #Depression #BipolarDisorder #Fibromyalgia #Migraine #PTSD #ADHD #Grief #SchizoaffectiveDisorder #assault #juvenilementalhealth #Parenting #parentingschizophrenia #ReactiveAttachmentDisorder #Inpatient
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