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Schizoaffective Disorder

Not sure if anyone will find this interesting, but I sometimes have moments of lucidity into what it’s like living with schizoaffective disorder. I’m not up to date on the latest research, but from my experience, I believe the "split" in schizophrenia is actually a survival or coping mechanism in response to extreme duress.

When I’m not split from myself, I’m much more sensitive to pain. I notice how my skin can feel like it’s burning, and how each passing moment carries a suffocating gravity with it. It’s difficult to sit with these sensations, but meditation has helped me find ways to channel and understand the pain and discomfort. In a lot of ways, it’s helping me come back to myself — one little step at a time. Acknowledging and understanding why the pain is there, and then integrating it into my life, rather than numbing it out or splitting away from it. It’s agony sometimes, but it’s worth it to feel anything again.

I think the disorganized thinking often seen in schizophrenia is a symptom of that split. When you create a second self that’s numb to what your authentic self is experiencing, you lose your true anchor. It becomes easy to get caught up in the whirls and eddies of other people’s consciousness and motives, without realizing you’ve become completely detached from your own values. (This is actually what my children’s book was about.)

When the second self gets corrupted, it’s understandable that the personality loses its integrity and becomes fragmented and disorganized.

Those of us with schizoaffective disorder are a small subset of the population — but in some ways, I think this happens to everyone, just to different degrees. I’m grateful I’m making progress in navigating this disease. If sharing this helps someone else who’s struggling, even better.#SchizophreniaSpectrumPsychoticDisorders #schizoaffective #Schizophrenia

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Ignorance from my family about me having a mental illness

My parents don’t understand what I am going through. I have been in and out of mental hospitals and they make it seem like what I am going through isn’t as serious as it actually is; it is extremely serious and should not be taken lightly. I have been in a mental hospital more than 10 times. My older sister, I don’t get along with her and she told my mom to lock me up in a mental hospital. One of my aunts told me I have nothing to be depressed over because I don’t pay any bills. People don’t understand how much I have been through. Bullying, people being rude to me. I have been rejected and called ugly my whole life. One of my cousins even told me I crave attention. Very rude and disrespectful. Also my cousins say I am not their age and yet they talk to people my age. I don’t want them in my life but I do know I deserve so much better than them all

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Yoga Therapy for Mental Health

Calling all Yogi's (teachers, therapists, practitioners, and potential practitioners!) to my new Yoga Therapy for Mental Health group. Let's support each other along each of our unique healing journey's.

Photo credit to Jared Rice. Thank you!

#MentalHealth #Anxiety #Depression #ADHD #PTSD #ObsessiveCompulsiveandRelatedDisorders #SchizophreniaSpectrumPsychoticDisorders #EatingDisorders #Addiction #Recovery

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As the year is coming to an end in a few weeks, I hope you all on here live a life that you desire :)

I wish you all the best and the most happiest life full of joy, peace, and positivity. I hope that everyday gets better and better for you in every way. I hope you never suffer and you a live the type of life you want that makes you grateful to wake up to each morning.

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ECHOES OF EMPTINESS

In the void of self, a fractured mind drifts,
Untethered from reality's moorings.
Emotions flee, leaving an empty husk,
A ghost trapped in flesh, yearning for connection.

Time blurs, memories fade like smoke,
As the self dissolves into nothingness.
In this twilight realm between worlds,
We are all lost children, searching for home. #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorderBPD #BPD #Schizophrenia #SchizophreniaSpectrumPsychoticDisorders #DissociationDisorders #dissociativedisorders #quietborderline

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HOPE

Hope... That ethereal creature that has nested in my soul. Its song echoes ceaselessly, wordless, yet I hear it. Sometimes a whisper, other times a scream of despair.
In my darkest moments, when the winds of fate tear at me mercilessly, its voice becomes clearest. As if defying the storm that tries to silence it. That small, unassuming spark of courage that warms me when all else fails. I've heard it in the coldest corners of my mind, on endless seas of solitude. Even in the face of the worst, it never demanded anything from me in return. It remains, selfless and loyal.
But is it a blessing or a curse? This hope that won't let me give up, forces me to fight when all I want is to rest. Its song pierces my dreams, never letting me forget my desires and aspirations.
Sometimes I wish I could silence it, pluck out those feathered wings. But I know that without it, I'd be empty, cold, devoid of purpose. So I let it sing, though its melody can be painful. For this hope, this thing with feathers, is part of me - my strength and my curse. #Schizophrenia #SchizophreniaSpectrumPsychoticDisorders #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BPD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorderBPD

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I feel like I am running crazy and mad

I don’t know what to do to keep myself busy in my house when I am home, I don’t do much. I had so much therapy already. I just feel like I am running crazy all the time. I wish those feelings would disappear. I am on medication already and it only helps so much. Whenever I go to the mental hospital, I stay there for like a week and when I come out, it is the same thing. I feel like I am running crazy stuck in my parents house the whole day. Any suggestions or advice? I wish I didn’t feel this way. Some people would be grateful to live in a house and have their own bedroom. I don’t know why I constantly feel this way. When I am out in public every time I hear a baby cry, it triggers me and makes me feel like I am running crazy too. I don’t know why. Sometimes I wish I was normal and didn’t deal with stuff like this.

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NIETZSCHEAN DREAMSCAPE Caught between reality and imagination.

My adventure with the Nietzschean Dreamscape is downright wonderful🙄! Every morning, as I rise, I feel like Friedrich Nietzsche facing his own "Eternal Return." As I enter this surreal world, my thoughts dance in a chaotic symphony, tripping over the remnants of reality that insist on challenging my logic.
Imagine being both the creator and observer of your own narrative, like Nietzsche toying with the idea of the Übermensch while breaking the metaphorical chains of social expectations. But my Nietzschean Dreamscape offers no such freedom, at least not without cost😐. I teeter on the edge between ego and id, watching these two forces battle for supremacy in my mind.
This constant suspension, this oscillation between reality and a two-dimensional abstraction where everything simultaneously is and is not, forces me to reflect on the very essence of self😐. Nietzsche might be proud, perhaps even offering sardonic remarks about my creation of a personal philosophical realm.
I'm unsure if this is true freedom or merely an illusion, bordering on constant conflict and dichotomy. But one thing is certain: the irony of my situation lies in its extraordinary simplicity - I need no prophet to tell me I've been in the Nietzschean Dreamscape too long. #Schizophrenia #SchizophreniaSpectrumPsychoticDisorders #MentalHealth #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #quietbordereline #Psychosis #DissociationDisorders #BPD #DistractMe

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"Neurotic Nelly and Psychotic Pete: The Mindville Adventure" by Ayetka

Once upon a time, in the whimsical world of Mindville, lived Neurotic Nelly, who fretted about every detail, and Psychotic Pete, who thrived on chaos and absurdity.
One sunny day, Nelly was meticulously organizing her collection of worry dolls when Pete burst in, wearing a cape made of mismatched socks. "Nelly! The invisible gnomes are plotting to steal our gravity! We need to counter their anti-gravity lasers with tinfoil hats!"
Nelly blinked, her mind racing. "But... I don't have any tinfoil hats!"
"No worries!" Pete declared. "We'll use these pie tins and banana peels instead."
As they crafted their makeshift headgear, Nelly's usual anxiety over the color-coding of her sock drawer seemed insignificant compared to Pete's harebrained schemes. "Pete, are you sure this will work?"
"Absolutely," Pete said, his eyes gleaming with manic excitement. "Now, let's march backwards to confuse the gnomes!"
So, Nelly and Pete paraded around Mindville, causing bewildered glances from the townsfolk. Despite the sheer absurdity of it all, Nelly felt a strange sense of relief; her usual worries were drowned out by Pete's relentless, nonsensical energy.
By the time the invisible gnomes (who were, in reality, non-existent) were "defeated," Nelly found herself laughing hysterically. "You know, Pete, you might be the best cure for my neurosis."
Pete grinned. "Chaos is the spice of life, Nelly. Now, let's plan our defense against the rogue rainbows!"
Ad so, in the land of Mindville, Neurotic Nelly and Psychotic Pete lived chaotically ever after, proving that sometimes, a little madness is the best remedy for overthinking.

The end.
#MentalHealth #SchizophreniaSpectrumPsychoticDisorders #Schizophrenia #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BPD

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