Ok, so I haven't posted here for ages, but I was kind of reminded of you guys thanks to my sister being admitted to a psychward...with a psychosis.
So, now I've seen psychosis up close, she has told me about her thoughts etc, and for what she's told me; none of you guys show any sign of having a psychosis.
Below, is gonna be what I've noted in her, if you don't wish to read, quit reading here.
Ok, so number 1: She believes in a lot of weird shit. I'm not talking about santa clause, I'm talking about universes, worlds...santa..ok, so she does believe in some form of santa now too. There is no doubt in her mind that her weird things are NOT real.
Number 2: She's paranoid. Not anxiety-paranoid, but she believes, without a doubt that people are after her. She was certain that my father had put her in a mental hospital cause he doesn't like her (?). When blood tests were taken at the hospital, they showed she had taken a lot of drugs. she didn't remember taking any drugs, and was convinced that I was putting drugs in her food, which I did by "spying on my phone, knowing when I'm outside, then you put drugs in my food".
Number 3: Very disorganized in all possible ways. She moves stuff around, goes to do something else, forgot she moved things, and gets convinced someone broke into her house and moved all her things around just to fuck with her mind.
Number 4: "There's nothing wrong with me". She felt fine, perfect, even ecstatic at times. She didn't have a problem, everyone else did.
Number 5: Complete memory loss. She could not remember ANYTHING in her life. She thought she had no family, so I asked "how were you born then?" She replied "Not sure..I'll figure out".
So this, guys, is how you know you're not psychotic...the difference between psychosis and anxiety is this: When you're afraid someone's following you, you're anxious. When you know for a fact someone's following you, and there's no doubt in your mind, you may start worrying.
So, now I've seen psychosis up close, she has told me about her thoughts etc, and for what she's told me; none of you guys show any sign of having a psychosis.
Below, is gonna be what I've noted in her, if you don't wish to read, quit reading here.
Ok, so number 1: She believes in a lot of weird shit. I'm not talking about santa clause, I'm talking about universes, worlds...santa..ok, so she does believe in some form of santa now too. There is no doubt in her mind that her weird things are NOT real.
Number 2: She's paranoid. Not anxiety-paranoid, but she believes, without a doubt that people are after her. She was certain that my father had put her in a mental hospital cause he doesn't like her (?). When blood tests were taken at the hospital, they showed she had taken a lot of drugs. she didn't remember taking any drugs, and was convinced that I was putting drugs in her food, which I did by "spying on my phone, knowing when I'm outside, then you put drugs in my food".
Number 3: Very disorganized in all possible ways. She moves stuff around, goes to do something else, forgot she moved things, and gets convinced someone broke into her house and moved all her things around just to fuck with her mind.
Number 4: "There's nothing wrong with me". She felt fine, perfect, even ecstatic at times. She didn't have a problem, everyone else did.
Number 5: Complete memory loss. She could not remember ANYTHING in her life. She thought she had no family, so I asked "how were you born then?" She replied "Not sure..I'll figure out".
So this, guys, is how you know you're not psychotic...the difference between psychosis and anxiety is this: When you're afraid someone's following you, you're anxious. When you know for a fact someone's following you, and there's no doubt in your mind, you may start worrying.
