#actually schizoaffective

[villain-disorder]

Unfortunately, I think stigmatised disorder (personality disorders, psychotic disorders, etc) culture is realising something you experience has a name and finally feeling seen, but you go to google it for more resources and only find people talking about how horrible and morally evil you are for daring to have that symptom you never chose in the first place.

#psychotic #disability #actually psychotic #psychosis #schizo spectrum #personality disorder #cluster b #cluster b safe #npd safe #actually schizoaffective #aspd safe #bpd safe #actually bpd #actually cluster b #neurodivergent #salem speaks #schizospec

[pplatonic]

You cannot know the history of schizophrenia as a diagnosis without coming to the conclusion that the fault of the misinformation surrounding schizophrenia and its setback in its research in modern society is a direct result of the laziness of past clinicians.

Negative symptoms used to be the focus of this illness when Kraepelin and Bleuler defined it - Kraepelin thought them to be more important and Bleuler literally defined them as FUNDAMENTAL symptoms.

Then in the 60s and 70s, since hallucinations and delusions were easy to spot and define, they were given more and more prominence in the hopes of "improving diagnostic precision." In real people language, that means they were lazy and wanted a quick checklist to go off of instead of, you know, caring about their patients.

What resulted from this is that now nearly everyone thinks schizophrenia is just hallucinations and delusions. On the medical side of things, the only treatments available for it treat psychotic symptoms, and the majority of the research focuses on them. Which leaves the rest of the debilitating symptoms untreated.

There are corrective adjustments being made to return to the emphasis on negative symptoms, and cognitive symptoms accompany that, but it should have never changed in the first place. Plus, the majority of society isn't adjusting their worldview to align with current perspectives on schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia was historically about the negative symptoms, and it always should have stayed that way. Schizophrenia is not just a "disorder that causes psychosis." It has negative, cognitive, disorganized, and catatonic symptoms as well.

Schizophrenia is a disorder affecting thought, behavior, and emotion, that is accompanied by psychotic features when left untreated.

Stop boiling down illnesses to basic symptoms. Teach and treat them wholistically.

#plat rambles #schizophrenia #actually schizophrenic #schizoaffective #actually schizoaffective #psychology #psychiatry #diagnosis #neurodivergent #actually neurodivergent

[valiumgf]

I also think we need to make space for people who ARE violent or agitated or aggressive or loud and threatening during psychosis in our activism, they are not evil for reacting to hallucinations or delusions in a way that is damaging, they deserve support and help and compassion, going through psychosis is traumatizing already for many of us and then being outcast from even the schizospec community is not helping!! they will not get better if they are never given the chance to connect and be accepted!!

#txt #actually schizophrenic #actually schizospec #actually schizoaffective

[madpunks]

people end up not wanting to associate with schizophrenics because we're "embarrassing" and "gross". we talk to ourselves in public, we forget to bathe and brush our teeth or become too delusional to do so, some of us can become terrified of bathrooms because of hallucinations or delusions and refuse to use them and use incontinence products instead, we forget to change our outfits for days at a time sometimes, eating can sometimes be impossible when you become convinced your food is poisoned or tampered with, being in places with overhead speakers or loud radios or TVs can be distressing and impossible to navigate for delusional people or those who are easily prone to command hallucinations, we often jump and panic and react to hallucinations and delusions and "cause a scene".

we're viewed as an inconvenience at best, and an outright danger at worst. we are neither of these things. it can be easy to decide to not associate with someone who has these problems, but it's impossible for the person experiencing them to just stop them from happening. you can make the choice to look down on someone and abandon them because they experience psychosis, but they can't choose to turn their psychosis off. one of these actions hurts and impacts a lot more than the other in reality. witnessing a hallucinating person will not irreparably damage you for life. please consider that this is not a choice for the schizophrenic person, and they don't want it, either.

#schizophrenia #schizoaffective disorder #schizoaffective #psychosis #psychotic disorder #schizospectrum #schizo spectrum #schizospec #actually schizophrenic #actually schizoaffective #mental health #neurodivergence #neurodivergent #mental illness #mental health awareness #actually schizospec #neuropunk #madpunk #our writing

[schizodiaries]

some schizophrenia symptoms that aren’t normally talked about

confusion

restricted range of emotion

incoherent thoughts/speech

lack of motivation

boredom/anhedonia

social withdrawal

apathy

trouble sleeping

taste and smell hallucinations

distorted thinking

thought blocking

poor memory

catatonia

labile affect

i usually see schizophrenia described in terms of paranoia, visual/auditory hallucinations, and delusions - so i thought I’d put together a list of other symptoms that may be present!

#personal #schizoaffective #psychosis #schizophrenia #actually psychotic #actually schizospec #actually schizophrenic #actually schizoaffective #hallucinations #delusions #mental health #mental illness

[zebulontheplanet]

A lot of people don’t know this because I don’t really talk about it, but I’m talking about it today!

I’ve been to three psychiatric hospitals in my life. Three. That’s quite a lot. I went from ages 12 to about 15 maybe younger, and was in for months at a time. People don’t realize how utterly terrifying and traumatizing psych wards are and it shows. If you even dare to say “psych wards aren’t that bad” then get the fuck out cause we had two different experiences.

It’s constant fighting, screaming, violence, sedation, med trials, seeing people getting restrained and getting restrained yourself. I’ve never personally been restrained or had more than a voluntary pill sedative, but still. Seeing those things, witnessing those things, is traumatizing. Seeing constant violence, being in constant fight or flight mode is not fun.

I would never go back, nor do I think I can ever go back due to my current support needs and the fact I need access to constant AAC which a lot of places deny.

I have severe psychiatric issues, and I think it was a good choice that I went when I did, however I will never be the same because of the experiences I went through while there. Yes, I had some good experiences, yes I had some bad experiences.

I’m tired of the constant romanization of psychiatric hospitals. I’m tired of the quirky “grippy sock vacation” shit because like, what the actual fuck? Do you know what psychiatric wards are like? Do you know how traumatizing they can be? Do you know that you can’t show an ounce of misbehavior or you will get in trouble. I couldn’t meltdown, I couldn’t shutdown, I couldn’t show anger, hurt, anything without getting in trouble! That sucks!

Please stop glamorizing it. Stop trying to make it silly and fun because it isn’t and you’re causing real harm. Instead, educate about psychiatric hospitals, tell the truth. Tell your experiences.

This post is not at all to deter people from getting help. If you need help then get help! If you think it’s the best option for you then go for it! Psych hospitals are great for getting stable on medication. That’s what they’re made for. To get you semi stable so they can do outpatient care or residential care.

I’ll speak more on this later but yeah. This was just my current thoughts.

#zebrambles #support needs #mental health #psych ward #psychiatric hospital #actually schizoaffective #actually schizospec #actually mentally ill #long post

[inrecoveryhehe]

Respect psychotic folk!!!

respect psychotic folk by not assuming they're automatically dangerous or hostile.

respect psychotic folk by not feeding into and/or confirming their delusions/hallucinations.

respect psychotic folk by not calling strangers "delusional" when they disagree with you.

respect psychotic folk by not pseudo-diagnosing criminals as psychotic with barely any evidence.

respect psychotic folk by not interacting with "schizoposting" posted by non-schizo specs.

respect psychotic folk by not showing them potentially paranoia-triggering memes.

respect psychotic folk by not interacting with memes that make fun of the psychotic experience.

respect psychotic folk by realizing that none of the things listed are too much to ask for, and that it takes no effort from your side to not be sanist.

#psychosis #actually psychotic #actually schizospec #actually schizophrenic #actually schizoid #actually schizoaffective #actually schizotypal #schizotaxic #szpd #stpd #actually stpd #actually szpd #psychotic disorders #sanism tw #sanism cw #tw sanism #sanism #feel free to add on

[apologyacceptedcaptainneeda]

i HATE person first language. it literally tries to erase my disabilities. i am disabled. i have many disabilities. and they are a significant part of my life. so i like identity first language. because i am my disabilities. they are me. we are interconnected

#actuallymentallyill #mental illness #spoonie #actually schizoaffective #actually disabled #disabled #disability #disabled isnt a bad word

[schizoafucktive]

yeah I have sex

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#schizo spectrum #schizoaffective #schizoposting #actually schizoaffective #actually hallucinating #I made this post a million years ago but I was drunk at the time and I chose to misspell psychosis??? #schizophrenia was sitting right there dude #schizophrenic disorder #schizophrenia

[thenullepisode]

Sup y'all‼🕊🐚⛓💉

I've made my own new SCHIZOSPEC (↭)💥 super wicked epic cool flag‼‼‼(made by an schizotic bipolar [psychotic schizospec/schizoaffective])

Each color has their own meaning, and even IRL is there❗💪⛓🧪

Is for every schizospec ever, and schizospec only🤘 FEEL FREE to use as pfp and credit me ^___^ my schizopals🤝🥼🗯

I've heard this symbol "↭" was made for schizospecs in general but others say is just for schizophrenia, correct me if I'm wrong please 🤸‍♂️🤼‍♂️🤼‍♂️🧞‍♂️🦸🏼‍♂️🦸🏼‍♂️🦸🏼‍♂️🥗🃏🎭🏴‍☠️

Credit to @actuallyschizophrenic for creating "↭" 🙏🙏🙏.

#schizospecflag #irlcreature hashtags would help a lot to make this more popular, I'd appreciate a real lot🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🧪🧪🧪 reblogs be sick as hell too🤘🤘🤘

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[psychosiscupcake]

life with psychosis

#psychosis #actually psychotic #actually schizophrenic #actually schizospec #actually schizoaffective #anti psychotics #psychotic disorders #psychotic depression

[neuroticboyfriend]

schizos and psychos should be allow to do whatever we want forever :) we go thru too much to not do things that make us happiest and safest. we should be allow to be weird and strange and offputting, to not have to hide fact we're schizospec or psychotic. we need to be allow to be ourselves. sane neurotypical people are not only ones allowed to exist.

#softspoonie #disabled #disability #schizospec #schizo #actually schizophrenic #schizo spectrum #schizoaffective #schizophrenia #schizoid #insane #madpunk #mad pride #mad punk #insanity #actually insane #actually schizospec #actually schizoaffective #actually schizoid #actually schizotypal #mentally ill #neurodivergency #actually neurodivergent #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #mental disorder #mental illness #mental health

[valiumgf]

#actuallypsychotic #actually schizophrenic #actually schizoaffective #actually schizospec #pseriouslypsychosis #medication #poll #i didnt add all of them cause i didnt have enough room lol

[madpunks]

i know that some neurodivergent folks struggle to read typos and disordered writing, but if you are the type of person who feels compelled to correct grammar and spelling when it's not related to struggling to parse what someone is saying, please do not do it to a schizophrenic or schizospectrum person. we often times mix up similar sounding words, mix up the order of sentences, say things that straight up don't make sense, or spell words in ways that make sense to us, but are not spelled 'correctly' and have no idea we did it.

if you can't parse what we said, please just ask us to say or explain it again. don't interject and say "oh you meant this," or go "it's spelled necessary*" or laugh at them for mixing up words or not knowing how to spell something correctly. it's not funny, it's a product of someone else's disability. just ask for clarification instead. we don't care about whether or not every single sentence we say is grammatically correct. sometimes you have to overlook those mistakes and engage with the person on their level.

#schizophrenia #schizoaffective disorder #schizoaffective #schizospectrum #schizo spectrum #schizospec #schizo spec #actually schizoaffective #actually schizophrenic #mental illness #neurodivergent #mental health #neurodivergence #mental health awareness #actually mentally ill #neurodiversity #neuropunk #madpunk #our writing #psychosis #psychotic disorders #psychotic disorder #psychotic

[schizophrenicmushroom]

Being schizophrenic/psychotic and saying you don’t want to take your medication is met with so much hostility. It’s MY body and it’s MY mind. I’m sorry it makes YOU uncomfortable that I don’t want to be on medications that will ruin my body for the rest of my life. (I’m not sorry)

#I’m not going off my meds right now #I just really hate being on them #peachy.txt #actually psychotic #schizo spectrum #actually schizoaffective #schizo tag #schizophrenic spectrum #mad pride #schizoaffective #schizophrenia #antipsych

[zebulontheplanet]

I don’t like the doctor who diagnosed me with ID, autism, and other disorders that I have. He is a white old man who is bigoted. And I hate him for it.

My experience with him was good until I saw him in my teens. By my teens, it had been established that I was hallucinating, and having symptoms of some type of schizospec disorder that they couldn’t figure out.

However, when I saw him, he did a whole neuropsych exam, and after that he came to the conclusion that I was hallucinating as a manipulation tactic to get my mother to stop being so strict with me. He said this with me in the room. Of course I was appalled because, what the actual fuck? I was hallucinating, having delusions, having cognitive problems, having severe paranoia, so my mother could be less strict?

That was the last, and final time I have seen him. And I will refuse to see him again. I did have the chance to see him again for another neuropsych exam recently, but I refused.

Doctors, even really smart and ones that have been good in the past, can be bigots. I will not even go into detail right now about how he treated my black sister, but it wasn’t good either. This is sadly very common in the medical industry, and not the first time a doctor has said something similar to me.

#zebrambles #autism #actually autism #medium support needs #actually autistic #actually schizospec #actually schizoaffective #schizoaffective disorder #schizospec