#hallucinations

[sikeosis]

Being someone with psychosis, it can be difficult to tell others who I’m friends with/know that I actually, really am schizo-spec or experience symptoms.

For some reason when I tell people I experience or have experienced psychosis and that’s a part of my diagnosis, people assume I’m just being “dramatic” with my words or just saying it in the moment. Like, no.. I actually have a mental health condition, I’m not using delusional as an expression of speech, or saying I’ve experienced episodes before as some random thing to just say. When I say it I’m just telling the truth and being serious.

#actuallypsychotic #actually schizospec #actually schizoaffective #actually schizophrenic #psychosis #mental health #actually psychotic #psychotic disorders #actually mentally ill #hallucinations #delusions #actually delusional

[paleparadisenight]

Captions: 'You're seeing things. [...]' and 'What's wrong, comrade major? [Char-les]'.

#atomic heart #dmitry sechenov #sergey nechaev #hallucinations #blender #fake screenshot #fake scenes #trippy #what

[twisted-rat-king]

told someone i'm schizophrenic and they ask "are you sure it's not just your mind playing tricks on you" bro what the fuck do you think schizophrenia is

#schizophrenic #schizophrenia #actually schizophrenic #neurodivergent #neurodiverse #actually neurodivergent #mentally ill #actually mentally ill #hallucination #hallucinations

[schizopositivity]

Hallucinating is normal, many people experience it. You have most likely at least passed someone in the street who was hallucinating once. Or you've worked alongside a coworker who was actively hallucinating and you didn't even notice. Or your loved one hallucinated while you were in the room, but they were afraid to tell you.

Hallucinating is common, it's just not commonly talked about in everyday situations. If you don't experience it, or don't know someone who does and tells you about it, you've probably only heard it in the news or on TV. And they only really represent the worst possible outcome for shock value. But that isn't representative of how most of us who hallucinate experience it.

Most of us are just like everybody else, living our lives, just with the addition of hallucinations. We may need to take pills every day, or need therapy, or need to stay in mental hospitals sometimes, or need to be checked on by loved ones, but so do a lot of other people who don't hallucinate.

Hallucinations are just a symptom. Just like anxiety, or trouble concentrating, or tiredness. A lot of people experience it and have to learn to cope overtime. The only difference is we don't generally talk about it to people in casual settings. And it's because of the stigma. If you don't hallucinate, or know someone who does, you probably don't see hallucinations as a normal part of life, a symptom, just a thing plenty of people experience. But it is, it's not special, it isn't more dangerous, it doesn't have to be a huge deal.

Obviously hallucinations can be life changing and horrific, but so can other mental health symptoms. Hallucinations can also be neutral, or just annoying or even a positive experience. It's just a symptom, it doesn't automatically mean someone is in the worst mental state possible if they are hallucinating. It doesn't automatically mean someone is dangerous or unpredictable. It just means a person is experiencing senses that the people around them are not.

You have to learn to accept that it's just a symptom, and that people around you experience it, and they deserve to complain or talk about it just like anyone else gets to with other things in their lives. All you have to do is listen, and try to be understanding. Hallucinating is normal, you just need to stop treating it like it's abnormal.

#everyone needs to start treating people who hallucinate better #especially if you are neurodivergent but dont hallucinate #hallucinations #positivity #schizophrenia #mental illness #nd #neurodivergent #schizophrenic #psychosis #actuallyschizophrenic #mental health awareness #pseriouslypsychotic #auditory hallucinations #visual hallucinations #tacticle hallucinations #schizophrenia positivity #psychosis positivity #hallucinating #mental health reminders #mental health matters

[221bluescarf]

if you *really* want to try and understand psychosis, I always offer the experience of dreaming.

Almost everyone on the planet dreams, and I find it to be a perfect comparison for psychosis... Anything can happen in a dream and you don't question it. This is your reality. If you're suddenly an astronaut, you don't typically question it. If there's suddenly a dragon, you don't typically question it. A monster can crawl out of the bushes or a stranger can appear in your house. Anyone can be someone they're not. Danger can come from anywhere. A pleasant dream can easily become a nightmare.

The only difference is that you wake up in the morning and it's over. And most people don't judge you for it. When you "wake up" from psychosis, there's often shame and people judge you.

#schizospec #schizophrenia #schizoaffective #psychosis #dreams #hallucinations #delusions #221bluescarf.txt

[mischefous]

Saw you wanted whump-y LU requests, and I wanted to suggest maybe a piece of either Wild or Twilight being sick, and hallucinating that the other isn’t there, when they actually are? Or something along those lines?

Hope you have a wonderful day!

I really enjoyed drawing the expressions on this one! poor Wild is super sick and delirious to the point where he is hallucinating that everyone is gone 😭

Thank you for your lovely request @four-eyed-nerd! I hope you have a wonderful day too💙

HSAJFJSHKW- LOVE IT WHEN I DRAW HANDS AND THEY LOOK LIKE PROPER HANDS

#linked universe #linkeduniverse #lu #my art #lu fanart #lu whump #lu wild #lu twilight #cw whump #whump art #sick #delirious #hallucinations #sick whump #hero of the wild #hero of twilight #art requests #proportions are slightly off... #hurt/comfort #digital art #sick whumpee #i love this duo

[leonardospoetry]

My consciousness strays, but it doesn’t matter, I find the greatest serenity in hallucination.

Clarice Lispector

#clarice lispector #quote #writer #words #thoughts #literature #hallucinations

[incognitopolls]

To be clear, this is asking about paragraphs of spoken conversation, not just having a song or phrase stuck in your head.

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#polls #incognito polls #anonymous #tumblr polls #tumblr users #questions #sleep #falling asleep #audio #senses #hallucinations #polls about brains #polls about sleep

[vampchosis]

talking to other psychotic ppl is genuinely a breath of fresh air,,

i talked to someone for a bit about my creature hallucinations, and they told me they experience similar ones,, they said they leave out little treats for them, and i talked abt how sometimes i let them pick things out when im shopping,, it was so nice to be treated with respect even while talking abt smth that would get me judged anywhere else

#carmi rambles #actually psychotic #psychosis #schizospec #schizophrenia #hallucinations #bipolar disorder #actually mentally ill

[cistematicchaos]

Telling me that being upset by my intrusive thoughts is proof I'm a good person did jackshit to help me, ngl. In fact, all it did was make me feel like I HAD to go down a spiral of horror and self-hatred any time I had those thoughts in order to prove those thoughts didn't make me a monster. I still feel like that.

But the most helpful advice I got about them was genuinely just to treat them gently. Laugh. Roll my eyes. Go "not my brain acting up again 🙄" or "Bro, I do no want to do that, shut up 😩".

Like...Telling people their suffering is proof they're good people isn't really helpful, in the long run. Or at all, for plenty of us. We need to be working WITH our brains, instead of constantly fighting against them. I have this tiny section in my journal, where when I was feeling okay, I wrote myself a note on intrusive thoughts and hallucinations and there's a line I keep in mind:

"Having thoughts-it's like an ocean; shit washes up sometimes. And then, if you let it, it gets washed away."

You have to let it wash away. You can't pick up every piece of crap that washes up and study it, keep it in your little backroom, trying to determine why it's here and what its purpose is. Babe, you're not a marine biologist. Sometimes bullshit is just bullshit and you've gotta train yourself to recognize that. You don't have to be disgusted every time you run across it. You can just keep moving.

#Intrusive thoughts #hallucinations #disability #actually mentally ill #Chaos is speaking #mad pride

[ayyliencat]

Hey there, just needed to say something quick. ALL of this misrepresentation about schizophrenia everywhere is ableism. People that say “schizophrenia is spiritual”, “schizophrenia is satanic”, “schizophrenia is demonic”, “schizophrenia means that you have demonic entities attached to you”, “schizophrenia means that you are in spiritual warfare with demons”, “schizophrenia just means that you are going through a spiritual awakening” is just so frustrating for people who ACTUALLY have this mental Illness or suffer from psychosis. It all comes from people who don’t even HAVE this illness or experience these things. It is dangerous to tell people who have or don’t have schizophrenia/ schizoaffective disorder, people who are on the schizo spectrum or people who experience psychosis that what they are experiencing is real and is caused from external forces or that they are just in a “spiritual awakening”. Stop spreading your misinformation on this mental illness and do some research, your ableism is showing. This goes to all of you new age spiritualists that say “people with schizophrenia just experience the world differently than us” No, we are suffering from psychosis/hallucinations or delusions. It is a mental illness, not what your idea of what schizophrenia may seem like to you. I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, I’m not haunted or “woke” I’m mentally disabled, It is a mental illness PERIOD.

#mental illness #mental health #schizoaffective #voices #sensory hallucinations #audio hallucinations #auditory hallucinations #hallucinating #hallucinations #schizophrenia #schizo spectrum #schizospec #mental awareness #ableism #psychosis #delusional #stop the stigma #spreading awareness

[robyn-goodfellowe]

ANYONE who has experienced hallucinations for any reasons can reblog this. i dont care if youre psychotic or if youve just taken hella drugs im just curious.reblog this if you can. thanks :)

be normal on my post or ill put you in the labyrinth btw

#i dont know what to tag this so im not tagging this as anything but if this could be reblogged i would appreciate it :) #for me its olfactory i cant stand it. its the one i have the most and its not as stressful as SOME OTHER STUFF but its so . IHATE IT #also DO NOT FEEL OBLIGATED to share what causes yours. im not sharing mine you guys can figure out the lore its e z #polls #delete later #hallucinations

[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

[schizopositivity]

If people in general can understand that someone watching a horror movie might jump in their chair, have their heart rate go up, and feel nervous, even though there is no actual threat in the room, then why can't they understand the same is true for people experiencing psychosis?

They are similar, you are seeing something that isn't actually real, you may believe it's real or not, but either way you will react as if it were real because your brain can't help it. The difference is the person in psychosis isn't seeing it through the safety of a screen, isn't prepared for it and can't immediately turn it off if they want to.

So why is it so hard for people to understand why people in psychosis will react like they are actually experiencing something? Anyone would jump back if an elephant suddenly appeared in front of them. Or be very nervous if they hear their name called when they are home alone. So why are people in psychosis expected to not react, or stop reacting when someone tells them it isn't real?

It really shows a lack of sympathy from people who haven't experienced psychosis, for them to expect us to not have reactions. We are expected to somehow suppress our brains natural reactions, simply for other people's comfort. This applies even more to people of color and homeless people. We are expected to fit the status quo, even when our brains are experiencing something as real.

I say all this to say, try to consider the experience of people with psychosis if you haven't. Don't gawk at people reacting to something you don't see. Try not to fear the homeless person talking to someone that isn't actually there. Don't make fun of, or judge people for reacting to something they are experiencing, just because you don't experience it.

#schizophrenia #mental illness #nd #neurodivergent #schizophrenic #psychosis #actuallyschizophrenic #mental health awareness #pseriouslypsychotic #hallucinations #delusions #schizophrenia awarness #psychosis awarness

[the-edgy-fuckerz]

"Mental health matters" until its a minor struggling with substance abuse

"Mental health matters" until someone doesn't want/refuses help

"mental health matters" until someone struggles with an addiction

"Mental health matters" until someone is unable to do 'basic' hygiene

"Mental health matters" until someone is deemed violent and scary

"Mental health matters" until someone doesn't 'look like' their struggling

"Mental health matters" until someone has bulimia or bed

"Mental health matters" until someone wants to get worse

"Mental health matters" until someone is a dropout or unemployed

"Mental health matters" until someone has disturbing intrusive thoughts

"mental health matters" until someone is delusional

"Mental health matters" until someone struggles with hallucinations and hearing voices

"mental health matters" until someone is extremely scared of other people

"Mental health matters" until someone has violent outbursts

"Mental health matters" until someone has trouble masking/ can't mask their illness

"Mental health matters" until it doesn't fit your romanticized view abt it

(feel free to add onto this)

#mental health #mental illness #actually mentally ill #tw bulimia #depression holder #actually cptsd #living with cptsd #actually hallucinating #hallucinations #addiction #neurodivergent #audhd #complex ptsd #abuse survivor #childhood trauma #hearing voices #mental health matters #trauma survivor #traumagenic did #idk how to tag this