I’ve never seen somebody describe being insane and disconnected from reality , so eloquently and calmly , wow , made me sad , such a beautiful girl inside and out
My best friend suddenly became a paranoid schizophrenic at age 18 in the mid 1980's. He was 18, and I was 19 when this happened. Neither of us really understood his disease and the consequences at that age. One day shortly after his initial diagnosis, he said to me, "10 years from now, this will all go away." Little did we both know that he would only get worse with time. He became homeless as an adult and eventually passed away at age 47 from an infection called mrsa on Halloween night in 2015.
Sorry bro, I lost my brother a month ago , he suffered from schizophrenia from the age of 14 , he was 50, he had diabetes and was very unhealthy for most of his life, people don’t realise how extremely hard and traumatising it is to live with it , I would not wish this terrible disease on my worst enemy.
@michealedwards7849 I'm very sorry to hear that. They suffer tremendously with this disease. It's devastating to them as well as everyone around them. The only consolation I have from my best friend being gone is that he is no longer suffering.
Once again, I'm convinced this is a deficiency issue. Because it always "appears" out of no where. It can't hurt to try finding out of that is a factor, if you can convince a health care provider to do the tests.
I’m so sorry to hear this, I lost my best friend of 35 years three years ago and it’s been so difficult. He suffered from both physical and mental issues until he couldn’t do it anymore. I miss him every day. May your friend rest in peace
Spending time alone in that library would have been lonely but also the mind left alone creates more delusions. Your awrsome for talking about it. Sydney Australia 🦘🌏❤
Growing up and in college, I spent many hours studying and reading alone in libraries. I think I can say objectively that I am not worse off for it. Since the advent of the internet, facebook, instagram, etc., many people think that their entire lives should be spent socializing. To never be alone physically or in thought. Makes me a little sad.
The mind left alone heals itself, the more you stir it and start to believe your thoughts/talk to yourself and be in your head all day the worse it gets. Speaking from experience.
What a compelling story. To hear all of this from someone who's clearly very bright & seems more composed than I probably am half the time, it really makes an impression. I'm so glad she got a handle on what was happening, and got the help she needed. She has a lot to offer society when the illness isn't ruling her life.
Oh Bethany thank you for sharing your story in such an honest manner. My now ex-girlfriend is going through a relapse due to her not taking medication for three days in a row and then entering psychosis and me becoming the evil person in her life. I now have to play the waiting game until she is yet again hospitalised,hopefully sooner rather than later. When she is stable and comprehends I am not the threat to her that her paranoid thoughts are telling her I hopefully will be able to watch all of your videos with her. Thank you again for being so brutally honest with your life experiences and sincerely hope that life treats you well.
Thank you for writing. I am so glad to hear my story was helpful. Please feel free to write me a Bethany.yeiser at curesz.org if you have any questions or if I can help. I wish you the best!
@@dr.swatishindeshinde2116 as decent of an idea as this sounds, in practice, this is a horrid thing to do to someone. not only because of giving someone a substance unknowingly being generally a shitty thing to do, but if she is the paranoid type, which it seems that she is, drugging her would be solid proof in her mind that they are not trustworthy, and she would not be entirely incorrect for that. i really hope that you are never around someone with who this is an option, for their sake.
Bethany is a VERY high functioning schizophrenic. Being raised in a loving family background can make a world of difference in how well schizophrenics do. I have 3 siblings with the disease. It is an inherited brain disease. Our family took part in a research study by the University of Pennsylvania. We had genetic testing and brain scans. Those of us with the disease showed brain damage on their MRI. The researchers also identified a genetic defect in all my schizophrenic siblings. I have an uncle, great aunt and great grandmother with the disease also. My mentally ill siblings cannot work or drive. They have been on medication for decades. My father was very abusive, and studies show that a traumatic childhood can cause more severe schizophrenia.
A soccer mate had depression I asked his mum what happened in his life to cause it, her response opened my eyes to mental illness she said nothing happened he woke up with it one day like getting the flu
Again, please test for deficiencies in vitamins or minerals! I had abdominal surgery and the day after, started hearing the TV on all the time, but it wasn't on in the hospital room. Then the duty nurse accused me of not swallowing that horrible potassium stuff they gave me. I did, it was awful! They didn't tell me I would have trouble absorbing minerals after the surgery! I went home with all the symptoms of schizophrenia. A friend who knew me and had been through the same thing with her hysterectomy told me to get chelated potassium. It took a week to get back to normal and a year until my inside were absorbing enough potassium from my diet. If you know someone this "suddenly" happens to, get them checked for deficiencies, you may save their lives.
I had a friend decades ago who did something to his mind after he smoked dope. He was hallucinating, hearing voices, he started to slip away from his friends and his family. He ended up homeless and in and out of jail. I have tried to find him and it's like he disappeared off the face of the earth. It was so traumatic to watch him go from a good looking, friendly, funny person to being locked in the hell that was his mind. 😢
"I didn't know that I needed help. I couldn't see it. I had no insight." Thank you, Bethany. The issue as a feature of mental illness is, I believe, a problem of consciousness. Consciousness is the foundation upon which a person's character is constructed. We have a notion of the eternal child in us, that is consciousness. We are the same person at 2 years old that we are at 52 but vastly different in many ways except the natural continuity of consciousness. I asked myself if the conditions of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer's disease, and so on impact a person's consciousness? I conclude that, no, while addictive, cognitive or affective disorders may interfere with normal processes, cloud and confuse the senses the continuity of consciousness is intact. So then we have the basis for the phenomenon of (for neurotics-denial, a defense mechanism) but in powerful disruptions, such as psychosis we have "anosognosia", "lack of insight", the mentally ill individual does not think they have a mental illness despite the complaints of those close to us, despite the evidence and long painful experience. It is as the illness happens to the person in a process that is mental illness. In recovery, the natural continuity of consciousness remains. With treatment, psychotherapy and medication, the symptoms of mental illness resolve, health is restored. It was like a bolt from the blue when I realized that was what happens to the resilient in the worst situations, religions teach it. it is fundamental-obscured by a million distractions through the minutiae of experience: My illness and my circumstances are not who I am. Our illnesses, challenges, our circumstances are not who we are. That perspective explains quite a lot.
Your post is profoundly insightful. I have to re-read it twice to fully grasp your perspective. You clearly are well versed in this disease and your knowledge offers a great deal of hope and comfort.
I know this is six years ago but it just popped into my feed and I'm so glad it did. This woman is so beautiful, inside and out. So well spoken and insightful to be able to fight her way out and talk so eloquently about such a difficult experience. I worked for a period in a university counseling office and met so many like her. So many bright, intelligent young people with great futures who descended into the deep dark hole of mental illness. The illness happens practically overnight and is so shocking to witness. How wonderful that her family wouldn't give up on her. My experience was that this was the norm and, thank God, the usual reaction of every parent who has had to deal with this catastrophe. My prayers are for everyone reading this who is and has walked this harrowing path. I wish you peace and wellness, a good life and the love of people even when they don't understand. Bless you and your loved ones. 🙏🙏🙏
Please pray for my son at the sounds just like him and that he is homeless and hasn't called me in months and that's not like him at all he's an alcoholic. But he tried to quit a couple years ago and had a psychotic break went into delirium tremens and never quite came out of it immediately. His name is Aric... please pray.. i pray daily
@shesmashgrr thank you I will keep you in my prayers as well I'm praying for a miracle of healing for his whatever is going on in his brain that has clicked and changed for the worse so that he can maybe think clearly and try to get some help
So sad. I can't imagine the agony you go through on a daily basis. Daily because I know what it is to feel deeply for a child (even when he or she becomes an adult). Take care of yourself though because when, and I'll say when, Aric finds his way back to you, he will need you strong and healthy. And the rest of your family needs you that way too. 💙
I didn't get schizophrenia, but I was just starting college when Harm OCD came into my life. And I was scared and helpless and it just totally sidetracked me. Still does. It's amazing how around the age of 19, at the dawn of our adult lives, these things happen.
Same! I'm 50 years old, high functioning with a family and good job. I've never been on meds or diagnosed. I was, however, an anxious child (ADHD), no question. When I was around 14, OCD kicked in out of nowhere and changed my life forever and has since morphed into different varieties over the years...from harm, to health, to you name it. It's AWEFUL and dominates every waking moment. Over the last decade, it has progressed into terrible social anxiety and depression. Nonetheless, I keep fighting this battle all alone...hoping and praying to one day experience mental clarity and freedom 🙏 Fight the good fight! Don't ever give up!
@@highlonesome7482The very best of luck to you my friend. My girlfriend of thirty five years has OCD so I know how much of a burden and source of anxiety it can be.
@johnferry7778 It's good that you know what you're dealing with, which allows you to research and have an idea of how to respond. My foolish pride has kept everything inside. I've never told a soul what I've been going through for most of my life. Everything I have learned (all self diagnosed) has been through countless hours of research (much of it obsessive 😏). I wish you both the absolute best of luck! A balanced diet and regular exercise has been my go-to.
Thank you for telling us your story. I live in the Midwest not far from Ohio. I can't afford to take a trip to Florida and was wondering where did you get the monies to travel across the world a few times?
I'm curious as to neurological assessments and results. Observe her hands. She is a lovely woman. It's painful that she has had ti endure this and my heart aches for her parents and any friends and loved ones.
I started going into schizo a while back. I told my mind you dont for sure know anything and that you just want love. Next day, everything was glowing like i was on shrooms but i was just listening to nature and the present moment. I told my mind be humble, quiet, and watch.. Everything was still very high salience, interconnected, and significant in magical ways, but i was present. I think schizo is close to enlightenment.. or maybe sometimes i dont know anything 😅
Some of the most infamous writers live a recluse life and choose to do so as it assists them to have minimal ‘white noise’. They aren’t lonely because they ‘choose’ to be alone. That also doesn’t label them with a mental health issue of which this video portrays.
as someone who's had a psychotic break this is a brave woman. PB are a very difficult thing to even think about (after the fact), let alone actually voicing it to others.
How to keep in touch with your children who are addicted or running away from you. Get them a cell phone and put it on your plan. You can check the phone record to see where they are and if at any moment that they want to talk to you because they become desperate all they have to do is press the call button. I have been doing this for years and it works. They just think they are getting a free phone.
That can be invasive, especially if you don’t tell the child you’re tracking them. If they find out you have the ulterior motive… they’ll want to distance themselves even further.
That might work for someone with mental illness and it's definitely worth a try, but people with delusional thinking tend to be very concerned about devices that track their movements (and their thoughts, incidentally) even when there aren't any. It would probably be better to admit that you can track them with it and just promise that you won't? I learned early on that people who are paranoid always think everyone is lying to them, so you have to just tell them the whole truth up front. It tends to alienate them initially, but when things get really bad they are most likely to go to the person who admits to stuff.
I’ve personally known one schizophrenic. He was my friend’s son who was diagnosed at age 20. He was a semester short of graduating with honors with a degree in English Literature from UCLA when he committed suicide. My friend and his wife tried everything in their power to help their son. So very tragic.
I worked with a woman that developed schizophrenia. She was in her 40s. She was always very sharp and diligent but slowly she wasn’t able to do her job. The company let her go. It was pretty sad.
I know of a similar situation. Lady is living in her car in and around the community. Sometimes folks from the office will see her and offer her food and money. She was an engineer with a six figure income.
My older sister (by 5 years) became suddenly and violently paranoid schizophrenic right after high school - much like Bethany here, my sister had been VERY high-performing in school as well as other activities - sports and piano, etc. She was literally the all American girl, until…she wasn’t. We thought at the time a boyfriend breakup might have been the catalyst for her psychoses, but that’s only conjecture. She’s now 68, married, and had been really battling her demons her entire life. She does ok, but it’s never ‘solved’ or cured, certainly. Mental illness isn’t something you’d wish on your worst enemies….
Having retired from a career in mental health you were at the age when most first episodes occur and your story all too familiar mahalo for speaking out
Thank you for your comment. So you implied that schizophrenia presents it self in episodes. Is the person “normal” in between episodes? Any idea what triggers “episodes”?
@@elizabethsolomon2864Some are, some aren't. Sometimes this changes over a person's lifetime. Nobody knows why these differences exist and nobody really knows what triggers episodes, though it seems pretty clear that avoiding unnecessary stress, avoiding substances, and getting enough sleep every night tend to be at least somewhat protective. But I'm interested in what paulbacon517 has to say as well.
Pretty sure my ex girlfriend had it. No focus. Hallucinations she thought we're real. Kept talking about becoming a senator. Final straw was she claimed I attacked her and threatened me with a gun. She's 21 but I see no future for her
Me too. My former girlfriend - like this lady - took to living / hiding in libraries. Her compulsive writing had to be seen to be believed. And she had zero affect (dead eyes). We live in different countries now, but I hope someone else is caring for her better than I knew how to do.
My research has concluded mental illness, hallucinations etc is all demonic possession. Demonic come in shapes and forms, are also present as aliens, UFOs, these are the dark angels who serve Satan. Many who have sought Deliverance have been cured instantly from what medical profession would claim to be a lifelong disease. Demon entry often through drugs, ouija boards, psychics....
Shizophrenia can be treatened, there are medicins. Maybe the "patient" does not want to cooperate but eventualy he/she will have to choose between isolation in delusion or limited acceptance of reality...
This lightly touches on the reality of the illness. I watched someone overtaken by this condition. His mother had it. His life went from normal to bizarre in a few years. Not a medical person, but the paranoia also reigns supreme with such illnesses. They close off from the world. I lost touch with the person but did learn he moved home at age 47, so maybe his mom was able to help him.
This is story that has hope. I had the opportunity to work with patients for a few months. Schizophrenia is a tragic condition that claims so many lives.
That had to take a lot of courage to discuss her schizophrenia. I was diagnosed with clinical depression back in the late ‘90s. I was basically handling two jobs at work with the reward of a bonus at year end. I didn’t realize what I was doing to myself working all kinds of hours even on the weekends. It was a life lesson that wasn’t lost on me. I openly discuss this with others. It shouldn’t have to be hidden but it’s getting better. Not the taboo subject it used to be.
I hear you, I had it too in the mid to late nineties, along with schizophrenia. I was never diagnosed but I also had several nervous breakdowns. I remember feeling very abandoned by people, it’s just a tremendous feeling of not being good enough.
@Musicdudeyoutub of course they are self medicating. Who wouldn't if they lived on the streets, hearing voices, and seeing hallucinations. It is unfortunate, as proper medical treatment, and maybe more programs to help homeless people get jobs even with a work gap, would probably dramatically reduce the amount of people that can overcome mental health issues and come back into society.
I was 39 when it finally bubbled over into destroying my life and then was diagnosed. Sucks it came to that. I crashed my semi. Thought i was being chased. It was terrifying and dangerous to others.
Cases like this will never not fascinate me because there truly so much we have yet to understand about our consciousness itself. Happy she has such a strong support system! 💪
Dude, talk to your doc. There's other medications. Yeah, it sucks finding the right combo to get it right, and between med switches you feel like..I don't even know. Bad. Worth it if you get it sorted out. Good luck.
I've been on anti psyc meds for 12 years and I feel exactly like yourself and I'm coming off the Meds in the new year and I hope I feel better as the meds have reduced me to a walking shell of what I used to be, you need to get some advice from your doctor.
Even if the treatment only lengthens the period of sanity/normalcy/cogency, it is a gift. How many people are homeless and on the streets because of this illness. I was beginning to think the only ones to make it back were miracles, and the rest only got worse, with medication only providing mild relief only if taken daily.
Wait a minute. It’s just tough to come back from an experience abroad and settle down to focus. Especially if it’s your first time. Where I work they sent us out all over the globe for assignments from 1 to 5 weeks. Then we’d be back in the office for an undetermined period of time; sometimes a couple months. I always found it exceedingly difficult to focus on anything after having completed a successful trip. It’s no wonder she faced difficulty. I’m not trying to say she wasn’t sick, just that her experience with lack of focus seems pretty normal to me.
Thank you for sharing your story. For all you have gone through, to still have that enthusiasm and positive attitude. Maybe detach for that aspect that you went through, don't refer to that sick side you went through as "I". Call it "was". Best wishes Beth.
My father didn’t approve of my boyfriend at 20yrs and had me committed to a mental institution with Paranoid schizophrenia. 50 years later - married, family and career. No paranoid schizophrenia medication and boyfriend lost in time..
Which part of Nairobi? More specific please? I am from Nairobi and of course I came to watch this video because I have schizoaffective disorder and I understand the struggle too. Thanks for the video by the way. Interesting story!
Lakisama and Ongata Rongai. I would love to hear more about your story and your background. Could you please contact me via my website at www.bethanyyeiser.com?
~~ In the Russell Crowe film “A Beautiful Mind” - the victim John Nash is portrayed to experience visual and auditory hallucinations - both seeing and hearing people and things that are not really there - but in reality Nash only experienced auditory hallucinations - mostly in the form of hearing voices that were not really there - which could be a single voice talking to the victim - or multiple voices talking to “each other”. Visual hallucinations are extremely rare - but symptoms can vary a lot - so for some it’s possible they could touch, or even smell or taste something that doesn't exist.
I also have had thoughts that I'm going to have to get on an airplane and go find my son he's homeless in Nashville and having hearing voices using alcohol and completely non-functional at this point
I appreciate your candid talks about your condition. Hearing how this changed your life profoundly at the time. Makes me wonder if some of the people in the Bible also had the same changes.
True i mean look at our God like he is a major Schizophrenic in the sense of dark nature demanding blood sacrifice, mass killing so demon like and i am convinced Jew God need meds.
John, who wrote the Book of Revelation, the last book in the Bible, was delusional much of the time. He probably had a serious mental illness, perhaps schizophrenia. Joan of Arc most likely had schizophrenia, but it was not diagnosed. Medical doctors still don't know what causes it, or how to cure it, but at least now there are medications to attempt to stabilize people.
My younger brother was in a terrible car accident with a head injury, brain swelling, broken leg, ruptured spleen, collapsed lung etc…his girlfriend died on impact. Soon into his recovery he was diagnosed with Schizophrenia and his personality changed. That was 1982 and he’s still messed up! Compared to this case it’s hard to believe it just happened like out of the blue?? IDK 🤷🏻♀️
Such an interesting comment. As a mental health professional who has had many clients with schizophrenia, I read your comment thinking, what?!? This person seriously thinks her brother's schizophrenia was caused by a car accident? Schizophrenia comes out of the blue! But really I know that neither is true. Stress plays a role, but some people have such a strong tendency toward having the disorder that the everyday stress of a normal happy life is enough to set it off. Probably his head injury played a role, but it's basically impossible to know how much. But her story is more common than people realize. When my daughters went to college I was afraid of this for their whole first year. I knew it was unlikely because there is no family history and I also knew that statistically it was more likely that the problems would arise from substances, but I still worried. I do wish all the best for your brother and for you. It's a terrible disease even when treatment helps.
There is probably a genetic tendency to schizophrenia which is then is activated by an experience - stress - toxins - infections - deficiencies ( vitamins - minerals - proteins , etc ) . The human experience in physical reality can be brutal to the point of denial yet we must accept that it is as it is .
I don't want to downplay schizophrenia, but...I don't think it's insane to be severely affected by seeing crushing poverty and to acquire a sense of desperate responsibility to make things better...that doesn't sound like a mental illness to me. If anything the mentally ill ones are the people who insist that you must continue to live a life of peace and comfort while hundreds of millions of other people suffer...
Schizophrenia is life-long, at best mitigated and managed by medication but at worst, only some of the symptoms treated. I am not diagnosing (clinician here) but highly doubt she met criteria or should have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Many other psychotic disorders or mood orders with psychosis have overlapping symptoms and people are misdiagnosed accordingly.
Bethany Yeiser is a mental health advocate, author, and president of the CURESZ Foundation, which she co-founded in 2016 to promote recovery from schizophrenia. Once a promising molecular biology student and violinist, Bethany developed schizophrenia in her early 20s, leading to homelessness for four years. Diagnosed in 2007, she achieved full recovery in 2008 using clozapine. She completed her degree with honors in 2011 and authored Mind Estranged (2014), detailing her journey. Bethany now works to reduce stigma around schizophrenia and advocates for improved treatment and understanding of mental illness.
Schizophrenia is a mental illness that often shows up in people n their late teens and early 20s. There’s nothing to suggest that it’s caused by an unhappy childhood or bad parenting, and sometimes it is genetic. Therapy isn’t the treatment, medication is. Unfortunately, the meds have a lot of side effects, so when the person feels better, they stop taking them, and then, the symptoms return.
Her childhood was all positive. Supportive parents, safety, activities. I did not hear anything "unfortunate" to cause her schizophrenia. Maybe I missed something.
Schizophrenia is purely biological and very inheritable. Psychologists in the old days blamed the parents which is like blaming possession by the devil for a person's seizures (which used to be a theory...😮). Schizophrenia and bipolar are both predetermined. The person's upbringing has absolutely nothing to do with it unfortunately. It is biological. Medication is the only treatment that is effective.
I cannot help wondering whether any shots she may have been required to receive in order to travel to China may have initiated or exacerbated her schizophrenia.
Your brain is a strange organ. My wife was hospitalized twice with her mental illness. It came out of the blue in her 50's. She suffered significantly for almost three years with depression, anxiety and terrible thoughts that included suicidal ideation. We made it through the bad period and she's doing better now but, there's that lingering feeling. That feeling her mind may betray her again!
At that age it could be due to menopause. Estrogen levels drop dramatically and, since there are estrogen receptors throughout the whole body, can cause a number of symptoms including depression and anxiety. Taking bio/body identical hormones, estrogen, progesterone and perhaps testosterone, can help. There are several well educated doctors who specialize in menopause treatment on UA-cam that are recommended: Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Heather Hirsch, Dr. Kelly Casperson, Dr. Louise Newson, Dr. Lisa Mosconi.
@Katepwe She showed no physical abnormalities. No diseases or illness. In hindsight, I could see small things with her I thought were strange but, nothing that caused me concern until her breakdown that came out of the blue. Her Psychiatrist posited a viral brain condition due to Covid but, she never contracted it. I still believe menopause and its associated hormonal changes wreaked havoc on her mind and when it peaked, her levels returned to normal and so did she. I don't think it's researched enough!
So sad when someone changes this way. I saw it a few times when I was in university and have known people who descended into schizophrenia. Family support is really important, as this young lady says. Unfortunately the only cure is medicine that has side effects.
I’ve never seen somebody describe being insane and disconnected from reality , so eloquently and calmly , wow , made me sad , such a beautiful girl inside and out
pills prolly, sad anyways whe seems very nice
My best friend suddenly became a paranoid schizophrenic at age 18 in the mid 1980's. He was 18, and I was 19 when this happened. Neither of us really understood his disease and the consequences at that age. One day shortly after his initial diagnosis, he said to me, "10 years from now, this will all go away." Little did we both know that he would only get worse with time. He became homeless as an adult and eventually passed away at age 47 from an infection called mrsa on Halloween night in 2015.
Sorry to hear this. It must have been heartbreaking. Reminds me of Syd Barret.
Sorry bro, I lost my brother a month ago , he suffered from schizophrenia from the age of 14 , he was 50, he had diabetes and was very unhealthy for most of his life, people don’t realise how extremely hard and traumatising it is to live with it , I would not wish this terrible disease on my worst enemy.
@michealedwards7849 I'm very sorry to hear that. They suffer tremendously with this disease. It's devastating to them as well as everyone around them. The only consolation I have from my best friend being gone is that he is no longer suffering.
Once again, I'm convinced this is a deficiency issue. Because it always "appears" out of no where. It can't hurt to try finding out of that is a factor, if you can convince a health care provider to do the tests.
I’m so sorry to hear this, I lost my best friend of 35 years three years ago and it’s been so difficult. He suffered from both physical and mental issues until he couldn’t do it anymore. I miss him every day. May your friend rest in peace
Articulate, intelligent, honest woman. Thank you, Bethany.
Spending time alone in that library would have been lonely but also the mind left alone creates more delusions. Your awrsome for talking about it. Sydney Australia 🦘🌏❤
maybe your mind left alone creates delusions ..
Growing up and in college, I spent many hours studying and reading alone in libraries. I think I can say objectively that I am not worse off for it.
Since the advent of the internet, facebook, instagram, etc., many people think that their entire lives should be spent socializing. To never be alone physically or in thought. Makes me a little sad.
That’s nonsense
The mind left alone heals itself, the more you stir it and start to believe your thoughts/talk to yourself and be in your head all day the worse it gets. Speaking from experience.
I’m an introvert who enjoys my own company. Spending time alone in a library, or any other quiet area, is my happy place.
Takes a tremendous amount of courage to share your story, Bethany. Best wishes for you in the future.
What a compelling story. To hear all of this from someone who's clearly very bright & seems more composed than I probably am half the time, it really makes an impression. I'm so glad she got a handle on what was happening, and got the help she needed. She has a lot to offer society when the illness isn't ruling her life.
Oh Bethany thank you for sharing your story in such an honest manner. My now ex-girlfriend is going through a relapse due to her not taking medication for three days in a row and then entering psychosis and me becoming the evil person in her life. I now have to play the waiting game until she is yet again hospitalised,hopefully sooner rather than later. When she is stable and comprehends I am not the threat to her that her paranoid thoughts are telling her I hopefully will be able to watch all of your videos with her. Thank you again for being so brutally honest with your life experiences and sincerely hope that life treats you well.
Thank you for writing. I am so glad to hear my story was helpful. Please feel free to write me a Bethany.yeiser at curesz.org if you have any questions or if I can help. I wish you the best!
Give her the medicine by mixing in food
@@dr.swatishindeshinde2116or through smells
@@dr.swatishindeshinde2116 It's not that simple and you have much to learn.
@@dr.swatishindeshinde2116 as decent of an idea as this sounds, in practice, this is a horrid thing to do to someone. not only because of giving someone a substance unknowingly being generally a shitty thing to do, but if she is the paranoid type, which it seems that she is, drugging her would be solid proof in her mind that they are not trustworthy, and she would not be entirely incorrect for that. i really hope that you are never around someone with who this is an option, for their sake.
I was 45 when I found myself in the hospital again and was finally diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia , it's a horrible disease
Do you feel like you have a deeper connection to say, a spiritual realm? Or a different dimension?
@@doncahooti😂😂😂😂😂
@@explaincauseidontgetit3294…..I’d say a deeper connection to a ‘delusional dimension’……..but what do I know, I’m normal……..😂😂😂
@@doncahooti I 100% voted for President Trump, third time is a charm!!! 🥳
@@explaincauseidontgetit3294 - you deserve a room next to Domboozoo . And probably massive and frequent ECT .
Thank you for having the courage to record and post this valuable insightful educational video. Sincerely.
Bethany is a VERY high functioning schizophrenic. Being raised in a loving family background can make a world of difference in how well schizophrenics do. I have 3 siblings with the disease. It is an inherited brain disease. Our family took part in a research study by the University of Pennsylvania. We had genetic testing and brain scans. Those of us with the disease showed brain damage on their MRI. The researchers also identified a genetic defect in all my schizophrenic siblings. I have an uncle, great aunt and great grandmother with the disease also. My mentally ill siblings cannot work or drive. They have been on medication for decades. My father was very abusive, and studies show that a traumatic childhood can cause more severe schizophrenia.
Thankyou for sharing Bethany this is very helpful for so many.
A soccer mate had depression I asked his mum what happened in his life to cause it, her response opened my eyes to mental illness she said nothing happened he woke up with it one day like getting the flu
Yes, it doesn’t need a reason
I certainly respect this. However, multi major life stressors and changes, triggered the onset for me, at middle age.
@@MikeSheasheaDtree Yeah sure man, I wouldn't say it could not be triggered either, cheers bro
Again, please test for deficiencies in vitamins or minerals! I had abdominal surgery and the day after, started hearing the TV on all the time, but it wasn't on in the hospital room. Then the duty nurse accused me of not swallowing that horrible potassium stuff they gave me. I did, it was awful! They didn't tell me I would have trouble absorbing minerals after the surgery! I went home with all the symptoms of schizophrenia. A friend who knew me and had been through the same thing with her hysterectomy told me to get chelated potassium. It took a week to get back to normal and a year until my inside were absorbing enough potassium from my diet. If you know someone this "suddenly" happens to, get them checked for deficiencies, you may save their lives.
I had a friend decades ago who did something to his mind after he smoked dope. He was hallucinating, hearing voices, he started to slip away from his friends and his family. He ended up homeless and in and out of jail. I have tried to find him and it's like he disappeared off the face of the earth. It was so traumatic to watch him go from a good looking, friendly, funny person to being locked in the hell that was his mind. 😢
"I didn't know that I needed help. I couldn't see it. I had no insight." Thank you, Bethany. The issue as a feature of mental illness is, I believe, a problem of consciousness. Consciousness is the foundation upon which a person's character is constructed. We have a notion of the eternal child in us, that is consciousness. We are the same person at 2 years old that we are at 52 but vastly different in many ways except the natural continuity of consciousness. I asked myself if the conditions of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer's disease, and so on impact a person's consciousness? I conclude that, no, while addictive, cognitive or affective disorders may interfere with normal processes, cloud and confuse the senses the continuity of consciousness is intact. So then we have the basis for the phenomenon of (for neurotics-denial, a defense mechanism) but in powerful disruptions, such as psychosis we have "anosognosia", "lack of insight", the mentally ill individual does not think they have a mental illness despite the complaints of those close to us, despite the evidence and long painful experience. It is as the illness happens to the person in a process that is mental illness. In recovery, the natural continuity of consciousness remains. With treatment, psychotherapy and medication, the symptoms of mental illness resolve, health is restored.
It was like a bolt from the blue when I realized that was what happens to the resilient in the worst situations, religions teach it. it is fundamental-obscured by a million distractions through the minutiae of experience: My illness and my circumstances are not who I am. Our illnesses, challenges, our circumstances are not who we are. That perspective explains quite a lot.
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Your post is profoundly insightful. I have to re-read it twice to fully grasp your perspective. You clearly are well versed in this disease and your knowledge offers a great deal of hope and comfort.
Crazy people don’t know they’re crazy, pretty standard notion.
I know this is six years ago but it just popped into my feed and I'm so glad it did. This woman is so beautiful, inside and out. So well spoken and insightful to be able to fight her way out and talk so eloquently about such a difficult experience. I worked for a period in a university counseling office and met so many like her. So many bright, intelligent young people with great futures who descended into the deep dark hole of mental illness. The illness happens practically overnight and is so shocking to witness. How wonderful that her family wouldn't give up on her. My experience was that this was the norm and, thank God, the usual reaction of every parent who has had to deal with this catastrophe. My prayers are for everyone reading this who is and has walked this harrowing path. I wish you peace and wellness, a good life and the love of people even when they don't understand. Bless you and your loved ones. 🙏🙏🙏
Thanking God won't do anything, especially if it isn't made up nonsense - then he allowed this woman to become this mess..
She's way more well spoken than most people her age, or any age for that matter!
Please pray for my son at the sounds just like him and that he is homeless and hasn't called me in months and that's not like him at all he's an alcoholic. But he tried to quit a couple years ago and had a psychotic break went into delirium tremens and never quite came out of it immediately. His name is Aric... please pray.. i pray daily
I am so sorry for your pain. I am praying for him and your whole family. Prayers for healing, strength and peace.
@shesmashgrr thank you I will keep you in my prayers as well I'm praying for a miracle of healing for his whatever is going on in his brain that has clicked and changed for the worse so that he can maybe think clearly and try to get some help
So sad. I can't imagine the agony you go through on a daily basis. Daily because I know what it is to feel deeply for a child (even when he or she becomes an adult). Take care of yourself though because when, and I'll say when, Aric finds his way back to you, he will need you strong and healthy. And the rest of your family needs you that way too. 💙
I was all on board until I saw the name... cmon
@@SkeebosRibShack - Aric ?
She seems surprisingly lucid, best of luck to her
She's not schizophrenic at this point. Which is why she's not talking garbled nonsense
She isn't psychotic during this interview, I don't think someone stops having schizophrenia
@@hmq9052she’s taking meds
She obviously is very smart and intelligent... hope she has a good life today...!?🙏🍀🤗🌟
I didn't get schizophrenia, but I was just starting college when Harm OCD came into my life. And I was scared and helpless and it just totally sidetracked me. Still does. It's amazing how around the age of 19, at the dawn of our adult lives, these things happen.
Same here. Makes life so much harder.
@@mikeyerian2562 have you tried medication ? like antidepressants ?
Same! I'm 50 years old,
high functioning with a family and good job. I've never been on meds or diagnosed.
I was, however, an anxious child (ADHD), no question.
When I was around 14, OCD kicked in out of nowhere and changed my life forever and has since morphed into different varieties over the years...from harm, to health, to you name it. It's AWEFUL and dominates every waking moment. Over the last decade, it has progressed into terrible social anxiety and depression. Nonetheless, I keep fighting this battle all alone...hoping and praying to one day experience mental clarity and freedom 🙏
Fight the good fight! Don't ever give up!
@@highlonesome7482The very best of luck to you my friend. My girlfriend of thirty five years has OCD so I know how much of a burden and source of anxiety it can be.
@johnferry7778 It's good that you know what you're dealing with, which allows you to research and have an idea of how to respond.
My foolish pride has kept everything inside. I've never told a soul what I've been going through for most of my life.
Everything I have learned (all self diagnosed) has been through countless hours of research (much of it obsessive 😏).
I wish you both the absolute best of luck!
A balanced diet and regular exercise has been my go-to.
She seems like an intelligent and good hearted woman. Good to learn more about this topic so that maybe I can help someone if the time comes.
Thank you for telling us your story. I live in the Midwest not far from Ohio. I can't afford to take a trip to Florida and was wondering where did you get the monies to travel across the world a few times?
She said something about a scholarship about the trip to China, and then possibly she went to Africa with some religious groups.
I'm curious as to neurological assessments and results. Observe her hands. She is a lovely woman. It's painful that she has had ti endure this and my heart aches for her parents and any friends and loved ones.
Thank you for sharing this. It’s helpful and I’m grateful for you sharing.
She is smart and pretty and wonderful to share her knowledge
I started going into schizo a while back. I told my mind you dont for sure know anything and that you just want love. Next day, everything was glowing like i was on shrooms but i was just listening to nature and the present moment. I told my mind be humble, quiet, and watch..
Everything was still very high salience, interconnected, and significant in magical ways, but i was present. I think schizo is close to enlightenment.. or maybe sometimes i dont know anything 😅
Some of the most infamous writers live a recluse life and choose to do so as it assists them to have minimal ‘white noise’. They aren’t lonely because they ‘choose’ to be alone. That also doesn’t label them with a mental health issue of which this video portrays.
as someone who's had a psychotic break this is a brave woman. PB are a very difficult thing to even think about (after the fact), let alone actually voicing it to others.
How to keep in touch with your children who are addicted or running away from you. Get them a cell phone and put it on your plan. You can check the phone record to see where they are and if at any moment that they want to talk to you because they become desperate all they have to do is press the call button. I have been doing this for years and it works. They just think they are getting a free phone.
And if they sell it for drugs? Because that's a thing with these free cell phone plans. I hope your child doesn't do that so you can stay in touch.
That can be invasive, especially if you don’t tell the child you’re tracking them. If they find out you have the ulterior motive… they’ll want to distance themselves even further.
That might work for someone with mental illness and it's definitely worth a try, but people with delusional thinking tend to be very concerned about devices that track their movements (and their thoughts, incidentally) even when there aren't any. It would probably be better to admit that you can track them with it and just promise that you won't? I learned early on that people who are paranoid always think everyone is lying to them, so you have to just tell them the whole truth up front. It tends to alienate them initially, but when things get really bad they are most likely to go to the person who admits to stuff.
Now you’re giving them reason to believe it’s not just paranoia
How to not have children addicted: never give them the phone.
How brave she is to tell her story & good for her parents for not giving up on her. She looks like she's doing really well now❤
I’ve personally known one schizophrenic. He was my friend’s son who was diagnosed at age 20. He was a semester short of graduating with honors with a degree in English Literature from UCLA when he committed suicide. My friend and his wife tried everything in their power to help their son. So very tragic.
God bless you Miss... Hope you are doing well
I worked with a woman that developed schizophrenia. She was in her 40s. She was always very sharp and diligent but slowly she wasn’t able to do her job. The company let her go. It was pretty sad.
I know of a similar situation. Lady is living in her car in and around the community. Sometimes folks from the office will see her and offer her food and money. She was an engineer with a six figure income.
@@jhanes3791- who insured her ?
My older sister (by 5 years) became suddenly and violently paranoid schizophrenic right after high school - much like Bethany here, my sister had been VERY high-performing in school as well as other activities - sports and piano, etc. She was literally the all American girl, until…she wasn’t. We thought at the time a boyfriend breakup might have been the catalyst for her psychoses, but that’s only conjecture. She’s now 68, married, and had been really battling her demons her entire life. She does ok, but it’s never ‘solved’ or cured, certainly. Mental illness isn’t something you’d wish on your worst enemies….
Battling demons because they actually are demons , not mental illness. She needs Deliverance.
Having retired from a career in mental health you were at the age when most first episodes occur and your story all too familiar mahalo for speaking out
Thank you for your comment. So you implied that schizophrenia presents it self in episodes. Is the person “normal” in between episodes? Any idea what triggers “episodes”?
@@elizabethsolomon2864Some are, some aren't. Sometimes this changes over a person's lifetime. Nobody knows why these differences exist and nobody really knows what triggers episodes, though it seems pretty clear that avoiding unnecessary stress, avoiding substances, and getting enough sleep every night tend to be at least somewhat protective. But I'm interested in what paulbacon517 has to say as well.
Best of luck for the future.
Pretty sure my ex girlfriend had it. No focus. Hallucinations she thought we're real. Kept talking about becoming a senator. Final straw was she claimed I attacked her and threatened me with a gun. She's 21 but I see no future for her
Me too. My former girlfriend - like this lady - took to living / hiding in libraries. Her compulsive writing had to be seen to be believed. And she had zero affect (dead eyes). We live in different countries now, but I hope someone else is caring for her better than I knew how to do.
My research has concluded mental illness, hallucinations etc is all demonic possession. Demonic come in shapes and forms, are also present as aliens, UFOs, these are the dark angels who serve Satan. Many who have sought Deliverance have been cured instantly from what medical profession would claim to be a lifelong disease. Demon entry often through drugs, ouija boards, psychics....
Shizophrenia can be treatened, there are medicins. Maybe the "patient" does not want to cooperate but eventualy he/she will have to choose between isolation in delusion or limited acceptance of reality...
This lightly touches on the reality of the illness. I watched someone overtaken by this condition. His mother had it. His life went from normal to bizarre in a few years. Not a medical person, but the paranoia also reigns supreme with such illnesses. They close off from the world. I lost touch with the person but did learn he moved home at age 47, so maybe his mom was able to help him.
This is story that has hope. I had the opportunity to work with patients for a few months. Schizophrenia is a tragic condition that claims so many lives.
That had to take a lot of courage to discuss her schizophrenia. I was diagnosed with clinical depression back in the late ‘90s. I was basically handling two jobs at work with the reward of a bonus at year end. I didn’t realize what I was doing to myself working all kinds of hours even on the weekends. It was a life lesson that wasn’t lost on me. I openly discuss this with others. It shouldn’t have to be hidden but it’s getting better. Not the taboo subject it used to be.
I hear you, I had it too in the mid to late nineties, along with schizophrenia. I was never diagnosed but I also had several nervous breakdowns. I remember feeling very abandoned by people, it’s just a tremendous feeling of not being good enough.
Depression is not schizophrenia.
No comparison.
@@Touch_Fingersounds more like anxiety than schizophrenia.
@cherylthompson2731 Thanks for the qualified opinion, Dr. Cheryl.
@ Well thanks for adding that. I hope you feel better.
I DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE SYMPTOMS AT FIRST ALSO.
WOW THIS HITS ME.
Makes you wonder how many homeless people have schizophrenia could be helped with medication.
You realize most homeless people are already self-medicating, right?
@Musicdudeyoutub of course they are self medicating. Who wouldn't if they lived on the streets, hearing voices, and seeing hallucinations.
It is unfortunate, as proper medical treatment, and maybe more programs to help homeless people get jobs even with a work gap, would probably dramatically reduce the amount of people that can overcome mental health issues and come back into society.
@@Musicdudeyoutub You realize that alcohol and street drugs are not medication?
@ You know the human mind isn't just some chemical reaction right?
I ❤her jedi-level ability to articulate.
God bless this wonderful young lady
4 years is a long time for being homeless and hearing voices
Not really.
@@Armistead_MacSkye4 years is. 😂
It is like being in a dream state. You must try to rationalize everything you do to snap out of it. If you are able.
That's so true! It is like being in a dream yet you are awake.
Thank you for sharing your story.
Thanks for having the courage to share!!!🙂
I was 39 when it finally bubbled over into destroying my life and then was diagnosed. Sucks it came to that. I crashed my semi. Thought i was being chased. It was terrifying and dangerous to others.
Glad you’re okay man!!
Sounds like a person on meth.
I'd like to know more about both parents.
Cases like this will never not fascinate me because there truly so much we have yet to understand about our consciousness itself. Happy she has such a strong support system! 💪
As a grandparent, massive kudos to her Dad. Flying to LA just to wander about looking for his daughter sounds like such an act of love.
Wow... Hard time for all, particularly when you love someone
Her poor parents must have been worried sick!
OMG yes
Usually they don’t care. They just watch their kids drown
Imagine how horrible it was for her parents.
So glad you're healing and healthy.
I did not know I was delusional, until I took medicine for delusions. But now I feel worse and all alone.
Dude, talk to your doc. There's other medications. Yeah, it sucks finding the right combo to get it right, and between med switches you feel like..I don't even know. Bad.
Worth it if you get it sorted out. Good luck.
I've been on anti psyc meds for 12 years and I feel exactly like yourself and I'm coming off the Meds in the new year and I hope I feel better as the meds have reduced me to a walking shell of what I used to be, you need to get some advice from your doctor.
Call on the name of Jesus. Jesus can deliver you. The delusions are the lies of demons. But you have to believe in His name.
Dr Abram Hoffer , Orthomolecular medicine might help. Niacin, etc
Damned if we do, damned if we don't.
Even if the treatment only lengthens the period of sanity/normalcy/cogency, it is a gift. How many people are homeless and on the streets because of this illness. I was beginning to think the only ones to make it back were miracles, and the rest only got worse, with medication only providing mild relief only if taken daily.
It is frightening when you get so lost and don’t even realize how lost you are. I hate it all.
Incredible that it happens so often at that age...
Wait a minute. It’s just tough to come back from an experience abroad and settle down to focus. Especially if it’s your first time. Where I work they sent us out all over the globe for assignments from 1 to 5 weeks. Then we’d be back in the office for an undetermined period of time; sometimes a couple months. I always found it exceedingly difficult to focus on anything after having completed a successful trip. It’s no wonder she faced difficulty. I’m not trying to say she wasn’t sick, just that her experience with lack of focus seems pretty normal to me.
The same treatment cud be done without seeing the users actions as seperate....inner turmoil as seperate?
Thank you so very much for sharing your story. I appreciate your courage and honesty.
Thank you for sharing your story. For all you have gone through, to still have that enthusiasm and positive attitude. Maybe detach for that aspect that you went through, don't refer to that sick side you went through as "I". Call it "was". Best wishes Beth.
How do people in these states get a meal and shower after years of this type of thing??
My God, she's beautiful!
My father didn’t approve of my boyfriend at 20yrs and had me committed to a mental institution with Paranoid schizophrenia. 50 years later - married, family and career. No paranoid schizophrenia medication and boyfriend lost in time..
Which part of Nairobi? More specific please? I am from Nairobi and of course I came to watch this video because I have schizoaffective disorder and I understand the struggle too. Thanks for the video by the way. Interesting story!
Lakisama and Ongata Rongai. I would love to hear more about your story and your background. Could you please contact me via my website at www.bethanyyeiser.com?
~~ In the Russell Crowe film “A Beautiful Mind” - the victim John Nash is portrayed to experience visual and auditory hallucinations - both seeing and hearing people and things that are not really there - but in reality Nash only experienced auditory hallucinations - mostly in the form of hearing voices that were not really there - which could be a single voice talking to the victim - or multiple voices talking to “each other”. Visual hallucinations are extremely rare - but symptoms can vary a lot - so for some it’s possible they could touch, or even smell or taste something that doesn't exist.
Great movie
I also have had thoughts that I'm going to have to get on an airplane and go find my son he's homeless in Nashville and having hearing voices using alcohol and completely non-functional at this point
very well spoken
I appreciate your candid talks about your condition. Hearing how this changed your life profoundly at the time. Makes me wonder if some of the people in the Bible also had the same changes.
True i mean look at our God like he is a major Schizophrenic in the sense of dark nature demanding blood sacrifice, mass killing so demon like and i am convinced Jew God need meds.
John, who wrote the Book of Revelation, the last book in the Bible, was delusional much of the time. He probably had a serious mental illness, perhaps schizophrenia.
Joan of Arc most likely had schizophrenia, but it was not diagnosed.
Medical doctors still don't know what causes it, or how to cure it, but at least now there are medications to attempt to stabilize people.
My younger brother was in a terrible car accident with a head injury, brain swelling, broken leg, ruptured spleen, collapsed lung etc…his girlfriend died on impact. Soon into his recovery he was diagnosed with Schizophrenia and his personality changed. That was 1982 and he’s still messed up! Compared to this case it’s hard to believe it just happened like out of the blue?? IDK 🤷🏻♀️
me too - you g girl in a bicycle accident ; personality changed .
Such an interesting comment. As a mental health professional who has had many clients with schizophrenia, I read your comment thinking, what?!? This person seriously thinks her brother's schizophrenia was caused by a car accident? Schizophrenia comes out of the blue! But really I know that neither is true. Stress plays a role, but some people have such a strong tendency toward having the disorder that the everyday stress of a normal happy life is enough to set it off. Probably his head injury played a role, but it's basically impossible to know how much. But her story is more common than people realize. When my daughters went to college I was afraid of this for their whole first year. I knew it was unlikely because there is no family history and I also knew that statistically it was more likely that the problems would arise from substances, but I still worried. I do wish all the best for your brother and for you. It's a terrible disease even when treatment helps.
@@snowmonster42 - your grasp of facts seems to suggest to me that you may not be a mental health professional . .?
A friend of mine has this illness
There is probably a genetic tendency to schizophrenia which is then is activated
by an experience - stress - toxins - infections - deficiencies ( vitamins - minerals - proteins , etc ) .
The human experience in physical reality can be brutal to the point of denial
yet we must accept that it is as it is .
Incredible ❤❤❤
Beautiful and brave
Has there been any research into why schizophrenia seems to emerge in the first year of college?
read Sopolsky
lsd?
@@turolretar - no , phd.
I don't want to downplay schizophrenia, but...I don't think it's insane to be severely affected by seeing crushing poverty and to acquire a sense of desperate responsibility to make things better...that doesn't sound like a mental illness to me. If anything the mentally ill ones are the people who insist that you must continue to live a life of peace and comfort while hundreds of millions of other people suffer...
Fascinating that she was diagnosed as schizophrenic
She seems to be doing remarkably well.
Schizophrenia is life-long, at best mitigated and managed by medication but at worst, only some of the symptoms treated. I am not diagnosing (clinician here) but highly doubt she met criteria or should have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Many other psychotic disorders or mood orders with psychosis have overlapping symptoms and people are misdiagnosed accordingly.
What is the title of her book?
Bethany Yeiser is a mental health advocate, author, and president of the CURESZ Foundation, which she co-founded in 2016 to promote recovery from schizophrenia. Once a promising molecular biology student and violinist, Bethany developed schizophrenia in her early 20s, leading to homelessness for four years. Diagnosed in 2007, she achieved full recovery in 2008 using clozapine. She completed her degree with honors in 2011 and authored Mind Estranged (2014), detailing her journey. Bethany now works to reduce stigma around schizophrenia and advocates for improved treatment and understanding of mental illness.
Very interesting woman
Schizophrenia is a mental illness that often shows up in people n their late teens and early 20s. There’s nothing to suggest that it’s caused by an unhappy childhood or bad parenting, and sometimes it is genetic. Therapy isn’t the treatment, medication is. Unfortunately, the meds have a lot of side effects, so when the person feels better, they stop taking them, and then, the symptoms return.
i wish we could say ascending to schizophrenia instead of descent.
Anyone know what the name of her book is?
What is the genetic indicator that was identified to cause schizophrenia ?
I think it was the TV
Her childhood was all positive. Supportive parents, safety, activities. I did not hear anything "unfortunate" to cause her schizophrenia. Maybe I missed something.
I don't think you need a catalyst to become schizophrenic. Trauma might contribute but isn't it more biological?
It’s inherited
Schizophrenia is purely biological and very inheritable. Psychologists in the old days blamed the parents which is like blaming possession by the devil for a person's seizures (which used to be a theory...😮). Schizophrenia and bipolar are both predetermined. The person's upbringing has absolutely nothing to do with it unfortunately. It is biological. Medication is the only treatment that is effective.
Multifactorial but thought to be primarily due to biological (not psychological) causes.
Her childhood may not have been as positive as stated.
I cannot help wondering whether any shots she may have been required to receive in order to travel to China may have initiated or exacerbated her schizophrenia.
You're joking right
@@AlfaFilms1NZ
No.
😅😂😂😅 Schizophrenia is inherited. Crack a textbook from this century. Geez.
@@Enufalready771Her parents did not have it.
@@Whipporwhill parents don't have to have it. If a relative has it, that is sufficient. Omg read up on this.
Your brain is a strange organ. My wife was hospitalized twice with her mental illness. It came out of the blue in her 50's. She suffered significantly for almost three years with depression, anxiety and terrible thoughts that included suicidal ideation. We made it through the bad period and she's doing better now but, there's that lingering feeling. That feeling her mind may betray her again!
This sounds EXACTLY like my sisters situation...What medication helped?
At that age it could be due to menopause. Estrogen levels drop dramatically and, since there are estrogen receptors throughout the whole body, can cause a number of symptoms including depression and anxiety. Taking bio/body identical hormones, estrogen, progesterone and perhaps testosterone, can help. There are several well educated doctors who specialize in menopause treatment on UA-cam that are recommended: Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Heather Hirsch, Dr. Kelly Casperson, Dr. Louise Newson, Dr. Lisa Mosconi.
@Katepwe She showed no physical abnormalities. No diseases or illness. In hindsight, I could see small things with her I thought were strange but, nothing that caused me concern until her breakdown that came out of the blue. Her Psychiatrist posited a viral brain condition due to Covid but, she never contracted it. I still believe menopause and its associated hormonal changes wreaked havoc on her mind and when it peaked, her levels returned to normal and so did she. I don't think it's researched enough!
How old was she when she went to therapists the first time and what where here problems at that time?
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Christopher Hitchens doesn’t think so.
He doesn't think at all any more.
This is also a video on how to be a great parent.
I was hoping there would be an explanation for the underlying cause of this young woman's breakdown. People don't just fall apart for no reason.
good luck
Very interesting
The more you have in number the worse my ill diagnosis gets i supose its hard outcomes are inventing new diagnosis like 45 diagnostic claims
I’m a Christian but strangely enough I’ve seen an unusual number of clergy/pastoral families develop mental illness. Not sure if there’s a connection.
I believe we are more transparent about it so other families don't feel so alone.
If only she knew the truth about "Mother" Theresa...
@revelation12_1 Have a great time!
What about her?
What the hell kind of comment is that?
@KeithZimmerman-gg8ih Look it up. You heard of "The Internet"?
She was a high-level break dancer.
Is this rehearsed?
Gotta feel for the parents.
Smart woman.
She didn't contract or develop schizophrenia, it was always there. It just took years to surface.
Claire Voyant has spoken ..!
Actually it can happen via injury .
So sad when someone changes this way. I saw it a few times when I was in university and have known people who descended into schizophrenia. Family support is really important, as this young lady says. Unfortunately the only cure is medicine that has side effects.