I have schizophrenia. When people find out I have schizophrenia, they step back. Schizophrenia is not contagious. I am not going to eat your liver. Nor, do the voices tell me to kill. However, since a stigma seems to follow schizophrenia, I just stay to myself. When asked why I am always alone, I just say I am antisocial. Then, I am left alone. I live alone. I do everything alone. I drive a vehicle. I maintain my land, vehicles, and myself. However, I just can not hold a full time job. Fortunately, my part time job pays extremely well. Thus, I live my life independently.
Thank you for sharing. I was diagnosed but I don't know if it's a real diagnosis or not because I have a lot of Childhood trauma c-ptsd. I wondered is there are any schizophrenia groups in your area? I would feel a bit scared going to one of them but maybe you would feel differently? Much love
@@chazcazz2764 relatable, I have c-PTSD, adjustment disorder which is Major depression + anxiety, and AuDHD which cannot be FORMALLY RX'D because of c-PTSD and adjustment disorder but it's fully understood by my psych team to be obviously there. When I was younger I was misdiagnosed with Schizophrenia and Borderline personality disorder.
I understand, I've got c-PTSD, adjustment disorder, AuDHD, and Ehlers Danlos, POTS, dysautonomia, a PCOS, chronic migraine. It's enough to have made jobs impossible since age 25 despite having been an overachiever until then. I burnt out mentally and very BADLY physically. The physical part ultimately was so damaging I couldn't recover because I had pneumonia and nearly died. Hence dysautonomia got very bad and that's when I got my Ehlers Danlos diagnosis. My depression got the worst of my life. I spent 12 years without a partner or sex life. I kind of NEEDED that space as well, but was also abandoned by everyone as well. Neurotypical people do not respond well to Neuro atypical people, just like abled people do not respond well to the disabled. I'm both and it's rough.
7 early signs: Changes in ability to focus. Mistrust in others Withdrawal from social life Issues with hygiene and appearance Erratic behavior Difficulty distinguishing dreams/ television from reality Delusions All that said, please watch the video in full - it's worth it, but I wanted to get those things out there for anybody that wanted a preview.
There are also other overlapping mental things that can cause those symptoms other than schizophrenia. I want to note that. I was once diagnosed with Schizophrenia and Borderline personality disorder at age 14. I actually have Major Depression, Anxiety, (together that's called Adjustment Disorder now), and c-PTSD, and AuDHD. c-PTSD can look like borderline, and extreme anxiety and depression can look like schizophrenia.
@@draquela96they can’t test reality. That’s the biggest determining factor. That is the one thing not shared with any of the other disorders except bipolar 1 I think. With that one the patients can have a mixture of temporary schizophrenia or schizo-affective disorder. An old friend of mine had that and she was wondering into peoples yards, went into a shed and was found and taken to the hospital. Being distrustful of people can be attributed to almost anything. If you’re exposed to many people who are unreliable, or have had many betrayals in your life you can be distrustful and have no mental disorder. Also being exposed to abusive people who are narcissistic can lead to that. PTSD comes to mind as something that would cause it along with lots of other things. So there are a lot of overlapping things with this list. This list will make people think they have early schizophrenia, when they in fact have nothing wrong with them. One other factor is it usually shows up in your late teens early 20’s. I saw a random video the other day of a woman who has it and taped herself ranting at an invisible person. Many people can have fights or imaginary conversations with someone in their heads and act it out. Yes it looks like they’re disturbed. The thing is this. Asked them who they’re talking to or arguing with. If they really believe someone is there and they say it then they have a problem most likely. If they aren’t schizophrenic, they will most likely fell embarrassed that someone saw them and they’ll say no one just thinking out loud, because they know they were getting carried away with some kind of thoughts of something negative. They can test reality.
@draquela96 personality disorders cannot be, and never have been, diagnosed prior to age 18. It goes against the diagnostic criteria. I wish you had a better set of Mental Healthcare providers on so many fronts. I'm glad you eventually got the right diagnoses and care.
@@SchizophrenicHippie You are always welcomed to correspond with others of the mentally ill group and will never be rejected, mistreated, nor talked down to as an inferior. I do not subscribe to the, "neuro atypical," nonsense. We are, indeed, mentally ill. There is no sense in trying to hide it. The normals always know.
Don't be a sucker. What do you have to thank for? Did the dope manufacturer pay you anything for sponsoring the lies it thrives off of? Read some Robert Whitaker before you let yourself get played like this again, like "Mad in America". All of these people are not your friends, and were.
My adult daughter has been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder w/psychotic episodes. I worry that she hasn’t been completely honest and that she has schizophrenia. Does this happen?
I know you may have good intentions with this video, but fear-mongering people who already have depression/anxiety/ptsd/cptsd into thinking they’re in prodormal phase is not good practice. It’s ok to inform but also tell people it’s not just schizophrenia, because not everyone reads the comments.
This is so important. It's like the whole "personality disorder" craze. They see a few of the symptoms that they relate to, they overinflate the severity of it bc theyre always in their own head, and they assume bc they kind of relate that it means they have that disorder. This internet pop psychology and pathologizing ourselves constantly has got to be harmful.....
And I say "they" but that included me at one point too. I used to think I was borderline, but now I know better. I see so many young people, teens namely, diagnosing themselves with bpd, narcissism, did, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder etc thinking a label is the answer to their problems when their brains are not even close to done developing. And how will it effect them 5 or 10 years from now if they continue insisting on it...:( terribly sad.
@@alyssamichaela yes, and overpathologising each other … of course we live in a sick culture and people are increasingly unhealthy and unhappy (see “Myth of Normal”), but labeling someone you don’t agree with, with something from the DSM is weaponising science while losing compassion for each other and ourselves
As someone with extreme anxiety disorder/panic disorder, I applaud this comment. When this first started for me at age 30, I was terrified I was schizophrenic.
My cousin had very severe schizophrenia, and eventually committed suicide after 10 years of suffering. My brother is a paranoid schizophrenic. I Worry for my children.😢
@@ghostkitty8988 no… He believes he’s perfectly fine, and the rest of us need help. He believes were all out to get him, my fathers in the CIA, we’re all millionaires secretly and not telling him. There’s nothing anybody can do anymore… He lives with my parents, but the rest of the family doesn’t talk to him because he has said horrible things about all of us. We are all either killers, thieves, whores… The list goes on and on.
@AmberAmber it just gets softer never easier. It is so nice to see these videos cause someone will be able to recognize the symptoms earlier. Noone talked about it even 10 years ago.
Hi, Katie. My mom had schizophrenia. I never remember my mom being "normal" but my older sister does. So following the timeline, we think her symptoms started started around 26ish and she wasn't treated untill she was 56. So being raised like that created a traumatic and stressful childhood. Also my mom being undiagnosed for 30 yrs before she started treatment. Ment her meds never worked great, because the "delusions" Where so deeply rooted. I do feel guilty about this, but i left home 35yrs ago and I'm still so angry with her for my childhood she passed in 2020.. anyway, a video about this and how to process it would be very helpful. Thank you
Good video. I have a brother with schizophrenia. I attribute a lot to the dysfunctional family we were raised in. My mother, in retrospect, had a mental disorder, rages, constant rule changes, humiliating me, my siblings and father. My dad ended his days a heavy drinker. I also, think drug use triggered the escalation of my brother's symptoms. He told me he started smoking pot when he was 10, that was in the early 70's. He was a mountaineer for many years and while in Western Canada took a hit of LSD and after that had full blown hallucinations/delusions etc. It took many years to get him treatment and the right drug cocktail. He's spent the last forty years in a group home.
@@andreasissons7766 I am in favour of legalisation, but with all the research and dangers made public. currently there is almost zero public info about the downsides of regular use, just a lot of people making a quick buck
@@taoist32 kid: "you told my teacher that I am emotionally unstable but you've been criticizing me non stop for a month" parent: "that never happened so you are obviously schizophrenic"
honestly, looking at the brain regions and what chronic cptsd does to grey matter, I am pretty sure an abusive or mentally ill parent could cause the brain damage that leads to the symptoms
Some of the symptoms your describing overlap with other disorders, like ADHD and PTSD, so it's important to clarify the differences. For example, I was diagnosed with PTSD because I grew up in a rural community where teachers didn’t have the resources or understanding to recognize my ADHD and dyslexia. As an adult, I’ve had to relearn many things because my childhood experience was shaped by these undiagnosed conditions, contributing to my PTSD. Additionally, being in an abusive relationship further worsened the trauma. It's crucial that professionals understand these differences to avoid misdiagnosis. I once had a therapist who refused to listen when I explained my PTSD diagnosis, insisting I might be bipolar or have another condition, even after I showed her my previous diagnosis. My fear of seeking treatment earlier stemmed from concerns that my child could be taken away due to corrupt local courts. It took an out-of-state lawyer to intervene and expose some of the corruption that had endangered my daughter by putting her in the hands of the person who harmed us. I want to add my daughter is now 25 so she grew up safe after she came back home away her abusive father and the other state after going through 5 different foster care homes. The person who harmed us both was able to get with a therapist who convinced the other state my daughter had Reactive attachment disorder because he told them that she never attached to me. Which was a bogus lie because when she came home, she was tested again and that was not true at all. Also, the system in the other state was corrupt as well leading some of the social workers and foster care homes she was in be put into jail due to trafficking children. Even though my daughter and I have struggled we are getting the help now we needed then. My daughter has also finished her college degree last year and I will be completing college in 2026. I'm just saying fact check your therapist, who you're dealing with, use your best judgment even if you believe you might not be able too. Because there are allot of corrupt people out there and you never know. Our Justice System cannot be trusted at times my story tells this.
I have schizoaffective disorder depressive type. Most of my delusions were closely tied to my depression. Before my psychosis started, I started to experience obsessions with certain people or with odd ideas or theories. Then I felt severely depressed because that one person I was obsessed about were actually not in love with me. My schizophrenia started shortly after I developed my obsessions with certain people and escalated once I started having thoughts that my whole family was conspiring to get rid of or destroy me. Needless to say I am much better and my depression and psychosis is stabilized with medication.
Thank you for sharing this, it has dug up some memories of me being like this at one point. I wish I knew what I did that helped me change the part where I constantly thought my family was conspiring against me or friends were in some way. Or I’d obsess over a girl, finally talk to her and get crushed. Or I’d just never talk to them. Now as an adult, I go through monologues of how I’d like a conversation to go with someone if a specific topic ever came up. Or if I got to really voice my opinion to my mom or something. I’ll literally play the whole convo out like I’m practicing and try to find the perfect words. Then I’ll never have that discussion with whatever person it was anyways. And sometimes I will think my phone specifically is being monitored in some way because of whatever conspiracy or anti gov content I am watching. I mean my phone will get super hot, and start acting crazy. And they have admitted they do this type stuff in some cases. So that doesn’t help to know that haha. I am currently diagnosed with audhd aka autism and adhd also depression and ocd. If any of this stuff resonates with you, tell me! I am trying to explore the idea my diagnosis is wrong and I steered it. Really I’ve felt like any doctor I’ve gone to my adult life, I tell them what’s wrong with me and they’re pretty much just a middle man for the pharmaceuticals. My state is an average of 30+ years behind on stuff though.
I don't have Schizophrenia, but I do have a LOT of the negative symptoms. - Anhedonia (no pleasure or interest in anything), - Trouble with focus and attention, - Disinterest and withdrawl from people, and needing to be alone, - Sleeping 12+ hours and still being exhausted, - Inability to cope with life, This last one is really severe. Cody feeling embarrassed about not washing his hair for a week...that would be a HUGE improvement for me. I haven't washed my hair OR showered since July, and before that, March.
had all the signs on speed, most horrible experience of my life. i was self neglecter ,used to several layers even in summer ,lived in filthy conditions and rarely washed. still get voices in running cometary but vary low volume and hard notice when mind is busy, the voice of my own thinking don't let the others get a word in edge ways
Thanks ❤❤ I’ve a really close person to me and I’ve seen the improvement, environment therapy, a lot of love, patience and a lot of help from friends, family, government,etc
I have a mix from Schizoaffective with C-PTSD. When I have PTSD and Schizophrenia it's being attached to the past and then being detached to reality. Then my loves one knows the PTSD is true but they have patience with me. It does get better with treatment don't lose hope! You got this! 3 years into recovery and university with GPA of 3.31, after taking the treatments and connecting with reality.
I have a neighbor in my building who I swore suffered from this- but I learned that what appeared her talking to herself was that she is praying/talking to "god" It is ALL the time, the woman is always praying and muttering to herself. She will often walk around with her bible reading from it- I believe its more of a OCD/Self Comfort thing. She in her 60's and her family has abandoned her. It is quite sad. She does not engage when you try to speak with her..
In the late 70s, when I was around 12 my 18 year old brother was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Our parents were ignorant, toxic and unsupportive. I was left home alone with my much older brother, witnessing his frightening episodes. IE: he could be telling me how much he loved me, the sweetest little sister in the world, then spin into angrily shouting that he hated me because he knew I hated him, then come full circle to loving me again - only 10 minutes might have passed and I wouldn’t have said a word. He accused me of witchcraft, prostitution, of coming on to him because I was wearing lip gloss. He sacrificed my pet rabbit to God to atone for the sins of all mankind. There was little understanding of schizophrenia back then and even more stigmatism than now. The stress took its toll and I was acting out and tried running away several times. I was being treated like I was loosing my mind too. I don’t blame my brother, I wouldn’t wish his malady on my worse enemy. I want to offer a virtual hug to all the other siblings out there. I think we can easily get traumatised and forgotten.
Damn, I honestly think my symptoms are due to ADHD, autism and PTSD + burnout. But some of this is too spot on. I'm gonna bring it up with my therapist, because early schizophrenia is pretty treatable far as I know, but yikes. I'm just in the right age range, too, so best to be sure. Thank you so much for this video.
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Yes, the cognitive and negative symptoms are the BIG ones that are so disabling for schizophrenia. Items 2 (inability to tell what's real and not) is the textbook definition of psychosis. Delusions are a type of positive symptom. Yes, schizophrenia is highly genetic - Tracey Marks has a good video on the heritability of MH diagnoses, and there are four conditions: schizophrenia is one. But the genetic rules are Mendellian genetics, so it's first-degree relative has the biggest risk. Questions about the individual genes involved are not important. Yes, Kati, I'm glad you mentioned the dopamine hypothesis that explains schizophrenia's positive sx (i.e., excess dopamine). But there's another hypothesis that works together with the dopa mine hypothesis to further explain schizophrenia. Do you remember what it's called? It's starts with the letter "g". Have a good day Kati. And all!
My mum is schizophrenic, was a terrible mother very self-centred, neglected us, continually making bad decisions, needy, dependent just a pain in the arse burden, we all have trauma because of her to bad she wasn’t diagnosed earlier and sterilised.
Can you have degrees of schizophrenia… as you were describing how the brain works in a person with schizophrenia it seems possible that a person could have anywhere from mild to severe cases of schizophrenia is this in fact true ? And this seems like it would be the case in all mental illnesses if in fact that’s how the brain 🧠 is functioning This would explain why we all have such different experiences in the mental health community and with medication and treatment. Still so much to learn 🧠
My mother suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. I haven't seen her in over a decade. I wish there were more resources for children who grew up like I did. It's lonely and alienating.
I am not a hypochondriac, but it does greatly worry me that I am struggling so hard to distinguish whether I have audhd with anxiety, ocd and depression, or if I have borderline personality disorder, or not schizophrenia. Or if it is all emotional neglect and cptsd. I am already diagnosed with audhd, ocd, anxiety and depression. But my state is 30+ year behind on medical. So any doc I go to, it feels like I am literally telling them what I want to be diagnosed with. And everything in my life has exasperated lately, like all my symptoms are worse than normal. My bad habits are strong, my house is a mess, I’m behind on everything I could possibly be behind on. I can’t properly feed myself, and it’s getting to the point I feel bad for my dogs. But I also know they’d probably be unhappy without our bond compared to losing and gaining weight every other week. My life is a mess, and it feels like there is nothing I can do. I will add that I am a heavy cannabis user, and have been since I was like 13. Part of me wants to ramble on and defend my use. I mean I don’t think it is making me have any type of mental breakdowns. I’ve always felt it helped me get over my crippling anxiety. That was years ago. I am open to the idea that quitting that would potentially help clear things up so to speak. But it is difficult after I’ve walled myself in.
They are not the same. A disorder is something a person can get treatment for and get better. Schizoprenia is psychiatric and tied to genetics and can’t be treated (symptoms can be treated, but the illness can’t be removed).
People who have delusional disorder might seem to function okay in most areas of their life, but they might have one specific delusion that is persistent. You might not recognize the person has delusional disorder unless the specific delusion comes up. Symptoms can come on later in adulthood compared to schizophrenia. It is generally harder to treat with medications, but is still worth trying. Someone with schizophrenia usually begins to have symptoms in early adulthood and can have a broader range of symptoms, like hearing voices, seeing things, having many delusions, having disorganized thinking, tangential speech, or negative symptoms like slowed thinking, flat affect, etc. Schizophrenia is treatable with medications and therapy.
Are there early signs in childhood? I remember learning in college it can't be diagnosed before 18, but my son started showing signs at a very young age. Personally I think he has either BPD or Schizo, but I'm not a doctor. All I know is that one day we went to bed with our child being one way and the next day we woke up and he was the POLAR opposite. Everything we thought we knew had flipped. I know that could mean SO much, but I've NEVER heard of such a stark and sudden shift. He also has COMPLETELY inaccurate memories from before the shift. He's been diagnosed with depression/anxiety, ADHD, and ASD...but I still don't understand why he became a completely different person. His meds/treatment never seem to help as much as they should either. Thankfully he's not self harming anymore, but his quality of life should be better.
It seems like a kind of DID - dissociative identity disorder, extreme form of personality disorder. Also persons with personality disorders can have several self-states and switch betwen them. They have caleidoscopic personality with several ego states (self-states), that switch when triggered by outside circumstances. Each of those personalities is roughly modelled according to a personality disorder, so a person with a borderline ego state can develop a secondary sociopath protector ego state and have two personality. Many borderlines develop a compensatory narcissistic ego state that protects against emotional disregulation. Some ego states like narcissitic one can be activated even for years before they decompensate back to lower ego state. Borderline ego state is not much stable, thus it can decompensate to schizoid state (person becomes shut-in without social interaction) or a sociopath (persons become aggressive and do drugs, but also sociopath ego states commit self-harm and suicide) or it can develop a narcissism (that is also kind of psychosis - person believes she actually IS the ego ideal and decompensates when shown otherwise). Technically narcissism is a "progress" because the person become more stable is reality is denied, but in reality it is also a decompensation from a borderline. This whole stuff is just a model though. Also when there is an amnesia, it might be more neurological, something with amygdala and hypoccampus or severed connection from prefrontal cortes due to physial brain injury. Personality disorders are an "adaptation" to psychological trauma and abuse predates changes in brain structure, other mental illnesses are firstly caused by biology and there is no perpetrator or abuser. Psychosis in personality disorder is brain's last resort before suicide and might be a healthy thing. Risk factor for personality disorder are attachment issues, as personality disorders are just insecure attachment style that went rampant. Also, personality disordered people create a false self to replace a true self, so if a child believes it is "bad" then it acts like an actor to be "good" and be loved by mother and later others. When the mask falls of, the undeveloped true self might take over. So basically, the boy never existed, his personality was just an act of a fearful child. The mask felt apart, and the real, emotionally neglected, person emerged. Better than false self "killing" true self and becoming narcissist for life, search for borderlinernotes channel on yt and watch all videos here and try to find something useful. Also look at IPAM model of Sam Vaknin, but that guy is also an actor and take him with a grain of salt. He just rehashes what he reads in books, but his clinical experience is very limited.
@@HomeFromFarAway difference between magical thinking like limerence and praying/intention/wishing for something to happen for someone. Studies have shown that when someone, or even a group of people come together to speak on/think on/and pray on a topic with pure intentions, it's more likely to occure/manifest. Like positive and negative affirmations put the thought in your head that you can/cant achieve something. When you verbally wish well or acknowledge something it seems to turn the wheels... makes it seem more possible in your mind and therefore easier to achieve said goal. Wishing for healing and affirming it is better than sitting there saying you'll never get better, or only a drug will fix it. Healing takes a balance, and believe it or not, as a person who died in 2018 thanks to a hospital worker giving me the wrong drug, I can tell you from my experience that the realm beyond is just as real as this, and we affect it and it affects us through thoughts, beliefs and actions. However, I don't suggest going on some dmt trip trying to talk to machine elf aliens. That's how a lot of this stuff starts is chemical imbalance, which can happen for many reasons; usually from exposure to trauma, abuse and the creation of abnormal thought patterns as a result. These illnesses are very similar and usually stem from similar circumstances. So we found a root problem. Abnormal thought patterns. Now we need to figure out what triggers the different unique genes that differentiate these illnesses to start to go off. Mine started around 7 when I got a bad mmr while being sick with the flu and I later developed low platelet thrombocytopenia and strep that was reoccurring and passed my blood brain barrier. I was also being sexually abused since 1.5 by a few people and put through severe ptsd due to my folks bpd problems and addictions. All of these different illnesses are similar and come from similar circumstance. Manifesting healing for someone in any medium is a beautiful thing. It's not like your wishing for the big guy in the sky to come and take all your issues and make sht easy. That's not how life works right, and asking for such a thing is kinda selfish anyways cuz like is meant to have ups and downs. I think the intention there was for her to give those worries over to something greater than ourselves. Don't ignore them and pretent it will all go away without action, but don't hyper fixate on it cuz it will cause insanity. Do what you can in the moment with what you have. But if it's out of your control, seek another or give it to God (something greater than you.) Give that worry away until the next time you know u can do something about it. Like in AA, NA, AM or many other therapies. Rather cover both bases, because they both affect each other. What you think about yourself affects your reality. If we didn't know this, we wouldn't be watching this channel. I'd rather have the thought that someone is wishing me healing than someone is wishing me to get worse. Some folks just dope u up. That's not a solution. Some folks just throw u into a Bible pit where everyone is slapping the demons out of you. There is evidence that that world exists, and I'd rather be safe than sorry, like having a lighter while camping. But it's not the end all be all. "Works alone won't grant access to that kingdom. Faith does" But also "faith without works is dead." Gotta have both. My aunt used to believe God would take her cancer away, so she sat in her closet and prayed for 2 years until she died. She stressed and made it worse. The idea is to BELIEVE and KNOW you can get better, and to listen for a lightbukb to go off to show you where you need to go to seek help and take action to MAKE your life better for yourself. The power was put in our hands to handle ourselves. Just gotta find the right therapies, outlets and chemical balance. 😃 and talking to any bpd, schizo or autistic person I know, positivity is one way to help! It's the only way they get through is laughing through it.
@@andreasissons7766 she has been mia, living in hotel I believe...she can get violent and erratic...has not displayed self harm unless she punches something or once broke a wine glass in her hand...im in CT
I deeply respect the personal stories being shared here, and I’m sorry for the pain many have experienced. My question is about how medication changes the brain, and how we decide that quieting the voices is the best approach. Could there be value in engaging with the voices therapeutically before silencing them, like through talk therapy? Maybe they represent repressed fears that need to be processed. I wonder if this is already part of standard treatment-perhaps I’m not the first to think of it.
For appearance, I really do not care how I look. But, I must be immaculately clean. Being soiled will cause oder that can attract attention. The lesser attention one can attract, the better. Thus, I must be clean as possible. Scent can attract social predators.
These are all fairly broard symptoms In ability to focus... Mistrust in others Withdrawal from social Life Hygiene issue. Etc Depression and gas lightning family could lead to this.
Could you do a video in this way, showing what is know about narcissistic brains? Bc I hear so many "poop" about this subject on tiktok :/ "Researches" being quoted, that have almost no subjects on their studies, and still, being spread like "this is the science behind narcissistic brain". I only see "this is not conclusive and didn't say any of that", but.. I am just another person without degree on the subject. It is quite exhausting trying to find what professionals have to say on actual studies, when only people without certificate are talking so much about it :(
Good morning Kari,, my name is Eric, I am watching (7 signs of pschsofrenia), I went through a traumatic seperation, while it's been 5 years, I had lost COMPLETE TRUST, IN FAMILY, FRIENDS AND AQIANTANCES, INCLUDING, MY LATE MOTHER AND MOM'S MOM IN LAW ( my grandma dad's mom
I thought I had children... I raised them to 18 then run off to their estranged mother that did not care from them since the age of 14, now they estrange me, nothing heard of them since 2 years... do I have schizophrenia? did I ever had kids ?
According to a growing number of studies, marijuana may account for 30% of schizophrenia cases among young men. One of recent studies: Scientific American: _huge Danish study shows that up to 30 percent of psychosis diagnoses in young men could have been prevented if these individuals hadn’t used marijuana heavily_
co occurrence doesn't mean marijuana is causing schizophrenia. Cannabis medicates endocannabinoid deficiency from c-ptsd, and c-ptsd and trauma have a huge influence on mental health.
you will get a LOT of pushback for this, and for daring to mention the very solid data linking psychosis and worsening symptoms over time to regular use. people who smoke do not want to know
Good for you for all the good you do. You don't even get to know about a lot of it. What a blessing you give, your heart and your time and energy. Thank God for your husband, parents, all those who are around you, but most of all, your beautiful heart and soul. Thank you for being a good one. \π/
Get a second opinion about a diagnosis. After divorcing an abusive spouse, I had anxiety. 6 different diagnosis, none accurate. Usually the doctor just looked at me. Can you imagine a medical diagnosis done like that? Imagine you are in the ER with a broken leg, and Dr. stands in the doorway and says you have appendicitis.
Thank you for this informative presentation. A close friend of mine is periodically highly paranoid actually most of the time and makes wildly unfounded accusations against others accusing them of plotting against him. He has had no other fiends apart from me.he lives alone in an extremely dirty and disordered appartement. He demeans and seeks confrontation with waitresses. He acts threatening toward others and uses his impressive height and corpulence to bully others. He stutters and repeats each sentence about three times and is very disconnected and scattered in his thoughts despite being very intelligent. He speaks very loudly almost shouting. Despite being morbidly obese he scorns the mere mention of trying to go on a diet. He was severely physically abused as a child and I wonder if childhood trauma suffices to explain his behavior PTSD perhaps or whether he suffers from schizophrenia. His father had uncontrollable sadistic rages and his twin sister is a drug addict with extreme mood swings. Any in sight would be much appreciated. Thank you very much.
If these signs are forming more of a long term pattern rather than a quick and sudden deterioration, they may be signs of schizotypal personality disorder rather than schizophrenia, with the possible exception of delusions and hallucinations which are usually indicative of schizophrenia
The symptoms are treatable, including medication and therapy. Please talk to a mental health professional - they are there to help you. You don't have to go through this alone.
I have severe depression and social trauma, so I related to a lot of this (wanting to isolate, not fully trusting others, hygiene difficulties, preferring to be in my own world, etc.). I also have severe anxiety so I occasionally get REALLY scared of fairly harmless things. I'm not very delusional, though I do hallucinate occasionally, seeing or hearing something very briefly. Sometimes I think I get paranoid, but it's more of "I think there's a rapist in my closet" than "I think that unrelated people are conspiring against me". Probably not schizophrenia?
there's a lot of overlap though. the more I dig the more I suspect that trauma or other damage is the primary diagnosis and symptom clusters are peripheral
I relate to all the symptoms (except delusions) but i always blame my anorexia and self loathing. What if it’s my mom’s schizophrenia creeping up on me? I never knew what a mother is. We completely lost our mom “mentally” when i was 16 i’m 27 now. Even before she was gone mentally she wasn’t a good person. She has always felt like a mean boss to me. Anyway, Can a doctor check you for schizophrenia?
I'm convinced I have multiple complex developmental disorder, it's basically autistic traits with magical thinking similar to schizotypal but multiple complex developmental disorder isn't recognized in America so I'm kind of like undiagnosed. I really don't know what I have, it's been a struggle going doctor to doctor trying to find a label. I don't hear voices but I have very odd beliefs and I'm a loner. I've had weird beliefs since 15 and I'm 29 now with no voices. I'm not weird enough to be schizotypal though or metaphorical enough or whatever. I believe in simulation theory and ghosts.
I had a difficult time getting into treatmmet, nobody took it seriously, hospital, and psychriatrists believe im faking. Me, either i made contact with ET who wrote the Holy Bible, or im psychotic. A scientist would pay a fortune for my experience.
Early 30s? I thought it was in the early 20s. Edit: looks like that is just men, whew!! Some of he negative symptoms look like depression, which I struggle with.
i have a belief that Sisyphus had the right idea in the notion of rolling the rock up the hill only for it to roll back down. i work as a material handler so often i find I'm moving materials. but its like i had a few timelines that only one is real and because i can see a few time lines i skip dialog because i know outcomes. i was trained to watch for things and to act accordance to my surroundings. not going to lie people spinning English into traps is common to some people. when people tell you to get a job at 7.50 a hour you learn fast not to trust people.
This might happen to me I was like maybe 14 or so when I would fell alienated from my own body and glowing color would be seen around every person like if I can view auras
There is a part of me that wants to believe some cases of schizophrenia are someone with the ability to hear the dead or something sentient that is around us humans but in the energy or spiritual realm. If I use my imagination, I could imagine it would be dangerous to have such an ability and not understand it. Or be naive to some of those souls having malicious intent. (I don’t fully believe this, I just see it as a possibility. And I don’t believe science has ever shown adequate evidence to disprove such a thing would be possible)
100's of genes is actually a very small and predictable amount. Most polygenic traits have thousands. This means IVF and PGD could become highly effective preventions for schizophrenia.
One thing about paranoid Schizophrenia is yes I believe exist I've met people with it but the thing about it is now it's being exploited to get away with things done to people I'll use myself for example now I've caught some people on different occasions people attempting to put something in my drink before I caught them I became suspicious of each of these people because I took drinks also food from them and became very ill immediately after it tasted funny also I got side effects like feeling like my heart was going to explode vomiting blood urinating blood and blood in my stool now mind you these are horrible people I was around and some are still around I smoked weed and just moving to area I relied on other people to get for me well found out that it was laced and I would see things and they would record me going threw the side effects so now they say I'm paranoid Schizophrenic because i don't trust them now or people handling things I eat even though I caught them red handed putting some liquid in my cup and they ran afterwards I've vent to my stepmother that knows one of them that did this she said I need therapy and I feel insulted because I went threw vomiting blood urinating blood and blood in stool and that's not caused from Schizophrenia I never had this problem till these people made an entry to my life but they say this and use video footage to cover what they did to me up I've told doctors and they won't do nothing I've even ask the E.R to get the police here at the E.R so I could be tested they refused because of their connections if anything else happens I'm going directly to the F.B.I myself
I married 2 and was raised by one. As long as their treated. They usually do well. Meds are so much better then they used to be, hope it goes well for you
Delusional thinking is usually something that is outside reality. Like ‘I believe I can fly if I jumped off this building’. It’s not a belief you hold like, ‘cats are better than dogs’. It’s something that isn’t true, but you believe that it is.
Another example of a delusion, believing you have the president's phone number and talk regularly. Or that the people on the news are giving you (and only you) secret messages during their live broadcast. Much different than a normal delusion of for example believing your crush has feeling for you too without proof lol
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I don't feel like you look at the field critically enough. Critical thinking should always be exercised. Blindspots lead to blind acceptance of unintentional harms.
"mistrust in others", idont understand dis @ all. either the person has been sheltered their entire life or been very fortunate to experience only good things from peeps. general population r are EXTREMELy nasty n untrustworthy, ihave so many awful experiece with peeps dat ijust dont trust most peeps. ofc by saing dis iwill b labeled "mentalillness" bc we're all just suppose 2 trust everythang n every1 right? cus dats wats normal?!?!?!?!?!
No, it's not normal. And this is referring to an excessive amount of distrust--- like they don't want to go outside because people might record them, or constantly suspecting that every person is trying to hurt them-- the cashier at the grocery store, the person standing at the bus stop, their neighbor who was laughing when they drove by.
It's usually when the paranoia keeps you from doing things you'd do otherwise like self care, shopping for groceries, going somewhere with a friend, seeking a relationship if you want one, things like that.
@@hop101honestly, it sounds like you should seek help. The world and people can be scary and dark sometimes, but when you feel that you can’t go about your regular life without intense fear, it’s time to take action and get professional help ❤
@@hop101 Thats called a phobia. Social phobia. Alot of people deal with it, or have dealt with it. You may not completely overcome it, but you can definitely train to partially, or for a big part overcome it. And its not a crime to be nervous from time to time. Train to be cringe around people, without it effecting yourself. Half of the time people wont even notice it. Its fun. Make it a sport. Train to overcome fears 🍀
What you eat matters Inflammatory responses triggered by diet in your enteric nervous system send inflammatory signals to the brain. Over time, this state of chronic inflammation may promote the development of schizophrenia.
I am not a hypochondriac, but it does greatly worry me that I am struggling so hard to distinguish whether I have audhd with anxiety, ocd and depression, or if I have borderline personality disorder, or not schizophrenia. Or if it is all emotional neglect and cptsd. I am already diagnosed with audhd, ocd, anxiety and depression. But my state is 30+ year behind on medical. So any doc I go to, it feels like I am literally telling them what I want to be diagnosed with. And everything in my life has exasperated lately, like all my symptoms are worse than normal. My bad habits are strong, my house is a mess, I’m behind on everything I could possibly be behind on. I can’t properly feed myself, and it’s getting to the point I feel bad for my dogs. But I also know they’d probably be unhappy without our bond compared to losing and gaining weight every other week. My life is a mess, and it feels like there is nothing I can do. I will add that I am a heavy cannabis user, and have been since I was like 13. Part of me wants to ramble on and defend my use. I mean I don’t think it is making me have any type of mental breakdowns. I’ve always felt it helped me get over my crippling anxiety. That was years ago. I am open to the idea that quitting that would potentially help clear things up so to speak. But it is difficult after I’ve walled myself in. Also what makes me believe I am not delusional, is the fact that people really struggle to disprove the stuff I come up with. And actually get upset with me and say stuff like I always have to win. I believe with all my heart I’m right about what I’m pointing out. (Politics is the plague.)
I have schizophrenia. When people find out I have schizophrenia, they step back. Schizophrenia is not contagious. I am not going to eat your liver. Nor, do the voices tell me to kill. However, since a stigma seems to follow schizophrenia, I just stay to myself. When asked why I am always alone, I just say I am antisocial. Then, I am left alone.
I live alone. I do everything alone. I drive a vehicle. I maintain my land, vehicles, and myself. However, I just can not hold a full time job. Fortunately, my part time job pays extremely well. Thus, I live my life independently.
Thank you for sharing. I was diagnosed but I don't know if it's a real diagnosis or not because I have a lot of Childhood trauma c-ptsd. I wondered is there are any schizophrenia groups in your area? I would feel a bit scared going to one of them but maybe you would feel differently? Much love
“I am not going to eat your liver” thank you for reminding us to be compassionate humans :)
@@chazcazz2764 relatable, I have c-PTSD, adjustment disorder which is Major depression + anxiety, and AuDHD which cannot be FORMALLY RX'D because of c-PTSD and adjustment disorder but it's fully understood by my psych team to be obviously there. When I was younger I was misdiagnosed with Schizophrenia and Borderline personality disorder.
I understand, I've got c-PTSD, adjustment disorder, AuDHD, and Ehlers Danlos, POTS, dysautonomia, a PCOS, chronic migraine. It's enough to have made jobs impossible since age 25 despite having been an overachiever until then. I burnt out mentally and very BADLY physically. The physical part ultimately was so damaging I couldn't recover because I had pneumonia and nearly died. Hence dysautonomia got very bad and that's when I got my Ehlers Danlos diagnosis. My depression got the worst of my life. I spent 12 years without a partner or sex life. I kind of NEEDED that space as well, but was also abandoned by everyone as well. Neurotypical people do not respond well to Neuro atypical people, just like abled people do not respond well to the disabled. I'm both and it's rough.
Could i ask what your part-time job is? I cant work full time either and im struggling to find something i can do
7 early signs:
Changes in ability to focus.
Mistrust in others
Withdrawal from social life
Issues with hygiene and appearance
Erratic behavior
Difficulty distinguishing dreams/ television from reality
Delusions
All that said, please watch the video in full - it's worth it, but I wanted to get those things out there for anybody that wanted a preview.
There are also other overlapping mental things that can cause those symptoms other than schizophrenia. I want to note that. I was once diagnosed with Schizophrenia and Borderline personality disorder at age 14.
I actually have Major Depression, Anxiety, (together that's called Adjustment Disorder now), and c-PTSD, and AuDHD.
c-PTSD can look like borderline, and extreme anxiety and depression can look like schizophrenia.
@@draquela96 thanks for expanding on that - I've also wondered how much of it can relate to attachment styles
@@draquela96they can’t test reality. That’s the biggest determining factor. That is the one thing not shared with any of the other disorders except bipolar 1 I think. With that one the patients can have a mixture of temporary schizophrenia or schizo-affective disorder. An old friend of mine had that and she was wondering into peoples yards, went into a shed and was found and taken to the hospital. Being distrustful of people can be attributed to almost anything. If you’re exposed to many people who are unreliable, or have had many betrayals in your life you can be distrustful and have no mental disorder. Also being exposed to abusive people who are narcissistic can lead to that. PTSD comes to mind as something that would cause it along with lots of other things. So there are a lot of overlapping things with this list. This list will make people think they have early schizophrenia, when they in fact have nothing wrong with them. One other factor is it usually shows up in your late teens early 20’s. I saw a random video the other day of a woman who has it and taped herself ranting at an invisible person. Many people can have fights or imaginary conversations with someone in their heads and act it out. Yes it looks like they’re disturbed. The thing is this. Asked them who they’re talking to or arguing with. If they really believe someone is there and they say it then they have a problem most likely. If they aren’t schizophrenic, they will most likely fell embarrassed that someone saw them and they’ll say no one just thinking out loud, because they know they were getting carried away with some kind of thoughts of something negative. They can test reality.
@draquela96 personality disorders cannot be, and never have been, diagnosed prior to age 18. It goes against the diagnostic criteria. I wish you had a better set of Mental Healthcare providers on so many fronts. I'm glad you eventually got the right diagnoses and care.
100% agree with you@@KmePete
severe depression also causes people to withdrawal and to also have problems with hygiene, appearance, and housework
same with cptsd
So, prettymuch anything that sucks the life, energy, and motivation out of you?
Thank you for letting me be apart of this conversation!
@@SchizophrenicHippie You are always welcomed to correspond with others of the mentally ill group and will never be rejected, mistreated, nor talked down to as an inferior. I do not subscribe to the, "neuro atypical," nonsense. We are, indeed, mentally ill. There is no sense in trying to hide it. The normals always know.
Thank you for sharing your experience
Don't be a sucker. What do you have to thank for? Did the dope manufacturer pay you anything for sponsoring the lies it thrives off of? Read some Robert Whitaker before you let yourself get played like this again, like "Mad in America". All of these people are not your friends, and were.
My adult daughter has been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder w/psychotic episodes. I worry that she hasn’t been completely honest and that she has schizophrenia. Does this happen?
Omg I absolutely love your videos!
PTSD symptoms can look very similar to schizophrenia symptoms.
Yes you are right. I was misdiagnosed.
Very true. I have CTSD and can relate to most of these symptoms
Yeah, my parents thought I had schizophrenia when I was younger because I was having hallucinations but it was PTSD
I know you may have good intentions with this video, but fear-mongering people who already have depression/anxiety/ptsd/cptsd into thinking they’re in prodormal phase is not good practice. It’s ok to inform but also tell people it’s not just schizophrenia, because not everyone reads the comments.
Thank you!
Diagnostic drift is a real problem.
This is so important. It's like the whole "personality disorder" craze. They see a few of the symptoms that they relate to, they overinflate the severity of it bc theyre always in their own head, and they assume bc they kind of relate that it means they have that disorder. This internet pop psychology and pathologizing ourselves constantly has got to be harmful.....
And I say "they" but that included me at one point too. I used to think I was borderline, but now I know better. I see so many young people, teens namely, diagnosing themselves with bpd, narcissism, did, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder etc thinking a label is the answer to their problems when their brains are not even close to done developing. And how will it effect them 5 or 10 years from now if they continue insisting on it...:( terribly sad.
@@alyssamichaela yes, and overpathologising each other … of course we live in a sick culture and people are increasingly unhealthy and unhappy (see “Myth of Normal”), but labeling someone you don’t agree with, with something from the DSM is weaponising science while losing compassion for each other and ourselves
As someone with extreme anxiety disorder/panic disorder, I applaud this comment. When this first started for me at age 30, I was terrified I was schizophrenic.
My cousin had very severe schizophrenia, and eventually committed suicide after 10 years of suffering. My brother is a paranoid schizophrenic. I Worry for my children.😢
I understand I worry for my family!
That's very sad, I definitely believe mental health issues do run in families.
Is your brother medicated? I have some mild schizophrenia and as long I'm sleeping well and taking my medicine, I'm normal
@@ghostkitty8988 no… He believes he’s perfectly fine, and the rest of us need help. He believes were all out to get him, my fathers in the CIA, we’re all millionaires secretly and not telling him. There’s nothing anybody can do anymore… He lives with my parents, but the rest of the family doesn’t talk to him because he has said horrible things about all of us. We are all either killers, thieves, whores… The list goes on and on.
My son died from this disease. He tried to drink the voices away. He got pancreatitis and died at 27 years old 😢
hes alright now ❤
You're not alone. My little brother committed suicide at 18 after suffering with this wretched disease. Peace.
I'm so so sorry. I can't imagine the pain you must feel.
My brother has schizo-affective disorder.
I hope the pain can dull for you. 💔💔💔💔
@mikeknowles8017 sorry for the loss of your brother. This is such a nasty disease 🤧 😪
@AmberAmber it just gets softer never easier. It is so nice to see these videos cause someone will be able to recognize the symptoms earlier. Noone talked about it even 10 years ago.
Cptsd can have similar symptoms and in combination with other disorders can be harder to distinguish.
I watched your videos years ago and I think you are much more organized and clear in your presentation. Thanks. This was helpful.
Hi, Katie.
My mom had schizophrenia. I never remember my mom being "normal" but my older sister does. So following the timeline, we think her symptoms started started around 26ish and she wasn't treated untill she was 56. So being raised like that created a traumatic and stressful childhood.
Also my mom being undiagnosed for 30 yrs before she started treatment. Ment her meds never worked great, because the
"delusions" Where so deeply rooted.
I do feel guilty about this, but i left home 35yrs ago and I'm still so angry with her for my childhood she passed in 2020.. anyway, a video about this and how to process it would be very helpful. Thank you
Good video. I have a brother with schizophrenia. I attribute a lot to the dysfunctional family we were raised in. My mother, in retrospect, had a mental disorder, rages, constant rule changes, humiliating me, my siblings and father. My dad ended his days a heavy drinker. I also, think drug use triggered the escalation of my brother's symptoms. He told me he started smoking pot when he was 10, that was in the early 70's. He was a mountaineer for many years and while in Western Canada took a hit of LSD and after that had full blown hallucinations/delusions etc. It took many years to get him treatment and the right drug cocktail. He's spent the last forty years in a group home.
there is a much stronger link between weed and psychosis than with any other drug
@@HomeFromFarAway and yet they legalized it here in Canada....sad.
You are right. Just read an article about a study showing teens who smoke pot prone to develop schizophrenia
@@andreasissons7766 I am in favour of legalisation, but with all the research and dangers made public. currently there is almost zero public info about the downsides of regular use, just a lot of people making a quick buck
These may be known as signs of Autism and CPTSD too. That’s so odd.
Minus the delusions.
abusive families/partners can and do use this list to gaslight their victims/scapegoats about being "actually crazy"
@@taoist32
kid: "you told my teacher that I am emotionally unstable but you've been criticizing me non stop for a month"
parent: "that never happened so you are obviously schizophrenic"
honestly, looking at the brain regions and what chronic cptsd does to grey matter, I am pretty sure an abusive or mentally ill parent could cause the brain damage that leads to the symptoms
Totally agree! I can apply all the symptoms to myself. And I'm undiagnosed autistic and I'm sure I have ptsd
Some of the symptoms your describing overlap with other disorders, like ADHD and PTSD, so it's important to clarify the differences. For example, I was diagnosed with PTSD because I grew up in a rural community where teachers didn’t have the resources or understanding to recognize my ADHD and dyslexia. As an adult, I’ve had to relearn many things because my childhood experience was shaped by these undiagnosed conditions, contributing to my PTSD. Additionally, being in an abusive relationship further worsened the trauma. It's crucial that professionals understand these differences to avoid misdiagnosis. I once had a therapist who refused to listen when I explained my PTSD diagnosis, insisting I might be bipolar or have another condition, even after I showed her my previous diagnosis. My fear of seeking treatment earlier stemmed from concerns that my child could be taken away due to corrupt local courts. It took an out-of-state lawyer to intervene and expose some of the corruption that had endangered my daughter by putting her in the hands of the person who harmed us. I want to add my daughter is now 25 so she grew up safe after she came back home away her abusive father and the other state after going through 5 different foster care homes. The person who harmed us both was able to get with a therapist who convinced the other state my daughter had Reactive attachment disorder because he told them that she never attached to me. Which was a bogus lie because when she came home, she was tested again and that was not true at all. Also, the system in the other state was corrupt as well leading some of the social workers and foster care homes she was in be put into jail due to trafficking children. Even though my daughter and I have struggled we are getting the help now we needed then. My daughter has also finished her college degree last year and I will be completing college in 2026. I'm just saying fact check your therapist, who you're dealing with, use your best judgment even if you believe you might not be able too. Because there are allot of corrupt people out there and you never know. Our Justice System cannot be trusted at times my story tells this.
I have schizoaffective disorder depressive type. Most of my delusions were closely tied to my depression. Before my psychosis started, I started to experience obsessions with certain people or with odd ideas or theories. Then I felt severely depressed because that one person I was obsessed about were actually not in love with me. My schizophrenia started shortly after I developed my obsessions with certain people and escalated once I started having thoughts that my whole family was conspiring to get rid of or destroy me. Needless to say I am much better and my depression and psychosis is stabilized with medication.
Thank you for sharing this, it has dug up some memories of me being like this at one point. I wish I knew what I did that helped me change the part where I constantly thought my family was conspiring against me or friends were in some way. Or I’d obsess over a girl, finally talk to her and get crushed. Or I’d just never talk to them.
Now as an adult, I go through monologues of how I’d like a conversation to go with someone if a specific topic ever came up. Or if I got to really voice my opinion to my mom or something. I’ll literally play the whole convo out like I’m practicing and try to find the perfect words. Then I’ll never have that discussion with whatever person it was anyways.
And sometimes I will think my phone specifically is being monitored in some way because of whatever conspiracy or anti gov content I am watching. I mean my phone will get super hot, and start acting crazy. And they have admitted they do this type stuff in some cases. So that doesn’t help to know that haha.
I am currently diagnosed with audhd aka autism and adhd also depression and ocd.
If any of this stuff resonates with you, tell me! I am trying to explore the idea my diagnosis is wrong and I steered it. Really I’ve felt like any doctor I’ve gone to my adult life, I tell them what’s wrong with me and they’re pretty much just a middle man for the pharmaceuticals. My state is an average of 30+ years behind on stuff though.
I don't have Schizophrenia, but I do have a LOT of the negative symptoms.
- Anhedonia (no pleasure or interest in anything),
- Trouble with focus and attention,
- Disinterest and withdrawl from people, and needing to be alone,
- Sleeping 12+ hours and still being exhausted,
- Inability to cope with life,
This last one is really severe. Cody feeling embarrassed about not washing his hair for a week...that would be a HUGE improvement for me. I haven't washed my hair OR showered since July, and before that, March.
That sounds like depression 😢
@@noam1836 Yeah, it is. I have depression caused by chronic anxiety, OCD and CPTSD, as well as BPD.
@@ladybaabaa3294 I wish you healing and that it will be much easier to manage
Are you on medication or getting therapies that may help you learn to cope so that you can improve functioning? No judgements just curious.
Thinking of you and sending you positive vibes. I have similar symptoms
had all the signs on speed, most horrible experience of my life. i was self neglecter ,used to several layers even in summer ,lived in filthy conditions and rarely washed. still get voices in running cometary but vary low volume and hard notice when mind is busy, the voice of my own thinking don't let the others get a word in edge ways
Thanks ❤❤ I’ve a really close person to me and I’ve seen the improvement, environment therapy, a lot of love, patience and a lot of help from friends, family, government,etc
I have schizoaffective possibly schizophrenia alone. People definitely treat me differently
I have a mix from Schizoaffective with C-PTSD. When I have PTSD and Schizophrenia it's being attached to the past and then being detached to reality. Then my loves one knows the PTSD is true but they have patience with me. It does get better with treatment don't lose hope! You got this! 3 years into recovery and university with GPA of 3.31, after taking the treatments and connecting with reality.
I have a neighbor in my building who I swore suffered from this- but I learned that what appeared her talking to herself was that she is praying/talking to "god" It is ALL the time, the woman is always praying and muttering to herself. She will often walk around with her bible reading from it- I believe its more of a OCD/Self Comfort thing. She in her 60's and her family has abandoned her. It is quite sad. She does not engage when you try to speak with her..
Understanding schizophrenia can help us and our loved ones make informed choices regarding treatment options
This runs in my family mama my brother my niece my half sister
In the late 70s, when I was around 12 my 18 year old brother was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Our parents were ignorant, toxic and unsupportive. I was left home alone with my much older brother, witnessing his frightening episodes. IE: he could be telling me how much he loved me, the sweetest little sister in the world, then spin into angrily shouting that he hated me because he knew I hated him, then come full circle to loving me again - only 10 minutes might have passed and I wouldn’t have said a word. He accused me of witchcraft, prostitution, of coming on to him because I was wearing lip gloss. He sacrificed my pet rabbit to God to atone for the sins of all mankind. There was little understanding of schizophrenia back then and even more stigmatism than now. The stress took its toll and I was acting out and tried running away several times. I was being treated like I was loosing my mind too. I don’t blame my brother, I wouldn’t wish his malady on my worse enemy. I want to offer a virtual hug to all the other siblings out there. I think we can easily get traumatised and forgotten.
Damn, I honestly think my symptoms are due to ADHD, autism and PTSD + burnout. But some of this is too spot on. I'm gonna bring it up with my therapist, because early schizophrenia is pretty treatable far as I know, but yikes. I'm just in the right age range, too, so best to be sure.
Thank you so much for this video.
Katie~~!!!!!!!!!! Thanks so much for all your effort and hard work~!!!!! I recently got depression and am having a HARD time but your video is so helpful and inspiring..😭 I got attached to you , my online therapist ♥️♥️♥️ Love you so much from South Korea ♥️♥️♥️ You means A LOT to me 😢🫶🙏
Yes, the cognitive and negative symptoms are the BIG ones that are so disabling for schizophrenia. Items 2 (inability to tell what's real and not) is the textbook definition of psychosis. Delusions are a type of positive symptom. Yes, schizophrenia is highly genetic - Tracey Marks has a good video on the heritability of MH diagnoses, and there are four conditions: schizophrenia is one. But the genetic rules are Mendellian genetics, so it's first-degree relative has the biggest risk. Questions about the individual genes involved are not important. Yes, Kati, I'm glad you mentioned the dopamine hypothesis that explains schizophrenia's positive sx (i.e., excess dopamine). But there's another hypothesis that works together with the dopa mine hypothesis to further explain schizophrenia. Do you remember what it's called? It's starts with the letter "g". Have a good day Kati. And all!
My dad was schizophrenic. I wrote a book about him: "Life With My Schizophrenic Father"
My mum is schizophrenic, was a terrible mother very self-centred, neglected us, continually making bad decisions, needy, dependent just a pain in the arse burden, we all have trauma because of her to bad she wasn’t diagnosed earlier and sterilised.
Can you have degrees of schizophrenia… as you were describing how the brain works in a person with schizophrenia it seems possible that a person could have anywhere from mild to severe cases of schizophrenia is this in fact true ? And this seems like it would be the case in all mental illnesses if in fact that’s how the brain 🧠 is functioning
This would explain why we all have such different experiences in the mental health community and with medication and treatment.
Still so much to learn 🧠
My ex had this disorder. I wanted to help and be supportive but it was just too difficult for me. What could I have done for him?
My mother suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. I haven't seen her in over a decade. I wish there were more resources for children who grew up like I did. It's lonely and alienating.
I took canine dewormer and my behavior and inner thoughts changed a lot.
Well licking your butt at work could get you fired and licking someone's face could lead to sexual assault charges. I hope it helped with the worms 🙃
@@kathleendavidson3316 it did
@@kathleendavidson3316😂😂😂😂
I am not a hypochondriac, but it does greatly worry me that I am struggling so hard to distinguish whether I have audhd with anxiety, ocd and depression, or if I have borderline personality disorder, or not schizophrenia.
Or if it is all emotional neglect and cptsd.
I am already diagnosed with audhd, ocd, anxiety and depression. But my state is 30+ year behind on medical. So any doc I go to, it feels like I am literally telling them what I want to be diagnosed with.
And everything in my life has exasperated lately, like all my symptoms are worse than normal. My bad habits are strong, my house is a mess, I’m behind on everything I could possibly be behind on. I can’t properly feed myself, and it’s getting to the point I feel bad for my dogs. But I also know they’d probably be unhappy without our bond compared to losing and gaining weight every other week. My life is a mess, and it feels like there is nothing I can do.
I will add that I am a heavy cannabis user, and have been since I was like 13. Part of me wants to ramble on and defend my use. I mean I don’t think it is making me have any type of mental breakdowns. I’ve always felt it helped me get over my crippling anxiety. That was years ago.
I am open to the idea that quitting that would potentially help clear things up so to speak. But it is difficult after I’ve walled myself in.
Is there a difference between schizophrenia and a delusional disorder, is there a difference between schizophrenia and lunacy
They are not the same. A disorder is something a person can get treatment for and get better. Schizoprenia is psychiatric and tied to genetics and can’t be treated (symptoms can be treated, but the illness can’t be removed).
@@soilgrasswaterairthanks
People who have delusional disorder might seem to function okay in most areas of their life, but they might have one specific delusion that is persistent. You might not recognize the person has delusional disorder unless the specific delusion comes up. Symptoms can come on later in adulthood compared to schizophrenia. It is generally harder to treat with medications, but is still worth trying. Someone with schizophrenia usually begins to have symptoms in early adulthood and can have a broader range of symptoms, like hearing voices, seeing things, having many delusions, having disorganized thinking, tangential speech, or negative symptoms like slowed thinking, flat affect, etc. Schizophrenia is treatable with medications and therapy.
Are there early signs in childhood? I remember learning in college it can't be diagnosed before 18, but my son started showing signs at a very young age. Personally I think he has either BPD or Schizo, but I'm not a doctor. All I know is that one day we went to bed with our child being one way and the next day we woke up and he was the POLAR opposite. Everything we thought we knew had flipped. I know that could mean SO much, but I've NEVER heard of such a stark and sudden shift. He also has COMPLETELY inaccurate memories from before the shift. He's been diagnosed with depression/anxiety, ADHD, and ASD...but I still don't understand why he became a completely different person. His meds/treatment never seem to help as much as they should either. Thankfully he's not self harming anymore, but his quality of life should be better.
I believe and have noted that usually onset is late teens to early twenties but I could be wrong
I pray he is healed in the mighty name of Jesus Christ ❤
It seems like a kind of DID - dissociative identity disorder, extreme form of personality disorder. Also persons with personality disorders can have several self-states and switch betwen them. They have caleidoscopic personality with several ego states (self-states), that switch when triggered by outside circumstances. Each of those personalities is roughly modelled according to a personality disorder, so a person with a borderline ego state can develop a secondary sociopath protector ego state and have two personality. Many borderlines develop a compensatory narcissistic ego state that protects against emotional disregulation. Some ego states like narcissitic one can be activated even for years before they decompensate back to lower ego state. Borderline ego state is not much stable, thus it can decompensate to schizoid state (person becomes shut-in without social interaction) or a sociopath (persons become aggressive and do drugs, but also sociopath ego states commit self-harm and suicide) or it can develop a narcissism (that is also kind of psychosis - person believes she actually IS the ego ideal and decompensates when shown otherwise). Technically narcissism is a "progress" because the person become more stable is reality is denied, but in reality it is also a decompensation from a borderline. This whole stuff is just a model though. Also when there is an amnesia, it might be more neurological, something with amygdala and hypoccampus or severed connection from prefrontal cortes due to physial brain injury. Personality disorders are an "adaptation" to psychological trauma and abuse predates changes in brain structure, other mental illnesses are firstly caused by biology and there is no perpetrator or abuser. Psychosis in personality disorder is brain's last resort before suicide and might be a healthy thing. Risk factor for personality disorder are attachment issues, as personality disorders are just insecure attachment style that went rampant. Also, personality disordered people create a false self to replace a true self, so if a child believes it is "bad" then it acts like an actor to be "good" and be loved by mother and later others. When the mask falls of, the undeveloped true self might take over. So basically, the boy never existed, his personality was just an act of a fearful child. The mask felt apart, and the real, emotionally neglected, person emerged. Better than false self "killing" true self and becoming narcissist for life, search for borderlinernotes channel on yt and watch all videos here and try to find something useful. Also look at IPAM model of Sam Vaknin, but that guy is also an actor and take him with a grain of salt. He just rehashes what he reads in books, but his clinical experience is very limited.
@@MrsSpurgeon222 magical thinking is a problem, not a solution
@@HomeFromFarAway difference between magical thinking like limerence and praying/intention/wishing for something to happen for someone.
Studies have shown that when someone, or even a group of people come together to speak on/think on/and pray on a topic with pure intentions, it's more likely to occure/manifest. Like positive and negative affirmations put the thought in your head that you can/cant achieve something. When you verbally wish well or acknowledge something it seems to turn the wheels... makes it seem more possible in your mind and therefore easier to achieve said goal.
Wishing for healing and affirming it is better than sitting there saying you'll never get better, or only a drug will fix it. Healing takes a balance, and believe it or not, as a person who died in 2018 thanks to a hospital worker giving me the wrong drug, I can tell you from my experience that the realm beyond is just as real as this, and we affect it and it affects us through thoughts, beliefs and actions. However, I don't suggest going on some dmt trip trying to talk to machine elf aliens. That's how a lot of this stuff starts is chemical imbalance, which can happen for many reasons; usually from exposure to trauma, abuse and the creation of abnormal thought patterns as a result. These illnesses are very similar and usually stem from similar circumstances. So we found a root problem. Abnormal thought patterns.
Now we need to figure out what triggers the different unique genes that differentiate these illnesses to start to go off.
Mine started around 7 when I got a bad mmr while being sick with the flu and I later developed low platelet thrombocytopenia and strep that was reoccurring and passed my blood brain barrier. I was also being sexually abused since 1.5 by a few people and put through severe ptsd due to my folks bpd problems and addictions. All of these different illnesses are similar and come from similar circumstance.
Manifesting healing for someone in any medium is a beautiful thing.
It's not like your wishing for the big guy in the sky to come and take all your issues and make sht easy. That's not how life works right, and asking for such a thing is kinda selfish anyways cuz like is meant to have ups and downs. I think the intention there was for her to give those worries over to something greater than ourselves. Don't ignore them and pretent it will all go away without action, but don't hyper fixate on it cuz it will cause insanity. Do what you can in the moment with what you have. But if it's out of your control, seek another or give it to God (something greater than you.) Give that worry away until the next time you know u can do something about it. Like in AA, NA, AM or many other therapies.
Rather cover both bases, because they both affect each other. What you think about yourself affects your reality. If we didn't know this, we wouldn't be watching this channel. I'd rather have the thought that someone is wishing me healing than someone is wishing me to get worse. Some folks just dope u up. That's not a solution. Some folks just throw u into a Bible pit where everyone is slapping the demons out of you. There is evidence that that world exists, and I'd rather be safe than sorry, like having a lighter while camping. But it's not the end all be all. "Works alone won't grant access to that kingdom. Faith does" But also "faith without works is dead." Gotta have both. My aunt used to believe God would take her cancer away, so she sat in her closet and prayed for 2 years until she died. She stressed and made it worse. The idea is to BELIEVE and KNOW you can get better, and to listen for a lightbukb to go off to show you where you need to go to seek help and take action to MAKE your life better for yourself. The power was put in our hands to handle ourselves.
Just gotta find the right therapies, outlets and chemical balance. 😃 and talking to any bpd, schizo or autistic person I know, positivity is one way to help! It's the only way they get through is laughing through it.
How do I get my sister help where she doesn’t admit she has problem even though drs said she has it and has all the symptoms?
Not sure where you live...is she harming herself or others? That was the only way we could get treatment for my brother.
@@andreasissons7766 she has been mia, living in hotel I believe...she can get violent and erratic...has not displayed self harm unless she punches something or once broke a wine glass in her hand...im in CT
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I deeply respect the personal stories being shared here, and I’m sorry for the pain many have experienced. My question is about how medication changes the brain, and how we decide that quieting the voices is the best approach. Could there be value in engaging with the voices therapeutically before silencing them, like through talk therapy? Maybe they represent repressed fears that need to be processed. I wonder if this is already part of standard treatment-perhaps I’m not the first to think of it.
For appearance, I really do not care how I look. But, I must be immaculately clean. Being soiled will cause oder that can attract attention. The lesser attention one can attract, the better. Thus, I must be clean as possible. Scent can attract social predators.
A part of these symptoms can also signal autistic or ADHD burnout and can be very confusing, if the neurodivergence hasn’t been previously diagnosed.
Can you talk about psychosis? The difference or similarities between it and schizophrenia?
These are all fairly broard symptoms
In ability to focus...
Mistrust in others
Withdrawal from social Life
Hygiene issue.
Etc
Depression and gas lightning family could lead to this.
what is the difference between psychosis and schizophrenia?
Could you do a video in this way, showing what is know about narcissistic brains?
Bc I hear so many "poop" about this subject on tiktok :/ "Researches" being quoted, that have almost no subjects on their studies, and still, being spread like "this is the science behind narcissistic brain". I only see "this is not conclusive and didn't say any of that", but.. I am just another person without degree on the subject.
It is quite exhausting trying to find what professionals have to say on actual studies, when only people without certificate are talking so much about it :(
Good morning Kari,, my name is Eric, I am watching (7 signs of pschsofrenia), I went through a traumatic seperation, while it's been 5 years, I had lost COMPLETE TRUST, IN FAMILY, FRIENDS AND AQIANTANCES, INCLUDING, MY LATE MOTHER AND MOM'S MOM IN LAW ( my grandma dad's mom
I thought I had children... I raised them to 18 then run off to their estranged mother that did not care from them since the age of 14, now they estrange me, nothing heard of them since 2 years... do I have schizophrenia? did I ever had kids ?
The only time I have auditory hallucinations is when I'm stoned.
My brother is constantly in a state of psychosis. He’s very paranoid as well. He’s homeless, he won’t see a Dr.
And hand in hand with the above disadvantages my brother is addicted to meth.
According to a growing number of studies, marijuana may account for 30% of schizophrenia cases among young men. One of recent studies:
Scientific American: _huge Danish study shows that up to 30 percent of psychosis diagnoses in young men could have been prevented if these individuals hadn’t used marijuana heavily_
Another percentage is from syphilis
co occurrence doesn't mean marijuana is causing schizophrenia. Cannabis medicates endocannabinoid deficiency from c-ptsd, and c-ptsd and trauma have a huge influence on mental health.
Lmao I feel way crazy when I don't smoke
you will get a LOT of pushback for this, and for daring to mention the very solid data linking psychosis and worsening symptoms over time to regular use. people who smoke do not want to know
@@thewitchskitchen except there is a proven link between weed use and psychosis
Good for you for all the good you do. You don't even get to know about a lot of it. What a blessing you give, your heart and your time and energy. Thank God for your husband, parents, all those who are around you, but most of all, your beautiful heart and soul. Thank you for being a good one. \π/
what is the difference between paranoid personality and bpd and schizofrenia and narcist abuse/cptsd?
I would define schizophrenia as delusions seeing or hearing things that aren’t there. It can affect daily functioning
your definition is simplistic
Get a second opinion about a diagnosis. After divorcing an abusive spouse, I had anxiety. 6 different diagnosis, none accurate. Usually the doctor just looked at me. Can you imagine a medical diagnosis done like that? Imagine you are in the ER with a broken leg, and Dr. stands in the doorway and says you have appendicitis.
Thank you for this informative presentation. A close friend of mine is periodically highly paranoid actually most of the time and makes wildly unfounded accusations against others accusing them of plotting against him. He has had no other fiends apart from me.he lives alone in an extremely dirty and disordered appartement. He demeans and seeks confrontation with waitresses. He acts threatening toward others and uses his impressive height and corpulence to bully others. He stutters and repeats each sentence about three times and is very disconnected and scattered in his thoughts despite being very intelligent. He speaks very loudly almost shouting. Despite being morbidly obese he scorns the mere mention of trying to go on a diet. He was severely physically abused as a child and I wonder if childhood trauma suffices to explain his behavior PTSD perhaps or whether he suffers from schizophrenia. His father had uncontrollable sadistic rages and his twin sister is a drug addict with extreme mood swings. Any in sight would be much appreciated. Thank you very much.
sounds more like a severe cluster B
If these signs are forming more of a long term pattern rather than a quick and sudden deterioration, they may be signs of schizotypal personality disorder rather than schizophrenia, with the possible exception of delusions and hallucinations which are usually indicative of schizophrenia
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I have most of the symptoms makes me really scared of them so I keep quiet and don't want to be here. Idk what to do
The symptoms are treatable, including medication and therapy. Please talk to a mental health professional - they are there to help you. You don't have to go through this alone.
Can you do a video about autism and how to differentiate it with schizophrenia? Similar like this but for autism
Thank you for all the information
I have severe depression and social trauma, so I related to a lot of this (wanting to isolate, not fully trusting others, hygiene difficulties, preferring to be in my own world, etc.). I also have severe anxiety so I occasionally get REALLY scared of fairly harmless things. I'm not very delusional, though I do hallucinate occasionally, seeing or hearing something very briefly. Sometimes I think I get paranoid, but it's more of "I think there's a rapist in my closet" than "I think that unrelated people are conspiring against me". Probably not schizophrenia?
Can schizophrenia develop in the eldery?
What are the differences between Schizophrenia and Bipolar disorder? Are they easily distinguishable?
A total different mental bipolar is more of moods high and lows lasting many months at a time
there's a lot of overlap though. the more I dig the more I suspect that trauma or other damage is the primary diagnosis and symptom clusters are peripheral
I relate to all the symptoms (except delusions) but i always blame my anorexia and self loathing. What if it’s my mom’s schizophrenia creeping up on me? I never knew what a mother is. We completely lost our mom “mentally” when i was 16 i’m 27 now. Even before she was gone mentally she wasn’t a good person. She has always felt like a mean boss to me. Anyway, Can a doctor check you for schizophrenia?
I'm convinced I have multiple complex developmental disorder, it's basically autistic traits with magical thinking similar to schizotypal but multiple complex developmental disorder isn't recognized in America so I'm kind of like undiagnosed. I really don't know what I have, it's been a struggle going doctor to doctor trying to find a label. I don't hear voices but I have very odd beliefs and I'm a loner. I've had weird beliefs since 15 and I'm 29 now with no voices. I'm not weird enough to be schizotypal though or metaphorical enough or whatever. I believe in simulation theory and ghosts.
simulatiin theory isn't weird, it's supported by a lot of physics. ghosts on the other hand... no evidence at all
I know a patient diagnosed with autism who often had trouble differentiating real from tv or youtube. There seems to be symptom overlap.
Unfortunately, the reality of stigma in mental illness can only exacerbate a preexisting delusion of persecution
Am I a Schizo with B.P.D?
I had a difficult time getting into treatmmet, nobody took it seriously, hospital, and psychriatrists believe im faking. Me, either i made contact with ET who wrote the Holy Bible, or im psychotic.
A scientist would pay a fortune for my experience.
Sooo YT algorytm - what's on your mind that you recommended this video to me?
but what about trauma as a trigger?
Early 30s? I thought it was in the early 20s. Edit: looks like that is just men, whew!! Some of he negative symptoms look like depression, which I struggle with.
i have a belief that Sisyphus had the right idea in the notion of rolling the rock up the hill only for it to roll back down. i work as a material handler so often i find I'm moving materials. but its like i had a few timelines that only one is real and because i can see a few time lines i skip dialog because i know outcomes. i was trained to watch for things and to act accordance to my surroundings. not going to lie people spinning English into traps is common to some people. when people tell you to get a job at 7.50 a hour you learn fast not to trust people.
What's the difference between Schizophrenia and Schizo-activity?
That must be so disappointing to find out you have schizophrenia when had believed you were becoming psychic.
This might happen to me I was like maybe 14 or so when I would fell alienated from my own body and glowing color would be seen around every person like if I can view auras
There is a part of me that wants to believe some cases of schizophrenia are someone with the ability to hear the dead or something sentient that is around us humans but in the energy or spiritual realm. If I use my imagination, I could imagine it would be dangerous to have such an ability and not understand it. Or be naive to some of those souls having malicious intent. (I don’t fully believe this, I just see it as a possibility. And I don’t believe science has ever shown adequate evidence to disprove such a thing would be possible)
100's of genes is actually a very small and predictable amount.
Most polygenic traits have thousands.
This means IVF and PGD could become highly effective preventions for schizophrenia.
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The voices telling you to shut up and behave, harpies. Maybe ETs have CPTSD, getting treatment was difficult
One thing about paranoid Schizophrenia is yes I believe exist I've met people with it but the thing about it is now it's being exploited to get away with things done to people I'll use myself for example now I've caught some people on different occasions people attempting to put something in my drink before I caught them I became suspicious of each of these people because I took drinks also food from them and became very ill immediately after it tasted funny also I got side effects like feeling like my heart was going to explode vomiting blood urinating blood and blood in my stool now mind you these are horrible people I was around and some are still around I smoked weed and just moving to area I relied on other people to get for me well found out that it was laced and I would see things and they would record me going threw the side effects so now they say I'm paranoid Schizophrenic because i don't trust them now or people handling things I eat even though I caught them red handed putting some liquid in my cup and they ran afterwards I've vent to my stepmother that knows one of them that did this she said I need therapy and I feel insulted because I went threw vomiting blood urinating blood and blood in stool and that's not caused from Schizophrenia I never had this problem till these people made an entry to my life but they say this and use video footage to cover what they did to me up I've told doctors and they won't do nothing I've even ask the E.R to get the police here at the E.R so I could be tested they refused because of their connections if anything else happens I'm going directly to the F.B.I myself
weed causes psychosis. there is a direct cause and effect there
You’re DEFINITELY schizophrenic bro
I think I married one.
I married 2 and was raised by one. As long as their treated. They usually do well. Meds are so much better then they used to be, hope it goes well for you
Who doesn't have delusional thinking to some degree? And who is anyone to decide what is delusional thinking?
Delusional thinking is usually something that is outside reality. Like ‘I believe I can fly if I jumped off this building’.
It’s not a belief you hold like, ‘cats are better than dogs’.
It’s something that isn’t true, but you believe that it is.
Another example of a delusion, believing you have the president's phone number and talk regularly. Or that the people on the news are giving you (and only you) secret messages during their live broadcast.
Much different than a normal delusion of for example believing your crush has feeling for you too without proof lol
Sounds like todays society.
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I have all 7 lol
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I don't feel like you look at the field critically enough. Critical thinking should always be exercised. Blindspots lead to blind acceptance of unintentional harms.
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"mistrust in others", idont understand dis @ all. either the person has been sheltered their entire life or been very fortunate to experience only good things from peeps. general population r are EXTREMELy nasty n untrustworthy, ihave so many awful experiece with peeps dat ijust dont trust most peeps. ofc by saing dis iwill b labeled "mentalillness" bc we're all just suppose 2 trust everythang n every1 right? cus dats wats normal?!?!?!?!?!
No, it's not normal. And this is referring to an excessive amount of distrust--- like they don't want to go outside because people might record them, or constantly suspecting that every person is trying to hurt them-- the cashier at the grocery store, the person standing at the bus stop, their neighbor who was laughing when they drove by.
It's usually when the paranoia keeps you from doing things you'd do otherwise like self care, shopping for groceries, going somewhere with a friend, seeking a relationship if you want one, things like that.
@@hop101honestly, it sounds like you should seek help. The world and people can be scary and dark sometimes, but when you feel that you can’t go about your regular life without intense fear, it’s time to take action and get professional help ❤
@@hop101 do you have low self-esteem?
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Thats called a phobia. Social phobia. Alot of people deal with it, or have dealt with it.
You may not completely overcome it, but you can definitely train to partially, or for a big part overcome it. And its not a crime to be nervous from time to time.
Train to be cringe around people, without it effecting yourself. Half of the time people wont even notice it. Its fun. Make it a sport. Train to overcome fears 🍀
I don’t trust any politician and I advise everyone else to not trust them either
..? relevance?
That's something different
Civil Servants Are Salt Of The Earth!! They represent us and are elected to do so. Snap Out Of It!!
Sounds a lot like religioso People.
This is the worst list possible for schizophrenia warning signs
Personally I find it very creepy that you do videos from your bedroom.
What you eat matters Inflammatory responses triggered by diet in your enteric nervous system send inflammatory signals to the brain. Over time, this state of chronic inflammation may promote the development of schizophrenia.
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I am not a hypochondriac, but it does greatly worry me that I am struggling so hard to distinguish whether I have audhd with anxiety, ocd and depression, or if I have borderline personality disorder, or not schizophrenia.
Or if it is all emotional neglect and cptsd.
I am already diagnosed with audhd, ocd, anxiety and depression. But my state is 30+ year behind on medical. So any doc I go to, it feels like I am literally telling them what I want to be diagnosed with.
And everything in my life has exasperated lately, like all my symptoms are worse than normal. My bad habits are strong, my house is a mess, I’m behind on everything I could possibly be behind on. I can’t properly feed myself, and it’s getting to the point I feel bad for my dogs. But I also know they’d probably be unhappy without our bond compared to losing and gaining weight every other week. My life is a mess, and it feels like there is nothing I can do.
I will add that I am a heavy cannabis user, and have been since I was like 13. Part of me wants to ramble on and defend my use. I mean I don’t think it is making me have any type of mental breakdowns. I’ve always felt it helped me get over my crippling anxiety. That was years ago.
I am open to the idea that quitting that would potentially help clear things up so to speak. But it is difficult after I’ve walled myself in.
Also what makes me believe I am not delusional, is the fact that people really struggle to disprove the stuff I come up with. And actually get upset with me and say stuff like I always have to win. I believe with all my heart I’m right about what I’m pointing out. (Politics is the plague.)