People with Schizophrenia Refuse Help Because of This
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2021
- So many times I am asked, "My son/daughter/friend has Schizophrenia and they refuse the help I am trying to get them." Well in this episode, Schizophrenia Advocate Michelle Hammer tries her best to explain why in this week's episode of Schizophrenia And The City.
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The voice in my head said do not watch this video; I said be quiet and watched it anyway.
Welcome 🙏🏽 you on the right track
Omg me too!!! Dead serious omg
Mine only have good ideas. 😂.
You think that's bad.....The voice in my head tells me when I drive up to a pedestrian crossing to *"Step on the gas, forget the brake!"*
I lost my job because I refused psychiatric care. Weeks later the police brought me to the hospital where I was diagnosed and medicated for the first time at age 30. I accepted help when I realized I had nothing left to lose. I trusted the healthcare team. The year before I was out of control and living a nightmare, and I'd do anything to escape it. Things are going well for me now. I work part time as a drug counselor
Good for you!!!
Do you take medicine?
@@NR-kx2kj Yes, every day
May I ask which medication works for you as I am drug resistant. Thank you. Will appreciate you response.
why did the police bring you...?
This is the biggest problem that im having with my 20yo son right now. He has refused almost all forms of help. He refuses all medications. Very difficult to warch him waste away.
Because they don't trust any one.
I'm sorry that your son refuse for help.
With out the right medication this mental illness
will progress.Did you encourage him to see a terapist
first?Sometimes there is a vitamin defiency specially vitamin
D. Anyway, sometimes there is a spiritual warfare and there is
a resistant to accept a medication.
I'm going through this with my girlfriend and I need all the help I can get... Ur videos help me understand her more and more thanks for what you do...
Same here dude it’s so difficult to deal with her constantly needing me for literally everything but the other hand I love her to death…
I am so sorry to hear this I suffer through this with a very close girlfriend first three months she was a great person but after the next two months she would get super irritated and say you have bad energy I can't be around you I hate you I don't want to talk and it's been 5 days she hasn't come up and say anything in person but she text me today saying you have bad energy I don't want too talk you ever again and she's always had her moods my question is do you think it's a permanent thing or it's just a manic episode that will pass
My gf just left me cause she was having episodes that was giving her delusions that I was cheating I was willing to stay and help her but she got abusive And she end up leaving me. I wanna help her so bad but I don’t want to lose myself trying to help her find herself
@@Unbreakablesoulsallennvee I've been through 3 episodes with my girlfriend each one was like 6 months to a year long so be strong and support her..
I dated a guy with sczophenia for ten years. He passed away at forty a couple of years ago. I always had so many questions to ask him but he didn't answer. I just learned how to operate around him. One of the questions I always wondered was Are the voices always negative??
He was artistic too and just amazing person, really talented. I thank you and appreciate making those videos. Because it's helpful to watch and it's healing me.
if I may repeat a long comment of my own as an answer - yes, the 'voices' are almost always negative. A summary of findings by the Psychotherapist Jerry Marzinsky (for over 30 years, much of it with Prisoners): It is interesting that psychiatrists that actually listen to their patients, especially schizophrenics, relay that the ‘voices’ give the sufferer guidance - for one example; guidance on how to get more drugs/etc. In this [popular] example, the voices will tell the patient to go to a certain location or intersection, and sure enough, there is a person standing there or one arrives soon after, that often becomes a source of drugs for the patient. They also seem to build trust in other ways with the sufferer, by 'warning them' of people that will hurt them or betray them - sometimes it is not true, it is family members attempting to help, but sometimes it is true, people who would soon rob them or betray them. This makes the sufferer ‘listen’ to the ‘voices’ more and more over time, of course.
What is most interesting though is that the voices dislike it when the sufferer tries to better themselves; for example, exercising, eating better, stopping drugs, reading the bible, etc - they HATE it when the sufferer tries to read the bible, the MOST - that is very interesting...It is almost like the stories that demons hate humans and try multiple ways to harm or eradicate humans, is true - since it always ends up with the sufferer going off alone into the distance somewhere, often found confused (or 'having an episode' out in the world) or unfortunately taking a number of lives as they carry out ‘some plan’ that they were actually guided towards, influenced by anything from voices to [what they sometimes saw as] actual beings.
*[Note: 'greeting dogs' are being used of late, for this - the dogs are told to "greet the entity" by the sufferer...and if the dog does not go up and sniff/greet the 'entity the sufferer sees', then the patient knows that entity is not real...]*
Sadly, in these scenarios, patients often spoke of ‘having no choice’ or ‘being the only way out/away’ from the entities or their influence, almost like they knew it was wrong and tried to get out before ‘an end event' of some type occurred. What is interesting overall then, is that in all of the schizophrenic sufferers, when really listened to and actual interest is shown in ‘what the voices are saying’; all are the same - the voices are all saying the same 'types' of things - negative. Don’t ignore warning signs.
I wish peace for you all
@@MunenushiThat was fascinating. Ty for sharing. Only thing I would add, is that this may not be a reliable 'proof' that the voices are always bad, as all the examples were of prisoners- presumably people who had 'bad' ideas of their own, at least, at some point in their life. I would be SO intrigued to know if this is true across the board, even for schizophrenics with no criminal record or institutionalization. Or perhaps there aren't very many sufferers of schiziphrenia that don't have history of institutionslization? It's a very harsh world and unforgiving to people who struggle to sort out their environment. They frequently end up in trouble, it seems like. I personally do not have schizophrenia but I have other conditions that make it nearly impossible to function in normal society.
Hey Miss NYC...
I am currently in a relationship with someone who would be your "posterboy" for tjis particular clip.
Watching these among others actually giving me an insight as to what I'm experiencing with him and I opening, what is about to happen and what to expect. I am currently in hospital as I'm saying this, yes with him. He was picked up screaming in a bank best screaming he had parasites in his balls. This is the second episode in less than a month. The other one happened at a local convenient store around here. I know this is going to be a long and difficult Journey but I truly love him and I choose to be here to offer support and encouragement and also for him to know to know that I'm a phone call away.Youf clips truly..truly..have given me insight.pls continue to tell us about your journey ♥️
Halo, 14 years ago I was like you now, in a relationship with a person who has schizophrenia, today we are still married, we have small children, and right now I don't know where my husband is, it's very difficult when you have children. Children don't understand what is happening. This is the third time he has stopped taking the therapy and the first time he has been aggressive towards me. I have already managed to bring him to the hospital twice with the police, but he did not want treatment and both times they released him after 24 hours. I don't have the strength to look for him anymore and I don't see any solution. It's very hard to live with the knowledge that you have no way to help him.
Please talk about how to deal with loneliness as a schizophrenic,,,
Back in 2016 I accused my therapist over the phone of being in on a plot against me. I straight up told him that if I saw him face to face he would be in danger. I refused to see him for weeks. After that I got my medication and substance abuse under control and was so embarresed by my behavior that I almost couldn't face him. Those were horrible times...
I’m sorry that happened to you, but I’m glad you got through it.
@@SchizophrenicNYC Thank you☺
You can always send an email of apology and explain the circumstances.
Have you ever heard of tardive dyskinesia?
I’m glad I found your platform, I myself struggle with schizophrenia and it’s been a nightmare at times. Stress, anxiety and depression contribute to my episodes and I’m quite tired of not being educated of my symptoms.
Thank you for sharing your story.
Michelle, I relate so much to this. I have mostly visual hallucinations but I’ve had severe distortions and intrusive thoughts that didn’t sound like my own that would tell me they were here to let me know not to trust the “help.” I was hospitalized last week and for the first time ever was able to open up about these experiences. I hid them in fear that I’d be mocked. But they took me serious and now I’m about to start intensive therapy and meds ❤️
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Thank you so much. I had a VERY hard time for a VERY long time due to parents and family not understanding and basically making things much worse. Being made homeless and made to feel worthless is no fun. Hopefully someone in their position watches your videos and it'll make a difference in someone like me.
I hope this video can help at least one person 💕
I hope you can make a step forward. Are you alone and homeless? This must be hard... You are completely responsible for your wellbeing now. Don't wait for the help of your family. If you help yourself, God will help you too and give you soon, what you need ...
Oh boy am I reading ..it’s everyone else’s fault that I am absolutely refusing any and all help but I have a lot of demands first? Please get help it is up to you move out of victim mentality if that’s what’s going on 😢
Holy crap! I can so relate to this. It's really validating to hear that someone else experiences hallucinations inside your head while reading, or watching a movie... my main voice is named Abby Normal. She is such a horror. Constantly on my back just riding me into the ground. I'm trying to learn how to live with her, and the other voices through medication, and therapy. It's hard. And hearing from you, and how you've struggled is super inspiring for me to keep holding on against the wave.
I’m glad you you got something out of this video
How are you holdin up?
I'm glad to hear that these adults with schizophrenia who initially refused help, decided to accept assistance. Just wonderi ng, what is the solution for someone who has schizophrenia, but constantly refuses to accept help year after year?
@@earledison7977I'm in the same boat. I'm pretty sure the internet bolsters their belief that it is real, so they are convinced that everyone else is lying to them because of that.
Thank you. This is helpful in dealing with a loved one who has been suffering with mental illness for decades, now, and is resistant to accepting help.
Thank you so so much! This definitely helps. I'm so glad I found your channel.
My son is 32. He is still in denial about the voices not being real. He hides it from everyone. He only takes anxiety meds but that adds to him being tired, sleeping wrong, and depression
I have been Bipolar One Disabled since 1994 at age 22 but recently my mind turned in a completely different and unexpected way. I seemed to be having a series of hallucinations with the same theme.
And I believe most of it is when I am awake. Very detailed. They said these people are not real and it is Maladaptive Daydreaming. Lucid Dreaming, and maybe Charles Bonnet Syndrome or Mania. What a mess…I got my medications down but this sets me back and nobody beleives me anymore.
Will I get my credibility back? You can not talk a person out of a Delusion. I might have Lewy Body Dementia the doctor said
I've experienced Schizophrenia and after this experience I reaalise that people when give you a hand they are not aware about how resposible should while dealing with such disease, I can't trust someone who is not aware about this situation in fact people who do are people who experiences the same situation so I prefer to connect with people that are usually strangers who share the same mental health issue
I get that
Thank You for your courage! As a mom of a loved one suffering w this, it helps explain a lot! God Bless You!
My son committed suicide recently undiagnosed, i couldn’t get to him in time because I didn’t want to believe something was wrong, this illness is cruel and evil. The day before he shot himself I knocked on his bedroom door and when he opened it he looked awful, evil! I called a crisis center they said usually the person has to be harming themselves or someone else before they are forced to get help. My son said my husband and I were possessed and evil, he said when he’s driving he see 5 black SUV’s, CIA agents follow him as he drives and a Ambulance with flashing lights, scary! I think it’s more like evil spirits taken over at times, ruining victims lives. I’m so mad! He was 35.
I’m so sorry for what you’re going through and how you were treated by professionals. 😢
I'm so sorry about your son. I have schizophrenia too, and I cry looking at the crap I go through in life. This disease is definitely cruel and evil!
Jesus loves you and loves your son. I am so sorry this happened and pray for you to be ok and know that you are loved.
Soutient ❤
Thank you to explain with such simplicity, the reason of your suffering,I hope your testimony shall help a lot of people suffering of the same trouble.
Your honesty is so helpful to everyone. I’m so glad I found you and your channel. ❤
Thank you
Just subscribed. I was carer for a family member for 18 months who thought I was against him when all I was trying to do was help. Let's just say things came to a head and he is now away from me and has been in a completely different setting for about 2 months. What I got from your video is that when he starts feeling the same way about the new people with him that may trigger his journey to insight. God bless all those suffering and help them get better.
I recently learned that my son is schizophrenic. He is currently in prison but will be released in a couple of years. I appreciate hearing about this illness from you. He will be coming to live with me when he is released and I need to educate myself as much as possible before then. I have no way to know what he's going through right now. I don't think he is being helped with this. I don't even know if he's being medicated. He said they give him something to sleep but he doesn't really know what it is. He has written to me a few times very briefly, and his writing is very shaky. I think maybe that could be the medication? He was sent to a mental hospital while in jail and this is where he got the diagnosis. Thank you for sharing your story. I appreciate you. ❤️
If he's coming to live with you and you allow for some advice, look for NAMI. (National Alliance on Mental Illness) They offer courses and group support to both care giver and the person experiencias a mental health issue. ... Good luck and God bless you and your son.
❤ I hear you
How are you doing now? My brother has schizoaffective disorder. A combination of bipolar and symptoms of schizophrenia. It will be tough to communicate. It will be hard to arrive at the feeling behind the delusion if at all. Make sure they don't trust online people more than you. If they do, then they won't be receptive when you ask them about their feelings. They also might start to think everything you say to them has an ulterior motive or design. Reassure them this isn't the case. They also might think you are flat out lying or are against them in some way. Reassure them that you are not. If all these things fail and it escalates to becoming violent then you have to call the police. This doesn't help with their delusional beliefs though because it confirms their suspicion in their minds that they were being watched by persons with more power than them. Be as loving and understanding as possible, because logic doesn't cut it in this situation, even though schools program you that way. Don't entertain their delusions or outright deny or dismiss them either. Just listen neutrally and really listen. If the topic keeps going to the delusion reassuring them that the reality you are experiencing isn't what they are experiencing might help as well. You will need to phrase this lovingly and with a positive tone. It feels impossible at times, and it is at times. I have several moments where I feel like I'm ready to not be angry as a response, but it just comes out because I hit my breaking point. If nothing else, it will definitely test your emotional, mental, and physical fortitude. Best of luck and well wishes ❤
I've met a few schizophrenic individuals and have another friend that had a friend with it... Not all refused help, but as said on here, many if not most refused help, 1 even at a time I was in a psych hosp for untreated PTSD. This patient refused meds until she was made to have it infected from security. Since then, the way she changed was amazing!
I'm more holistic but am not biased against all Rx bc I've witnessed a variety of amazing differences and some other via horrors of side effects or allergies. It just depends the individual.
I eish everyone very well 🌸💜🌸
My brother has schizophrenia and your channel is my favorite in that it helps me understand what he might be experiencing and hopefully offer him whatever support I can. Thank you!! ❤❤
I’m sorry to hear that about your brother. My brother is going through it right now. Our whole family is struggling with how to handle him. He lost his job today. I know it hurt him inside but he acted like it was a good thing. I’m so scared for him. I am helpless to help my baby brother 😢 I will pray for your brothers safety when I pray for mine.
Great Video. I totally get you. Its definitely a challenge always thinking family members friends neighbors and even your mental health people are trying to harm you. I struggle with getting help for all those reasons also. Thank you for sharing.
The manipulating part is so real for me , thank you for making this video . I can finally relate to someone
Insight is what separates the success from the failure in this illness. After meds, if you feel symptoms you can tell yourself that they are just like a pain after hurting.
Yes
I finally understand! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for being open and honest and sharing your personal life. I just can’t tell you how much this has helped me over the years listening to you and Lauren, who has a channel called living well with schizophrenia. I appreciate you both so so much from the deep depth of my heart. My daughter has this nasty disease and I listen to everything she has to say and sometimes I say, I believe you’re having an episode, hoping that she can discuss that and when she tells me something that I know is not in reality and if I believe her, I always say I believe you, and I believe that you are experiencing this. Because frankly, she is … whether it’s reality or true, or not as a different story. But I absolutely understand and know it’s real to her. That’s what matters. It’s more important for me to build trust with her than to be right.
I hope she is ok
@@SchizophrenicNYC she’s doing great right now and sober over 15 months, going to church, etc. Thank you again for turning this horrible situation around into helping others!
Thank you for being honest with everyone about this . This is giving me alot of insight with my loved one that has been desperately needed
Thank you
You’re amazing. I recently was diagnosed. It’s been the hardest time of my life, and like you said...the voices are so manipulative.
The voices, it's all you... and their sole job is to convince you they aren't.
There are a lot of common things with me. I don't have schizophrenia, but I was bullied in school so bad, I had to escape and skip classes just for my own safety. No adult ever helped me in school. Parents had their own arguments and fights, enough to scare me to talk to them about my problems.
And teachers tried to "help" me by training me to accept abuse as a normal thing. So, when boys would kick or punch me or spit in my face, and then I would cry and tell the teacher, teacher would blame me for complaining and not understanding that boys like "to play".
So, I would always want to be alone. I felt guilty for not enjoying the humiliation and physical attacks from boys. I was a "bad girl" (according to teachers) for complaining about boys hitting me and destroying my possessions. Boys would tell me I should kill myself because I was too ugly, then they would throw trash and various objects at me or grab me to throw me on the floor and step on me with their dirty boots. And all of that I had to tolerate almost daily. Complaining about such treatment made me a "selfish whiner"..... and teachers tried helping me by teaching me how to not react to boys at all. I tried not to react - but it hurt so much being a doormat that skipping classes and running the streets throughout the day felt like the only safe option.
Even today, when someone insists on helping me, I get an instant body alert reaction and even panic attacks. Help means not safety to my brain from those experiences.
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But I can't I say heard voices talking to me at all. I just have an inner feeling that I'm safe when I am completely alone... so much so - that I dream to die alone. Alone means peace and safety. I am a hardcore introvert. I love to be alone and enjoy it to this day, in my 40 years of life. And I work all alone too: I am an independent cleaning contractor (dealing with noone at all throughout my work day) and I love it.
Also, panic attacks are fear based too. I started to experience them, even though nothing was threatening me directly. So, it's not a psychosis, but it's still unreasonable fear popping out of my body for no reason at all.
Ultimately , I think the way I feel and the way schizophrenia feels is related. I believe schizophrenia was probably triggered by some negative experiences in early childhood. And most people don't remember those experiences.
Thank you so much for sharing in your solitude, yes, the last thing you said is true, i literally recovered memories of when "they" tried to activate the audio in me, i threatened to eliminate everyone if they did, so it turned into subconscious telepathy, which in a way, was worse, kinda turned into subliminal mind control, like Being John Malkovich movie, literally, they have been having their way with me since i was a baby, "targeted individuals" are really suffering under the gangstalking
Quand je vous lis ca me dechire.
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I have a huge crush on a guy that is Schizophrenic, but he avoids me and won't even let me get within maybe 50 feet of him. It makes me want to cry because I wish he would let me in to help him (within my ability). I try to speak to him, but he hears me and ignores me completely. He sometimes talks to his demons. At this point, all I can do is pray for him! 😢
He sounds selfless and intelligent.
My soul mate who I met 33 years ago became schizophrenic. He is am incredible human being who changed my life forever. I have tried a few times to reconnect. If it failed, it was absolutely my fault but not bc I meant harm. I was so ignorant, it breaks my heart. We are finally speaking again and I just don't want to wreck it again. I think maybe the answer is, nothing I know in my reality applies to his reality. Becoming impatient, hurt or expecting him to understand me or even meet me half way is unrealistic and selfish. If I want to be in his world, I have to allow him to let me in only on his terms and it may or may not ever happen. 😑
Thanks for sharing. Some ways that you said certain things just helped put some things into perspective. I appreciate you
You're very smart, brave and amazing. It looks to me that those voices tried to corner you, so you were isolated, therefore was way easier to destroy you. Thanks for sharing girl!
Thank you
You're brilliant being your own therapist and verbally so clearly understandable..❤
Thank you so much!
@@SchizophrenicNYC Do you think it's a ramped up form of self preservation? Do you think the voice is really on your side?
thank you for talking about this matters.....I'm also a schizophrenic.....the situation you are experiencing is much likely same with me..when I in my 20's I thought my mother is wanting to hurt me....she was the one who brought me to the pschiatric clinic which is really against my stand that I don't want to go there and be labelled as a crazy man...but she persuade me with gentle words then I went to psychiatrist though without my will...to cut it short, Now Im on my meds and I still have the hallucination,...I feel better with my meds night pills..my advice is always have a faith on God and always take your meds.....and do activities that made you happy as long as you not harm anybody and yourself and as long as it is synchronise with our religion teachings
Thank you for posting this video. I think you’re very brave and this video will help a the loved ones on how to communicate with someone who is going through schizophrenia
Thank you so much for sharing this. It helps me better relate to my troubled person. You are very brave.
I love your hat!! Thank you so much for these videos
This is sad. I don’t know when my daughter realizes she needs help. It’s so hard. 😢
I had thought broadcasting when I was 17 at high school also I had a delusion that when the planes hit the twin towers I was convinced I was getting punished and that it was my thought got very paranoid went to marine corps boot camp in Paris island sc when I had my first psychotic break and diagnosed with schizophrenia and was kicked out thank you for sharing your story my friend
My girlfriend is refusing help and she’s losing everything but I’ll lose everything if I stay , I’m in such an awful situation because I won’t leave her because of it but I can’t stay if she refuses help . She hasn’t slept in weeks and thinks the worlds protesting because of her and people are following her. Plus she has no insurance
You can get state insurance for free if you are in America go to the welfare office and sign up
Yes , please get her help .
Yikes! I’m in a similar situation with my husband. I have a big job, I’m a mom and his illness is wrecking it all. I try so hard not to be angry with him for destroying everything we’ve built. It’s really hard not to resent him when he is figuratively burning everything to the ground. I’m currently in therapy.
You need to move out. She thinks because you're there, you will take care of her. If something goes wrong, she'll blame you. If you're not there. She has to take accountability.
Thank you so much.my son is listening to these voices and people trying to help doesn't understand. I as his mum starting for today i'll change and informe others trying to help him to understand and wach your video.❤❤❤
Thank you for sharing. Going through it with my brother now. Def not easy. Trying to remain hopeful, and learn ways to be helpful
Sorry to hear about your bro. I hope he’s better now. Me and my family are going through it with my bro now 😢 I pray yours is doing better now. As well as mine.
@@darkestb4dawn199 - All the best to you and your fam. Took a couple months, but mine eventually agreed to go into a treatment facility after a bout of homelessness, and further drug abuse. Hoping you make some progress as well!
Thank you , I go through everything you said exactly and makes me feel better that I am not alone 😢😊
I'm very lucky to have a supportive partner that keeps me in check say if I feel like skipping my meds coz I feel better she reminds me I feel better because of the meds.
That’s great!
4.2024 God bless you dear girl I hope your doing really well
Thank you for opening up to us with this terrible condition.
Thank you so much! I love you videos and you are so relatable!
Thank you!
I love hearing about this from a patients perspective as opposed to a drs perspective... i had a chronic illness that was physical for 10yrs and the drs - definitely had some idea of functionally what was happening withing my body but they didnt know what it felt like to vomit 12 to 15 times a day and be in excruciating pain 24/7, relentless unable to eat sometimes unable to drink nausea all the time, feeling like my insides were on fire i mean i could go on and on at one point my body started shutting down for no reason that im aware of 🤷🏼♀️ i woke up 1 morning to get my daughter ready for school and then i remember my ex gusband calling to see how oir morning was going and if we were going to be leaving for school soon and i was apparently not making any sense to him? I couldnt breathe i wasnt getting enough oxygen i remember just being disoriented tho and he called my sister in law who just had a baby who baby sat for my other sister in la2 and had her own child that was the same age as my daughter she got my daughter, dripped her off at school came back picked me up and i was curled up on the floor in the front seat pf her minivan with my head on the seat bkz i couldnt comprehend why i couldnt breathe or qhat was goi g on and as i we got to the er door i rwmember somehow getting out of the car and walking thru the doors and saying help me as everything went black and i was going down. Like toward the ground but everything went black b4 i hit the ground then i woke up with a ton of nurses and drs around me and they were all freaking out just like bouncy balls in a box it seemed like and i was fighting the 2 male nurses who were teying ro hold the air bag thing on my face and then other ppl cam to hold me down o e on each appendage and another accross my body bkz i was just thrashing bkz i thought they were suffocating me and then i woke up in the icu 8 days later apparently.
Anyway idk why i just rambled all that detail. I just know that patients can explain it in ways drs cant bkz yhey havent experienced the disease they've read about it. they've heard about it from their patients but they just dont know how a patient whos experienced it knows.
So thank you. This is really helpful
Thank you, I'm currently trying to get help for my brother.. it's hard helping someone who refuses treatment..
I'm in the same boat right now with my brother. Doesn't think anything is wrong with him, but he's 5150 in a mental institution right now. So so difficult to work through their delusions. Hope you the best. I know how horrible this situation is ❤
My daughter has been to the hospital twice which is a year apart. She refuses medication so they gave her this injection medication for her psychosis but she needs to take it every month…the challenge is for her to be be consistently compliant 😢
Thank you because I think that what my son is going through and your video helps me to understand a perspective so I can consciously react differently with my son . We argue about his delusions and behaviors and I dont think I could really accept anything like schizophrenia in my child, my son so people have been treating him like its drug induced and bad behavior but now I think its much more .
Pray 🙏🏼 IN FRONT OF YOUR SON AND SAY " JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH" cure my son heal his mind from this illness walk with him Lord JESUS CHRIST PLEASE I BEG YOU LORD HELP MY SON BE HEALED FROM THIS ILLNESS. This prayer helped my son many of these cases of delusion might be A spiritual attack.
I have been informed about this illness just few months ago my mum has been ill for 30+yrs now i didnt know whats wrong
I’m in a similar situation as you right now
Very inspirational. Hopefully my daughter listens to this I’m going to help
I so badly wish you and I could converse about this. 🤝🤝
I have a similar story. My mother married someone who is very strong minded. And when I was a teen. They helped fund a plane ticket for me to visit my home state.
I ended up leaving the airport without catching the flight. Because I thought it was going to crash.
My only explanation was “a little birdie told me “ 😅.
Needless to say. Considering no one knew what was up. (Including me) that didn’t go over very well.
I hope your loved ones can forgive what that illness has done.
It’s an odd feeling thinking we should apologize when we were under the influence of something so powerful and terrorizing.
🙏❤️🙏 thank you for sharing this. ✨
Thank you for this video. I want to be there for someone that I care deeply for and I am trying to understand what she is going through.
Thank you for this informative and insightful video. My mom's undiagnosed schizophrenic (her symptoms are obvious) and I've been looking for effective ways to talk with her about treatment.
Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.
I relate with you so fucking much it’s actually unreal. The problem is… people like us who actually WANT & NEED help… should not be SCARED of seeking it. I’ve been on 5150 and ever since that (the most traumatic week of my life) I’m actually scared of seeking the help I need. 😢
My Ex Fiancé Developed Schizophrenia, and it was heart breaking. Even after myself and her family had her taken to a mental health facility which she was there for a month. They treated her gave her meds. She went back to normal for about 2 weeks. She then decided she wasnt crazy, and didnt take the meds. she relapsed...... She is now in Jail. She doesnt think anything is wrong with her its everyone else. The voices are the ones telling her the truth. I hopped the hospital or now the Jail would help her realize something isnt right, but alas, No. Years of this. YEARS. This is why she is now my EX.....
It is so hard to believe and you know that you do not want to believe it. Best bet is to keep up with the docs and take meds. God bless!
For me it was like Glorious Sons "SOS". I was too well against my will. The drugs they had me on were making me feel dumb. Walking around with a constant smile glued to my face, and by smile I mean huge freaking grin like I was high or something.
The manipulation triggered me so badly. Thank you for explaining this. Because I often wondered how someone who is mentally ill can have the faculties to be manipulative. It is really insidious and a mind fuck to the people who have to be around the person with schizophrenia.
You are doing a great thing by sharing this I have the same thing thank you for sharing
Damn nice to hear a fellow schizophrenic
Thank you!
Thank you for your honestly speach. it is really helpfull.
you should do a reaction video on a schizophrenia simulation video and give us your thoughts . I think that would also help people understand what you go through, even while doing mundane things i.e. doing laundry or taking out the trash...just a suggestion 🤔 much love from the devils attic, Arizona
That might be a good idea
This was very helpful for me with my dad thank u❤
I'm so glad!
Awesome video. Had a friend who would 'go to war' with the voices, she thought it was her dead brother sending some sort of evil. For her it was defo real and a major battle, you could literally see the stress/suffering. Always struck me strange that these voices never seem to just say nice things.
Psalm 91 , audio psalm has power to heal mind , spirit and soul . By The Lord Jesus Christ strips we have been healed , proclaim and declare ❤
I remember when… I remember when …I actually lost my mind!🎼🎶🎵🥁😄 I realized something was very wrong with my mind when I had psychosis. I understood the condition was permanent but I still desperately wanted out.
I realized that if I got into an argument with someone about truth the hallucinations would go off into the background. Then after the argument they slowly returned. So I thought, “What if I just ignore the hallucinations and delusions?” and that’s what I did so they lost their power over me. They went away and never came back. That was in 1985 and it’s almost 2025… 40 years ago! I will also be fully retired in 2025.
Thank you. This is very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
It is a lonely illness, very lonely illness. It's stigma causes them (schizophrenics) to fear people, eventually they become noid of everyone even those who want to help them.
They feel disconnected and isolated, watching life happening from the sidelines, but not included, feeling separated and singled out.
Thank you...for explaining
Makes me cry watching my daughter. Voiding much but more than that, spirit once had Gone...how do I get her to help me take down her hair and comb? ❤
Thank you for making this.
Thank you
In schizophrenia, your thoughts and feelings can deceive you. At first it is difficult to realize, but then comes the experience of such sensations. And then, it all depends on how well you can navigate your feelings and thoughts. Someone does it well, someone does not understand what it is all about. Thought is free. No one should care what's going on in your head. People look at what you say and do, not what you feel and think. And neuroleptics are not needed to make stupid thoughts and strange feelings disappear in your head, and normal feelings and feelings would appear. Neuroleptics are necessary so that you are not a danger to yourself and to society. Neuroleptics are harmful to both physical and mental health. If a person can live without neuroleptics, then it is better for him to live without neuroleptics.
And the most important thing you should know about voices is that you can't believe them. They always lie. But you can believe your normal thoughts. The brain may well distinguish its normal thoughts and feelings from those you identify as voices.
Neuroleptics (let alone psych meds in general) r VERY HARMFUL, TOXIC, & UNNECESSARY!!!!! Moreso than alcohol.
My brother is going through an episode recently. I have to stay strong and healthy, but it is hard to get sleep with this on my mind. I have had moments where it felt as if I were also hearing a voice in my head because of the lack of sleep. But I shouted at it to stop and it stopped. So I feel bad for those who do not have this control. And hopefully if I just listen without causing him to be agitated it will help. Sometimes I'll ask how something made him feel, and he will shout at me questioning why I'm asking that. But I think it's mostly online groups that bolster his delusions into reality. So asking how he feels seems to him to not be the core issue, because some other peoples already convinced him he is right. It is really difficult to actually arrive at the feelings because of that. One other thing I haven't tried, is to tell him my experience of reality isn't the same. Apparently that's one way to approach it. But on the other hand I feel like that would also come off as dissmissive. It probably has to do more with phrasing and intonation at that point. Lastly, reinforcing self care in the way of taking medicine and socializing is another way to help with this. But I personally don't have a friend group, so it's kind of like I don't have the tools for the job anyways. But maybe one of my more social siblings can help with that. At this point, it doesn't seem like it would be a bad idea.
How is your brother doing now? If you don’t mind me asking. I don’t know how to help my brother get treatment. He’s not willing to go just yet. He’s trying to learn how to deal with them by himself. It’s been exhausting but I will be there whenever he needs me. Have you any advice?
❤❤❤❤ thanks Sis your amazing person and so very strong 🫶🏼🥰☮️👸
Thank you for sharing. I want to help an old friend who is struggling with receiving help. This helps me understand a little bit of what happens to her and her family. I will sacrifice any free time I have to help her where I can and hopefully more. ❤❤❤
Well im th schrizophrenic patient too but, our overall problem is we belive others either "believing ourself or being quit & notice things like our emotions, body, mind & surroundig"..
Can you talk about stim in schozeprenic spectrum? Thank you! Hugs from Brazil😊
Thank you. This must be the same as asonognosia? The symptom of SZ?
My mum has been diagnosed a long time ago and we've been going through a lot with her, she was thinking that we hate her and want to push her away or that my dad is trying to hurt her. Now she is better but I still find it hard to talk to her about it. Sometimes when I bring up her medication she gets really defensive other times she is open about how she feels. I'm really struggling to find the right words to communicate with her and to make sure she is taking her madication or that everything it's ok as sometimes she is saying things that are not right. Any sort of advice will help 😢
I was diagnosed with schizophrenia a few months ago and have been taking medication for it. Just a few weeks ago, my doctor asked me if I had been experiencing any symptoms of schizophrenia. I'm still in shock and struggling to accept this diagnosis. My mind is filled with confusion and uneasiness.
You got this!!!!!!!
It's just a name to help symptoms I believe. I feel finding right Dr and safe place to live very key for future comeback after a fall.
Any advise? I've been in tears for days. My mother used to take anti depressants for bipolar depression. When my dad died she had some kinda of nervous breakdown and was experiencing parapsycosis (thought everything was a bug) when I asked her to draw me a picture of what the bugs looked like I could immediately see it in her eyes that she even knew something was wrong. That the pine needle that the dog had stuck in his fur was a pine needle and not a bug. Or that the mustard seeds in the jar was just mustard seeds. But the problem is is her lithium levels have never been checked yet she's now on it. Prior to this incident the Dr put her on thyroid and diabetes meds WITHOUT EVER CHECKING her blood or urine after a 8-12 fasting period. I've tried telling her that those 2 medications could've caused her episode. And that the meds she's taking are slowly killing her. She was 66 when they diagnosed her with schizophrenia. Can anyone tell me if this seems strange?
Did she get the thyroid/diabetes meds before she took the antidepressants?
My aunt thought there were bugs everywhere, especially on herself, and she'd pour vinegar over herself and scratch until she bled. She was eventually diagnosed with Wilson's disease. It's quite rare but in her case it was mostly liver failure causing the delusions. She's on a strict diet now and doing much better.
She was around 55 when she started experiencing these delusions
Awesome explanation.Totally identify!❤
Thank you!!
I do not refuse help, the professionals refuse to help me! I went to school for 15 years and the professionals lied about many things and did not teach me a single job skill! Today, the professionals only want to drug me or suggest that I get a low wage menial job! I cannot even do a manual labor job! Many people could technically help me to get a decent job, but all flatly refuse! Even my own father refuses to help me with figuring out how to get a job! In summary, I do not refuse help! Others refuse to help me!
Can you hammer a nail?
I personally believe that it was the unnecessary antidepressants that caused my mental illness, but I certainly cannot prove it. I guess I made "bad" choices in life. I chose to learn a lot of things about science and technology, rather than to focus on increasing my physical strength! How could I have known that the only kind of job people would ever offer me would be a manual labor job?@@SchizophrenicNYC
Excellent video!
Hi.
i have a near family member that i suspect is suffering from schizophrenia and also anosognosia, what can i do to convince them to get help and or talk to a psychiatrist.
Thank you 💜🤗
Thank you for sharing
Thank you❤
It seems the difference between belief in this stuff and not is decade. In the 80s you had to have external voices now anything from internal voices to odd begaviour is most likely considered psychosis.
They said I had nothing as a kid but all the symptoms that fit childhood-onset psychosis I had but was more on the developmental side. I also have genetic anomaly and inborn hormonal disorder that could've biased my journey.
So I think decade and place can really influence diagnosis and mental wellness path.
After reading "The Meaning of Madness" and about the Rosehan Experiment that was the end of blind trust especially in psychiatry (including revealing that MKUltra really did happen).
I am perplexed that so many people are in lockstep with these labels.
I eventually got late life diagnosis of ASD but also psychosis, OCD, ADHD, cPTSD etcetera etcetera
My experience is if they can't see your challenge providers can waive away your past diagnosis especially in the context of multiple diagnosis.
Some of what you describe sounds similar to my depression and anxiety. I dont hear the voices, but i do get intrusive thoughts and compulsions.
Im in an OK place right now. When im in an episode, i become very self-critical. In my mind, i start to believe that I deserve to be treated badly. Depression lies to you.
I know it is a different diagnosis, yet for severe depression they often give antipsychotic medication.
Maybe the similarity is the constant intrusive thoughts and the ruminations. In depression you may be aware that you are thinking this internally. You may be aware that it isn't true...but depression lies, and you believe it anyway. It becomes a cycle.
I fo take my anti depression medication. I think it helps me. If i dont take it after a while, I'll start to feel like shit. Then I get numb.
While i dont get super happy and cheerful, im not feeling like the eorst person on earth. That is better for me.
I have been to a psychiatric hospital for depression and it is not fun. All they really do is babysit grown ass people so they dont hurt themselves or anyone else. It is not meant to be therapeutic. They want to manage the crisis and set up outpatient care.
In a way, I'm lucky that im a veteran and have access to care. So many other people don't.(if they want it)
I think if hospitals would start treatment and have a therapist or counselor talk with people when they are feeling well, it would be better. It is cold and lonely. And mist of all boring .
My housemate has Schizophrenia and it is hard work... he was my best friend in high school and has been diagnosed but STILL says hes fine and its just "the operatives" that cause the voices because they put a chip in his tooth when he went to the dentist 15 years back! Ive said "so what has powered this listening ?broadcasting device in your tooth for the last 13 years? thats impossible... he just gets annoyed and says it must be some high tech thing. Ive also asked him why when ever they say things to him about him he calls it slander and lies yet he beleives EVERYTHING they say about others. It is the most horrible affliction.
Can you turn on caption for those that can't hear
My son has it he is now 47 has never drawn disability has had 25 or more jobs never made a dime without me constantly helping he would be on the street but unfortunately both he and I will soon be on the street I just about out of money so I don’t know what to tell you or anyone else it’s terrible that’s all I can say
Do you think it’s possible for all individuals suffering to gain insight. I have a friend who is suffering currently and we are at a lost to gaining her trust.
Plz help me let me know ehat to fo my bf use drugs when hes scizo and refused help i haf to call ambulans 2 weeks ago but they told me they cant push him to go to the rihab or clinic cuz he told them i dnt need help .😞🙏
They cant push him
Do you have bad intrusive voices like , they want you to hurt people or yourself? I feel like that would be daunting to deal with ...also the closest thing that I've experienced is a really bad Mushroom trip where my paranoia was sky rocketed and I went to a very dark place that is easy to spiral into if you have those sort of thoughts...is that what it's like when you are in the throws of a bad episode?
Seems like
Great Job
My daughter is 22 she has court case to gain access to her xhildren, she refuses to engage with me as i try to support her. She has souch to sort out and tells me she is doing it bur she isnt and wont let me help. She could loss her home and xhildren and im lost as to how to navigate this. Sometimes she acknowledged that she was in psycosis but she blames me for it all saying she was happy. She wasnt coping at all and was becoming aggressive. What do i do. She will not engage with mental health team ir anyone.
This actually does help thank you
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So relate it took me seven years till i accepted help i beleved that everyone was invading my personal space and didn't trust my therapist that what I said was strictly between myself and her. I feel i wasted a lot of my time speaking about all the community police council doctor's were all gossiping about me
do a video of why we rock back and forth or side to side
Yes I want to know. I saw my mother do this as a child (she also has this illness) and I was like 4 years old - I did not understand but I copied her behavior and she screamed at me to stop and then she beat the shit out of me. Terrifying.