I have another support forum I go on aside from this one for people with psychotic disorders (mostly schizophrenics). I posted about psychosis-related PTSD on there as well, and it is amazing how many people on there feel the same way as I do about their psychotic episodes. (Bad amazing, it's actually terrible) We are now all swapping experiences and how they affected us.
This is something that isn't discussed and is almost completely under recognized when it comes to psychotic disorders. But I mean we constantly deal with excessive fear, paranoia, disturbing hallucinations, firm beliefs that we're in terrible danger....and many times while lost in psychotic episodes those individuals are horribly mistreated which only adds to their trauma....hospitalization is even traumatizing as someone who is psychotic can't comprehend what's going on and only feels they are in great danger and being held captive in a place where they are force fed drugs.....
Someday I do plan on writing about psychotic disorders and I will definitely include this. I feel lucky that I do not have schizophrenia. (Fingers triple crossed I never develop it.) Psychotic depression means my psychosis comes in episodes. Without medication, a schizophrenic lives in a constant episode, and I can't even fathom the hell that must be.
This is something that isn't discussed and is almost completely under recognized when it comes to psychotic disorders. But I mean we constantly deal with excessive fear, paranoia, disturbing hallucinations, firm beliefs that we're in terrible danger....and many times while lost in psychotic episodes those individuals are horribly mistreated which only adds to their trauma....hospitalization is even traumatizing as someone who is psychotic can't comprehend what's going on and only feels they are in great danger and being held captive in a place where they are force fed drugs.....
Someday I do plan on writing about psychotic disorders and I will definitely include this. I feel lucky that I do not have schizophrenia. (Fingers triple crossed I never develop it.) Psychotic depression means my psychosis comes in episodes. Without medication, a schizophrenic lives in a constant episode, and I can't even fathom the hell that must be.
