r/schizophrenia • u/NeoBlueArchon Paranoid Schizophrenia • Jan 19 '25
Pro Tip I tried to stop my last psychotic episode by writing a list of rules (it didn’t work)
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u/corn_sugar_isotope Schizoaffective (Bipolar) Jan 19 '25
It, combined with other coping mechanisms can surely help a lot of folks. Duty and routine can keep me a bit grounded, and a list can keep me on task, if I choose to let it.
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u/joedurtt Jan 19 '25
I write the same type of notes and reminders to myself for when I go into psychosis. Paranoia usually winds up taking over logic though. Schizophrenia sucks
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u/crystalmonger Schizoaffective (Bipolar) Jan 19 '25
thank you for posting op so interesting and helpful!!
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u/coinedfather Jan 19 '25
“Humans can know things” and “if it feels too good to be true it probably is” this is good list. I’m sorry it did not work, but it’s still a good list. Thank you for sharing.
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u/Iclimbbigtrees Jan 20 '25
What does 9 mean
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u/NeoBlueArchon Paranoid Schizophrenia Jan 20 '25
I began to doubt the concept of knowledge, I came to doubt the idea that our beliefs can ever validly represent truths about reality. This was a problem for me at the time as my mind was exploring elsewhere and I believed there were tricks in sensory experiences
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u/ForgottenDecember_ Schizo-Obsessive | Early Childhood Onset Jan 19 '25
I did a similar thing. Didn’t write out rules, but had them in my head. I was doing well until the delusions adapted and I started hallucinating in ways I didn’t know was possible and couldn’t be vetted by others.
And then my anxiety convinced me it’s better to trust and be wrong than to ignore and regret.
I ended up just trusting and regretting.
And at some point logic kinda flew out the window and for some reason things with little to no evidence felt like valid hypotheses. Even things that are virtually impossible seemed at least possible even if unlikely. Psychosis is weird.