4:01pm June 18, 2014

➸ How to help someone having a psychotic episode

neurodiversitysci:

youneedacat:

bittergrapes:

As I have mentioned before, I have psychosis. Few people understand this disorder, and there is a ton of misinformation out there vilifying those who experience psychosis, calling us dangerous or even ‘evil’.

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Also, with any given person, make sure beforehand…

Good point.

Yeah I just thought of it because… I’ve never been psychotic, but I’ve had psychotic symptoms during delirium (including hallucinations and delusions), and being in a psychiatric ward while having those symptoms would have done nothing but throw my paranoia into high gear and make everything, everything worse.  And I’ve spoken to actually psychotic people who had similar experiences.  And generally with something like this, each person is different.  So while these rules are great for the person who wrote them, if you encounter someone who experiences psychosis (or psychotic symptoms under delirium for that matter), you definitely want to check with them and find out what works for them, rather than apply a set of rules off a list.  You can even go over the list with them, just… make sure, because some of those things can backfire considerably on the wrong person.

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