Schizophrenia Support Group
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a mental disorder characterized by impairments in the perception of reality and by significant social dysfunction. Untreated schizophrenia is typically characterized by demonstrating disorganized thinking and experiencing delusions or auditory hallucinations.
How can you know what is really real?
arfie
I am not at all confident I can distinguish reality from delusion, ever, but my physical senses are my most trusted guide. Can I smell it? Taste it? Feel it? See it? Hear it? I test with all 5 senses when I am in doubt. Delusion often takes over one or two senses at a time.
Schizophrenic
makes good sense
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When i was in the ER February 16th 2025, i was being admitted to ICU where i was for 3 weeks, then had to relearn to walk for 3 weeks in another hospital rehab floor, the nurse told me something that made me feel for over 18 months now that i was finally *safe*. She told me that the guy who raped and beat me 21 years ago now almost 20 years at that time, was in prison as of a month before that...
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