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Thank you. I've learned to live with it, but I'm also very lucky. I find as I get older, I get less episodes. I don't know if that's a feature of the illness or if it's just that I've had a long time to figure out coping mechanisms and what my triggers are.
The best way I can think to explain what's is like is, did you ever have that thing when you were a kid where you'd turn off your bedroom light and feel the sudden urge to run to your bed because you just *feel* like there's a monster? Like you know there isn't, but it doesnt stop the feeling? For me, that's what it's like. I know none of my stuff is real. Even when it's happening. It doesn't stop being scary though. That said, everyone experiences it differently.
I hope your cousin is doing well and thriving even with their diagnosis.
Comment by lordwolf1994 at 05/02/2025 at 04:18 UTC
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personally i would be terrified i know you have no choice but that is incredibly brave thank you for your insight
Comment by HollyHolbein at 05/02/2025 at 06:55 UTC*
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Hey, this was interesting to read because I didn’t know being schizophrenic edit: having schizoaffective disorder could feel like this.
I am just wondering, when something must feel so real, at what point do you know it isn’t? Like at what point do you think, maybe I am ill or I think I have schizophrenia? What age did your brain start hallucinating and how did you know you were different to most people?
Thanks :)