"Professionals were obsessed with finding a trauma that could have caused my symptoms."
I was 19 when I first went to a doctor, but that was for my bulimia and to be honest I was totally dismissed and invalidated by said...
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Anonymous
- Mar 18, 2023
- 5 min
"People with personality disorders have the same capacity to be good people as anyone else."
My symptoms of Schizotypal Personality Disorder are mainly along the lines of magical thinking, strange ideas of reference, odd beliefs,...
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Anonymous
- Dec 28, 2022
- 3 min
"I would see demons everywhere I went and voices would tell me what to do."
I’ve been dealing with depression, self-harm and suicidal ideation since I was 11 years old, maybe earlier. Those gradually got worse...
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Anonymous
- Dec 12, 2022
- 4 min
"I have ended up in tears because I am not being taken seriously."
I recently moved from the Midlands to the South West of the UK, and I wanted to share my story of how my mental health care has been a...
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Anonymous
- Nov 16, 2022
- 9 min
"I am not one of those people who think that my schizoaffective disorder is a gift or super power."
My symptoms of OCPD include fixations on lists, organization and schedules and other methods of controlling my environment. In my head,...
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Anonymous
- Nov 6, 2022
- 3 min
"There was always a new face that I'd have to relay the same information across to again and again."
The day I was officially sent to CAMHS was the day my family accidentally caught a glimpse of rather a lot of cuts of different ages on...
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Anonymous
- Nov 1, 2022
- 5 min
"After the diagnosis, I completely ignored the condition, hoping it would go away."
When I turned eight years old, I started hearing voices inside my head and experiencing an all-consuming depression and despair. My...
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Anonymous
- Oct 30, 2022
- 6 min
"I love to tell stories, and my experiences are a hell of a story to tell."
Although I've never been formally diagnosed, I consider myself someone who would fit under the category of ‘schizotypy’. I don't have...
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Anonymous
- Jul 13, 2022
- 4 min
"Mental illness changed me for the worse, whereas my queerness brought me happiness and joy."
I have schizophrenia, and have had symptoms starting when I was 14. Almost immediately I realised they weren't normal as others couldn't...
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Anonymous
- Jun 11, 2022
- 3 min
"I walked for two and a half hours, crying and feeling like life was over."
This is my story with DID/OSDD. It all started at around my 10th birthday. I don't really remember much but I know that at about this...
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Anonymous
- May 10, 2022
- 2 min
"People have told their friends not to date me because I have schizophrenia."
My diagnosis is of schizophrenia. I struggle with hallucinations and delusions and also negative symptoms like lack of motivation, not...
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Anonymous
- May 1, 2022
- 3 min
"It's rare that anyone wants to engage with me. And if they do, I assume it's out of pity."
I have schizophrenia and had symptoms starting at 14 years old. Almost immediately I realised they weren't normaI as others couldn't...
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Anonymous
- Apr 18, 2022
- 7 min
"I couldn’t bring myself to leave the house- I cried on the doorstep for three hours."
Today was the fifth time I have left the house since 2017. That’s five times in five years. If you think that’s extreme, that’s because...
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Anonymous
- Mar 20, 2022
- 2 min
"I also suffer from delusions that are powerful and prominent."
I’ve been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar, which ultimately led me to be diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. My symptoms...
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Anonymous
- Mar 2, 2022
- 4 min
"I really hate the term 'high functioning BPD'. I am barely functioning, you just can’t tell."
It was Spring Break of my senior year of college. I chose to stay at school for the break. I was supposed to spend the week studying....
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Anonymous
- Feb 28, 2022
- 5 min
"I didn’t know who schizophrenia affected, but it definitely wasn’t people like me."
Up until last year I’d never heard of the prodromal phase of schizophrenia. In fact I knew almost nothing of schizophrenia at all and I...
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Anonymous
- Jan 2, 2022
- 4 min
"I was once plagued by a pair of brown trousers following me around."
If you’re one of the many people who experience psychosis or ‘psychotic-like’ symptoms, or know someone who does, then what follows here...
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