I have schizophrenia and have had symptoms starting when I was 14. Almost immediately I realised they weren’t normal as others couldn’t hear or see what I did. But I didn’t seek help until much later. I was diagnosed at 15 with schizophrenia and anxiety. My symptoms include paranoia, auditory hallucinations, tactile hallucinations, visual hallucinations,…
I’ve been very interested in psychology for a long time, and want to be a psychologist when I’m older, and personality disorders are something I’ve done lots of research on. About three years ago I started reading about Cluster A, and STPD caught my eye. It just felt very relatable, but in a worrying way,…
When people think of personality disorders, they tend to think of the ones we see in the media, like BPD or NPD- basically the Cluster B disorders. But the ones that I have are ones you’ve probably never heard of. The first is Schizotypal Personality Disorder (STPD) which is a Cluster A personality disorder, meaning…
My diagnosis is schizophrenia. I struggle with hallucinations and delusions and also negative symptoms like lack of motivation, not talking much and little desire to interact with the world. My first psychotic episode was in 2016 when I just couldn’t think straight, and I heard my first voice, which I thought was God speaking to…
I have schizophrenia and had symptoms starting at 14. Almost immediately I realised they weren’t normaI, as others couldn’t hear or see what I did. But I didn’t seek help until much later. I was diagnosed at 15 with schizophrenia and anxiety. My symptoms include paranoia, auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, tactile hallucinations, social withdrawal, anhedonia,…
I suffer badly with paranoia. I used to believe my parents weren’t real or that they weren’t my parents at all. I used to think that they would kidnap me or r**e me, which was obviously not the case but I still have paranoid thoughts like that. It’s really scary and makes me feel really…