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11-10-2020 06:39 PM
11-10-2020 06:39 PM
I wonder if your schizophrenia has changed over time
Good day kind people.
I wonder if your schizophrenia has changed like mine has. It started off paranoid, then delusions of grandeur, then i went through a gaia phase, then visual, then a shift in the commentary, now its poor self care.
Is it normal to morph like this or do i keep solving one type and another emerges...
I'm interested in your thoughts on this matter.
Kindly
Aiita
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11-10-2020 07:18 PM
11-10-2020 07:18 PM
Re: I wonder if your schizophrenia has changed over time
Hello @Aiita
I have known a few people with schiophrenia in the long term. It could be a possibility that it is part of your personal development and maturation. I came across ideas about Gaia at uni in the 1980s. Finding a way to blend the delusions of grandeur into a grounded valuing of the self might help your self care improve. I am not great at it, and wander into my physio with bits of the garden stuck to me ... There is hope.
Take Care
Apple
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11-11-2020 10:56 AM - edited 11-11-2020 11:00 AM
11-11-2020 10:56 AM - edited 11-11-2020 11:00 AM
Re: I wonder if your schizophrenia has changed over time
Hi @Aiita
My experience with schizophrenia is that the way it is expressed in me has changed over time. I think that's normal with most mental health conditions as people age, life circumstances change, etc. I hope that is reasuring.
Rosie93
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11-11-2020 12:31 PM
11-11-2020 12:31 PM
Re: I wonder if your schizophrenia has changed over time
@Rosie93 thanks for that. Its reassurring to know that the condition varies over time. However I have observed with mother that hers has remained statically paranoid while mine has gone through at least 7 iterations.
But I do suppose one persons walk is not anothers.
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11-11-2020 12:46 PM
11-11-2020 12:46 PM
Re: I wonder if your schizophrenia has changed over time
Hello @Aiita
When I look at my family life through the lens of individual histories and reasonable psychological functioning it gives a lot more insight, than that heavily loaded word "schizophrenia". Yes my mother had that label too. It is a huge burden on the growing child. I wish the label/diagnosis had more of the dignity of trauma informed thinking.
Take Care