Awww Ani we are all struggling in our own ways. I had psychosis early on in childhood. About age 11. I also grew up in a very stressed environment and who knows what role that played. Interesting, my father was also dx as bipolar 1 with LOTS of psychosis and little if any insight, but not dx until later years. When I think back to our childhood it's amazing just how much of his illness directed our lives.

When I was a child I thought the psychosis was maybe something everyone had, and just didn't talk about. I had a cube above my head that I thought protected me. I could even see it in the mirror. I would hear conversations of people who were not their, ect. I asked my mom about it one day when I got brave enough. It just didn't "seem" right in a way to me. Her response made me start to realize that this was not the norm.