Thanks for the support guys
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Originally Posted by Gr3tta
Is it like if the voices aren't berating you, you feel like you have to do it to yourself for them? And if they're doing it for you you can almost relax a bit? I could relate to that.
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Originally Posted by costello
It could well be. Certainly an idea worth exploring. I was reading in Mary Boyle's Schizophrenia : a scientific delusion? something to the effect that people tend to feel more depressed when the hallucinations and/or delusions are removed by medication. (I might have that wrong. I'm basing it on my memory.) That would make sense if the hallucinations are filling some kind of emotional need.
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I feel like I deserve to have them there constantly criticising me. I guess I feel lost without them...how messed up is that?! They've been there for over 2 years and now they're gone and I don't know what to do without them. I guess I just got used to them
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Originally Posted by Gr3tta
I'm sorry it's so lonely with part of your family gone. I'm glad they'll be home soon. Maybe hold off on deciding what to do until they get back? To see if you feel different with everyone there?
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Yeah I could do that: that's a good idea, thanks! Maybe I'm feeling lonely and the voices, though horrible, are company in some way. Perhaps I should talk it over with my CPN too...I think maybe I can trust him to give it some thought with me rather than just a knee-jerk "take your meds!" which I'll get off my family/pdoc. I don't see him for another 2wks though - that's a long time...
*Willow*