extremely common misconception.

ive been in hospitals near 15x. inpatient. outpatient.
private. public. got sent to residential long term facility too.
talked to many folks who were off the extreme deep end and on the mild side of schizophrenia/psychosis.
many dont recognize. but many do too. even if they knew they notice they stopped socializing. or got random paranoid thoughts. etc.
some do some dont. but not rare.

ive shouted my story up n down the broadways of dallas.
up and down the slick tricks of suburbia too. you know.
and made way through through the fricks of rurality.
and through the halls of the intermittent internet.

ive been in the mental health system since i was 9 yrs old.
but got Dxd wit schizoaffective at 17.
paranoid schizophrenia at 21.
@ 17 i had a weapon at school. a razor they says is weapon.
idk but that year i was in back to back hospital 5 times and then sent across state to a long term facility. i would been 4-5 years. but i wasnst.
@ 21 i held up a school and had couple more brush ins with law and yea....that year i got Dxd paranoid schiz.

made my way through slick brush of painy psychiatrists.
i feel militarized against this system.
"STATE YOUR NAME." they say.
"STATE YOUR CASE." they say.
and i spill it in fear.

now. ive been hearing voices since i was 12. i was Dxd wif depression w/psychosis @ 13. but.....wasnt til 17 it just went downhill. but i didnt entirely understand what was going on wif me. just knew i was severely depressed & suicidal and knew i was hearing spirits. demonic spirits.

@ 17 my mother enlisted me in getting an exorcism which i kinda ended doing. but it was against my will. they call it something a bit diff in catholiscm. because it was some sort of partial exorcism.