Hi everyone, I just joined. Hope you are well today.I related with your post. I was diagnosed with "Psychosis" in 2009, when I was 29 but it wasn't a lifelong thing. I was a teacher for 7 years before it happened. It was onset by an experience where my tires were slashed. It wasn't gradual. Don't really think I have or had all the symptoms of Psychosis- no voices or anything, back then I just thought I was being stalked after the tire slashing thing. Psychologists say that Psychosis is brought on by drug use, etc but that isn't what happened to me.
I love making art/crafts as well but also have a huge imagination. It got the better of me and I had a life changing experience that I got scared from- the scary event that happened around Halloween 2009 has altered my life since then, that I am getting better from. What are your experiences? I feel like I could write a book or screenplay for a movie with what I experienced and thought. Thank you, so grateful I found psychcentral today.