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Old May 22, 2014, 09:55 AM
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yes. well my T asked me this question not too long ago. if there was something i enjoyed about being psychotic because i seem to have a hard time letting it go. he said sometimes i say i miss the voices and want to get off my meds. so thats why he asked. i dont do it for the attention either. i would much rather have positive attention rather than negative attention. but i could see how it is dramatic and keeps you busy. i tld him it was about not being bored. because theres always stuff to think about when im psychotic. i dont get bored. but yeah, i wasnt calling newtus an attention seeker. at all.
Yeah I figured the reason I mentioned it actually is my mom's therapist a long time ago said something almost identical to her so I figured it was a standard T tactic...her case had zero to do with psychosis but the idea is if you are able to change something and choose not to there must be a reason you're not changing it some reward even if it is smaller than the gain you would receive from stopping the behavior---its just that if it was purely negative and you had a choice you would choose not to...
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