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Originally Posted by TheatreKid
It may be an unpopular opinion, but if it were me, I would want forced treatment. Nothing scares me more than my psychoses, and every time I come out of one I need to do some soul searching. I have had psychoses with violent fantasies and if I had ever acted on one it would have been horrible. Maybe I'm different from this man because most of my psychoses were not benign, I was a danger to myself for sure, but really, is there a benign psychosis? I would not want to live like that. Sure, he's not harming anyone, but doesn't anyone wonder how he feels? Is he terrified? I would be.
If I was exhibiting those symptoms I would want someone to force treatment on me. Like when I was anorexic - I probably would have died if my school hadn't kicked me out until I'd gone through treatment. I know psychosis is different, but to me, if I ever end up like that I want forced treatment.
I also wouldn't want to be such a worry to my family and friends. I hate when people worry about me, and it seems his family's worry is affecting their health. I have lost friends who have said I'm too much worry to deal with, so my main goal in life is to be as little a worry as possible.
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In your case I don't think you'll have to worry if you are a danger to self you already meet the legal criteria. But I guess my feeling about this is once you hit the first break and know what can happen you should be able to fill out some paperwork opting in or out for common situations....unlike you I don't assume he was scared my psychosis was for quite some time a positive experience....he seems fixed on the sun and the color yellow it doesn't sound scary to me...
My family already worries about nothing....if it rains they call to check up on me if I don't respond quickly enough they'll call the police to check for accidents....this was before I ever got sick...at least it's justified now...but I cannot control their worry...
My actual feeling is rather than force reward should be used...if treatment were pleasant people would volunteer....if I got an ocean view luxury suite just for taking a few meds I'd be on board...but hey it's a lot cheaper to take people's rights away than offer them something they actually would like....