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Old Oct 28, 2014, 04:45 PM
newtothis31 newtothis31 is offline
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Fortunately, I was not taking any drugs but I worked up some good delusions when I had my psychotic break:

1). That my parents had hired my husband at the time to take care of me- to be my "protector"- that he hadn't entered my marriage freely- he did so because my parents thought he would be the best one to take care of me.
2). That Barack Obama and Joe Biden wanted to meet me because I wrote them a compelling letter about universal health care.
3). That my high school retreat was actually a previous stay in the psych ward that my parents arranged b/c I refused to be inpatient in the hospital.
4). That I was actually a holocaust survivor, so was my mom, I was born in a concentration camp and my parents elected not to tell me. Since I was so scarred and malnourished- I actually looked like I was 30 when I was really in my 50s.
5). That everyone in my neighborhood was talking about me and wanted to get to know me.
6). That a budget mistake that I made would cost me my job. (I actually ended up getting a promotion at work).
7). I was reading the Huffington Post mobile app and thought that the headlines were secret messages from the government to control the moods & actions of the population.
8). That I could save my marriage.

This isn't even the full list. Thank goodness I got into inpatient when I did. Luckily- my delusions broke when I got on AP. The last delusion to break was my age- I was really convinced that I was much older than what I was.
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