Yeah I know how you feel. To be honest, what helped me was actually saying to myself I really don't give a **** what people think of me. I don't know whether the meds made me think like that or I just decided to stop caring. It might be because my psychotic episodes are so intense and it kind of puts life in perspective. I mean when you think people are out to kill you and can read your mind, going back to "normal" and having to deal with people's ignorance seems easy. But i understand its frustrating when people just assume you're delusional when you try and tell them something. The diagnosis itself has a lot of stigma attached to it but it's not the end of the world. It's down to people like us to change their views of mental illness in general.
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