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Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic
You're just like everyone else except you may hear voices at some rate and\or have times where you aren't connected to the consensus reality(ie have delusions). First can I say you don't have to tell anyone your diagnosis if it's making it harder for you.
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That's what I would figure after doing years of research, but some research could really make people think the worse of you.
As far as symptoms, I've NEVER literally had conversative voices, internally or externally, people who would speak to me, react to me, and tell me things. Most I've ever heard was radio chatter in white noise/streaming noise, which people argue is a natural phenomenon or related to mental illness.
As far as delusions. I feel like I can have an inaccurate opinion, interpretation, or the like, but if I'm told it's wrong and proven it's wrong, then I could usually force myself to acknowledge it. I've mostly read that schizophrenics can never acknowledge a delusion without medication, which is not true for me, plus people who are not mentally ill can suffer from delusions all the time.
Yeah, now I figure I shouldn't tell people at all. But now that I did tell some people, and they think the worst of me, I feel like it's just something I can't get back.