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Originally Posted by Starfish86
Wow.. hang on a minute... i am asking for advice out of genuine concern and care for both my boyfriend and my son and selfishly myself.. you seem to be having a go at me little here... or perhaps i have mis read this?? I also wasn't only referring to violence, but more the distress i can see it causing my boyfriend and not knowing how to support him the best way i can.
I did say that he had gone into more detail.. i just didn't explain this as i didn't want to make the post any longer than it already was... so in fact he has had violent episodes at the same time as the psychosis. I'm no expert on the matter... and don't know if they are linked or not.. but i'm sure alot of people would misconceive also.
Also.. when you are put through all kinds(things you couldn't even begin to imagine) not once but twice, and have 15 years of abuse from people that are supposed to love you and escape that... it kinda makes you a little hostile towards men in general!!
Cheers for the advice though... 
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. I wasn't having a go at you.... I just wanted to help inform you that violence isn't inherently associated with psychosis....if your boyfriend has violence issues that's independent from psychosis but he may not be able to control it while psychotic.....this site is predominantly for people with mental illness and not having the proper information about mental illness could lead to misunderstandings like the one we just had. A lot of people do misconceive that there is a correlation but a lot of this has to do with the way the news misinforms as well is mass shooters must have psychosis.....There is a lot of stigma associated with mental illness especially psychosis but people with psychosis have a medical condition just like Heart disease or cancer....luckily we don't stigmatize them. Ie I hope you wouldn't find a cancer support site an suggest that they were somehow unsafe to be around your family. While I understand your concern given the abundance of misinformation surrounding psychosis it's hard for me to sit back and let misinformation stand.