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SELF Help and Guide for a Schizophrenic Mind without Medicine or Pharmaceutical by Gordon Martin



A natural reaction to the symptoms of Schizophrenia and to being spied upon and having your privacy invaded , is paranoia.

Use the following guide to help with your Schizophrenia :

Refuse to become, paranoid and isolated....share and discuss your experiences with your friends (please trust in your friends , family and embrace counseling ) or even online....at the very least you will be able to get a few good laughs out of it.

If unable to sleep, or suffering sleep deprivation , concentrate and listen to a soothing audio of your choice , by leaving the TV or radio on the whole night ,you will enjoy a dreamless sleep.
You may not be able to bear a turned on TV or radio… in which case find a chant, song or sound you like and repeat it constantly in your head to block the voices, till you fall asleep.

Refuse to let your thoughts trouble you. If recurring bad memories haunt you, causing guilt and fear, Take deep breaths and force yourself to live in the present . Keep a happy picture in your head that you can refer to at anytime when troubled.

Write down your experiences, in a notebook or on your computer, this will help you escape the trap of your own mind, the act of putting words to paper will snap you into reality.

Vigorous exercise will cure depression by flooding your brain with the chemical dopamine, a natural feel good and high.

Give yourself a positive label …. Such as happy, prosperous, strong, willed, joyful, peaceful, good, well, or any other label of positive reinforcement to counter the negative emotions/character building in your mind. I have used self hypnosis to do this, my method is to constantly repeat my positive reinforcements till I fall asleep.

Put all your concentration into your work and hobbies.

Feel free to vent your anger on the voices in privacy and ….. Never, ever, on friends and family, if separated from them and isolated, things could get a lot worse for you.

Inform and help your fellow sufferers and offer your friendship and companionship.

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Thanks, Gordon. There's some really great advice here. Some of this my son does.

Originally Posted by gordon1234567

Refuse to become, paranoid and isolated....share and discuss your experiences with your friends (please trust in your friends , family and embrace counseling ) or even online....at the very least you will be able to get a few good laughs out of it.

My son has told me that if he can call me and check out his thoughts with me, he can stop himself from getting sucked into paranoid/psychotic type thinking.

I don't know that he's ever gotten a good laugh out if it though.

If unable to sleep, or suffering sleep deprivation , concentrate and listen to a soothing audio of your choice , by leaving the TV or radio on the whole night ,you will enjoy a dreamless sleep.
You may not be able to bear a turned on TV or radio… in which case find a chant, song or sound you like and repeat it constantly in your head to block the voices, till you fall asleep.

He's never found a good cure for insomnia except his AP. And he says the chemical type sleep he gets with olanzapine isn't as good as natural sleep.

Refuse to let your thoughts trouble you. If recurring bad memories haunt you, causing guilt and fear, Take deep breaths and force yourself to live in the present . Keep a happy picture in your head that you can refer to at anytime when troubled.

This is something he struggles with. He really is trying to focus on positive thoughts instead of bad memories. Guilt and fear are definitely powerful issues for him.

Vigorous exercise will cure depression by flooding your brain with the chemical dopamine, a natural feel good and high.

Yep. He's taken up running. He'll be doing his second 5k this weekend.

Give yourself a positive label …. Such as happy, prosperous, strong, willed, joyful, peaceful, good, well, or any other label of positive reinforcement to counter the negative emotions/character building in your mind. I have used self hypnosis to do this, my method is to constantly repeat my positive reinforcements till I fall asleep.

Great idea.

Put all your concentration into your work and hobbies.

My son definitely recognizes the need for work or hobbies - but he's finding it hard to find something to do with all his time.

Feel free to vent your anger on the voices in privacy and ….. Never, ever, on friends and family, if separated from them and isolated, things could get a lot worse for you.

True.

Inform and help your fellow sufferers and offer your friendship and companionship.