fredericksergievsky:

something non-psychotic ppl don’t seem to understand is how much it can help to be able to call hallucinations/delusions/etc by what they are

like i see so many ppl saying “you can’t have self-aware psychosis that means you’re FAKING!” and like?? do you realize how hard it was for me to learn how to recognize psychotic symptoms? how long it took? and i still can’t do it consistently

but just knowing i do have psychotic symptoms allows me to, at least sometimes, step back and tell myself “don’t freak out yet. this might be just a delusion.”

and even though that doesn’t make me believe it less, or make it go away, it is so comforting

being aware of my psychosis lets me feel like i have at least some control over my life, if you’re not psychotic you have no fucking idea how important that is to me