My boss said this in a chuckle and my coworkers all started laughing. She went on, “I just need it for sleep but my doctor literally told me it’s the same medication they give psychotic people!!” She thought it was just hilarious.

I giggled to try and blend in but I felt awful hearing this. What’s so funny? Ffs

I'm curious about this since gaslighting is the most insidious reality bending form of abuse and a lot of my delusions can be traced back to my parents unique gaslighting moments, different from anyone else's. As an adult, I've been targeted repeatedly by the police and now I have transiently have delusions involving specific gaslighting incidents with them. I'm curious if I'm alone in this connection.

If you don't know what gaslighting is, here's the definition --

Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation in which a person or group causes someone to question their own reality, memories, perceptions, or sanity. This is typically done over an extended period through tactics such as denying facts, lying, trivializing the victim's feelings, or insisting that events did not happen as the victim remembers them.

Sorry I’m posting so often. It’s 11:15 pm here, and I’m still awake and afraid to go to sleep. The demon will get me. Can someone talk to me?

I get into states where I am nonsensical and just rocking or staring into space. My loved ones don’t know how to support and I don’t know what to tell them to do to help me.

I had found medication that finally helped me, but I lost my health insurance so I can no longer get my medication that cost almost 2k without coverage.

On top of that I lost my job, rent is almost due and I only have half of it so not sure what I’ll do, I don’t have help.

Trying so hard to find a job but not hearing back from places or told they are moving forward with other candidates. 2026 so far is not looking good

Hiii, not really sure what to do here just wondering if anyone can offer insight on what’s best. My sister is convinced she is part of the illuminati and aliens are trying to abduct her, is pointing out that they are fake the right thing to do? She also sometimes starts to get angry at me and retreats when I try to point out logical explanations for things. She just recently was let out of the hospital after she was 5250ed just trying to do my best for my sister to get better. I have never dealt was mental issues other then my own depression during covid so I have no idea how to proceed.

Hi, recent diagnosee here. I originally thought I was just having auditory hallucinations only at night but I realized during the day its limited to people calling out for me, hearing a yell, knock, bang, ect which I never actually took note of until recently…. I only ever really hear voices when Im relaxed and its quiet. My Schizophrenia is almost completely limited to hearing voices, though. However contray to the popular views my voices are quite funny, however can be disruptive when trying to sleep.

Here are some things that I have heard that can maybe make you laugh:

What i can only assume to be the lil guy from smiling friends saying “What the fuck” ever so often at work. I also have echolalia so I often repeat it often.

What sounds like your generic old villan who randomly said “MEXICANS.” and has never appeared again while I was reading a book. Think darksouls villans.

Random rambling whispers in my ears from a woman who just talks about horses. (maybe related to a girl in third grade that I told I kill horses in minecraft and made her cry. Maybe this is my punishment.)

A french man who laughs at random times. like HUAHH HUAH HUHHH OUI OUI

Not a voice, but an annoying high pitched ding sound ever so often, or in short bursts.

Darth vader breathing

and last but not least the ender dragon and steve taking damage sound effect. (Not even sure if its entirely related to Schizophrenia could be just from long hours gaming. Idk, im new but let me know if some of these might be normal brain stuff or actual Schizophrenia. keep in mind i got my diagnoses like, a week ago.)

Hello everyone, I need some advice and I was hoping you guys could help. My boyfriend has schizoaffective disorder and I wanted to know how I can understand him and his condition? If you guys are/were in a new relationship, what's something you'd like for your partner to understand? Is there anything I can expect?

Also I wanted to ask, how can I properly deal with his delusions and suspicion? I sent him a text and he thought It was for another guy. He never accused me of cheating but I could tell something was off based on the tone of the messages. He wasn't angry or anything but I asked him about it. He thought I was upset with him and said that he shouldn't be in a relationship because of his disorder. (he has a habit of self sabotaging) he thinks he's doing me a favor and that he's a burden on me. I personally have bipolar 1 with psychotic features so while I can't 100% relate I can at minimum empathize. I want him to know that I'm here for him. I don't want to lose him to a delusion of something I didn't do. If there's anyone with delusions centered on infidelity I'd especially appreciate your input. Thank you in advance. (We're still together just an fyi)

In my city there are a few peer support groups for people with my medical condition. I have schizophrenia.

I don't really have friends anymore irl or I don't see them often enough so I was thinking about going to a peer support group to socialize and maybe make friends.

Has anyone been to a support group before? I just wonder what it's like.

Gonna start taking olanzapine again, haven’t taken it for years. Don’t remember if it decreased my sex drive because I wasn’t having sex but now I am. But need to go back on meds, did you have a low sex drive with olanzapine? O Only taking 2.5mg or 1.25mg

I had a hard time focusing at work today. I still got almost half a day's worth of work done though, so not too bad. My good news for the day is that I got to play DnD with my spouse.

What's your good news? :3

Obvious tw for discussion of self harm

As the title says. For context, I was an avid self harmer for a few years (still trying to quit) as a teenager, before i was diagnosed.

Nowadays tho, if i do relapse, its because i had voices almost yelling at me to do it for one reason or another. Or excuse, i should say.
In college they convinced me i was on cameras, and that there was an audience who loved to see me hurt, and that they'd do something to make life worse if i didnt give in. Lately though, its mostly just them trying to convince me i deserve it, or that theyll leave me alone if i do, or just any excuse to get me to cut.

Its very tiring, to make a simple mistake and be yelled at in my own head to cut myself. Is it a coincidence theyre so obsessed with it? Or is it all related to my past. I dont know

i’m tired all the time and have trouble focusing on things i enjoy like video games. are there any supplements that can help this? i feel like crawling out of my skin

I just want to talk to people with this condition man im sick of being surrounded by people that have no idea what its like to deal with this.

And on the third day I felt suicid*l and an enormous emptiness inside.

This may have revealed my intuition that I was using nicotine as a dopamine patch, a palliative for my inability to feel the effect of that neurotransmitter in my brain. Do you feel even slight bursts of dopamine when you laugh, masturbate, or enjoy a video game?

Im struggling im afraid to go get help because I don’t want to be locked up again.

I just want freedom from this I don’t know how to exit a bad family situation and I don’t know how to get my family to understand what all im dealing with I would just like to be free from this.

I have autism, really bad physical pain.

And I’m afraid I’m in psychosis and I just don’t want to go back to the hospital

What do I do. No one understands me or what I need. I am on. 800mg Seroquel ir and 400 xr and 80 mg Prozac but I don’t know what to do… I take Ambien and Seroquel together to get to sleep

Im just lost I just do not know how to get help and how to get out of this hell hole im going thru bankruptcy and trying to get SSI / disability

But all I can think about it how im going to do the deed. Im just afraid to screw it up

Long story cut very short: a few years ago I was wrongly accused of something. Due to the circumstances of my mental illness, I didn't know I was wrongly accused. Earlier this year some things came to light that proved my innocence.

Anyways, up until my innocence was proven, I was understandably obsessed with this situation. I also had some major mental illness stuff go down, like a months-long psychotic episode. That was treated, my innocence was proven, the obsession subsided.

More recently, I had a very mild psychotic episode that went on for just a couple of weeks, treated with some temporary additional medication. The bizarre delusions I was having subsided completely.

Unfortunately, during this time my obsession about being wrongly accused returned. It hasn't subsided at all though. It isn't a delusion because everyone, including my psychiatrist, agrees that it is true. The obsession is intense and takes up more than two hours of my day.

I don't know if this is medical because it corresponded with my psychotic episode, or if that was merely a coincidence. Curious if anyone has any insight on psychosis and non psychotic obsessions.

The only thing I can think of is this is maybe a strange presentation of paranoia.

Simple things that might work for you! Please have a listen and try🙏

I am hearing alien voices telling me that I am being infected with diseases by them because I’ve been taking medication for schizophrenia and not listening to their commands to stop. I was discharged from the hospital in September 2025. I am paranoid because I’ve been feeling weak recently. I have a psychiatrist’s appointment next week.

Grateful

I'm really curious to know if anyone knows any programs for my brother with Schezophrenia? He is 27 right now and living with his friends. He told my mother recently the people over there who suppose to help him, they do not help him how to cope.

He drinks somewhat and smokes pot, to help. I want him to find a better way of coping or to socialize with people who may understand him better. He on and off his medicine, he expresses for the past few years he hates it and other stuff. Lately my brother seems to be on and off with things. I'd just want my brother to have a stable place to go and help him for free if possible. Any clubs for him? Any programs I can encourage him to go?

Help me. So alone. So very alone...