In ninth and tenth grade, I would have ongoing psychotic episodes- I think they were brought on by my severe depression/anxiety, as well as stress and PTSD.
I had vivid hallucinations, mostly visual. I couldn’t walk past a window or a staircase without seeing myself down below, bleeding out. I had auditory hallucinations pretty much only at night, but it scared me witless, so I started sleeping with the light on again.
I vaguely described my visual hallucinations to my best friend, but I didn’t want them to thing I was cr*zy or make me see a doctor.
The episodes slowly tapered off about halfway through tenth grade. On rare occasion they still occur, but I wouldn’t say I really have psychotic episodes anymore.
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