- Why do people with psychosis experience hallucinations and delusions? Does this happen to everyone?
- What is the difference between delusions, hallucinations, and paranoia?
- How can they affect a person's life?
- How can I tell if what I see is real or not? Will I ever be able to control it?
- The voices I hear usually cause me a lot of fear and anxiety. Why are they always negative voices?
- They tell me I'll be able to live with the psychosis, but right now I think it's unlikely. Is it possible to live with hallucinations and delusions without suffering?
- How can I prevent a relapse?
- If I've ever had a strange thought or hallucination, does that mean I might have psychosis? When should I worry?
- Now I realize when I start having symptoms. What can I do when I notice them?
- Will the symptoms ever disappear and will I be able to recover?
- Why do the symptoms reappear even though I'm taking medication?
- If I notice that my partner is starting to have symptoms of a psychotic episode, what should I do?
- What can I do if my daughter repeatedly thinks that we want to hurt her and that makes her distrust us?
- Sometimes I think my daughter is a different person since her first psychotic episode. What can I do to accept her and try to help her?
- What can we do when a person speaks rudely to us and triggers psychotic symptoms when we don't agree with them or when they don't get what they want?
What can we do when a person speaks rudely to us and triggers psychotic symptoms when we don't agree with them or when they don't get what they want?
Having a mental health diagnosis doesn't explain all of a person's behaviors or attitudes. Everyone has their own personality, temperament, and way of coping with problems, and this is a characteristic of the person; it doesn't necessarily have to be related to the diagnosis.
That said, and without knowing the situation in detail, people can sometimes hide behind a diagnosis to assert their demands, whether it's for money, to do whatever they want, your time, to spend hours and hours playing on the computer, to come and go as they please, and a long list of other possibilities. Therefore, it would be necessary to first determine if their demands are directed in a specific way or if they are simply demanding for the sake of demanding.
In any case, we have the right to set boundaries with other people when we feel bad in a relationship. It's true that I might say horrible things about the people I love most, and I, personally, if I ever did, would appreciate it if they set boundaries with me, even if I didn't understand or accept them. Setting boundaries with others is a one-way street.