Princeps Fianna

“Double bookkeeping is a term introduced by Eugen Bleuler to describe a fundamental feature of schizophrenia where psychotic reality can exist side by side with shared reality even when these realities seem mutually exclusive.”

This is why I can know I’m schizophrenic and still believe my delusions. My psychosis is its own separate reality where everything is possible. Logic doesn’t apply there, I’m unreal, my reality is unreal so unreal things can happen. I know it’s physiologically impossible and implausible, I know it’s a symptom of psychosis and not an experience I share with most of the world, but it’s still real to me

"The voices told me to!" "Delulu!" "Is [blank] in the room with us?"

All treated as acceptable!!

I make a joke about my very real symptoms from my very official schizospec diagnosis that very genuinely ruined my life for several years?

Not acceptable!! It makes people sad!! I'm no fun at parties!!

The fact that actual sufferers of a condition are told to keep certain details to themselves AND are expected to put up with bullshit jokes is absolutely outrageous.