[ID: Every image has a light gray background and a slightly darker gray border. The font for the text is dark gray. Occassionally OP draws themself in. They are coloured in white with black lineart. There is some shading in gray. In the first image only, OP colours their eyes light green.
1: The Psychotic Spectrum ...And My Own Experience (A Guide!!) =D
In the middle of the graphic, OP wears a button up shirt and a sweater over top. The shirt collar sticks out from the colour of the sweater. The shirt is buttoned all the way up. OP has shaggy shoulder length hair and black nails. They are wearing glasses. An arrow points at them reading, "Brought to you y a schizospec guy."
"No, I am not a cold-hearted psychopath," they say, gazing tiredly to the left, "nor is that silly thought of yours a "delusion"...."
2: Introduction To The Topic:
All fingers extended and hand flat, OP gestures sharply as they say, "Psychotic disorders like schizophrenia, are still widely misunderstood disorders. Many people fear other psychotic people and have very wrong views about them, believing they're dangerous, cold, without empathy, and most media display us as serial killers or make us the abusers.
This is simply [red font] not true! It's been proven that psychotic people are the one's more prone to getting abused or being victims of abuse. [end rent font]
3: The text continues. "Sadly, there is still bad representation in media displaying psychosis/schizophenia." Below the title are two examples of poor representation. OP is drawn small at the bottom, lineart only. They continue on with, "Either they display psychosis like something "magical" (making it seem like a superpower)." The example used is Donnie Darko. "Or make them violent criminals": Norman Bates in Psycho is the example.
"But there is also good representation." The example used is A Beautiful Mind, although OP add, "Somewhat I guess", indicating that it's still not the best representation
4: Here are some pyschotic spectrum disorders:
Schizophreniform disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
In an asterix to the side, OP adds that depression with pyschotic features also exists and some people with BPD also experience psychosis.
5: Symptoms of Psychosis:
Halluciation (auditory, tacticle, visual, olfactory, etc,,,)
Delusions (grandiose, persecutory, somatic, erotomanic, etc,,,)
Disordered thinking and inappropriate behaviour (disorganized speech, derailment, tangential thining, catatonia, etc,,,)
Negative symptoms (reduced emotional expression, decreased motivation, reduced speech, anhedonia, etc,,,)
In the upper right corner, OP frowns, brows furrowed nervously as three bugs crawl on them. Two spiders on their shoulder and a beetle on their hand. The bugs are a hallucination, possible tactile and/or visual. They are draw in red lineart only to indicate this.
In the lower left corner, OP shakes in place. Their eyes are closed, but thier mouth is open, downturned. They are uncomfortable. Red scribbles are drawn in their head, where their brain would be. This is likely an interpretation of the Disordered Thinking symptom. The shaking indicators around OP were also drawn in red.
6: "Delulu is the selulu!" "I'm so delusional over him!" I'm just... gonna put this here...
Underneath the title is a screenshot from the wikipedia page on delusions. It reads, "A delusion is a false [underline] fixed belief that is not amenable to change [end underline] in light of conflicting evicence. As a pathology, it is [underline] distinct [end underline] from a belief based on false or incomplete information, confabulation, dogma, illusion, hallucination, or some other misleading effects of perception, as [underline] individuals with those beliefs are able to change or readjust their beliefs [end underline] upon reviewing the evidence."
Beneath the screenshot, text reads, "Delusions are not funny, nor are they quirky. I have extremely debiltating paranoid delusions that cause me to fear the public because I'm convinced everyone is watching me or out to get me. I also struggle undressing inmy own room because I believe my posters or secret cams are watching me." An arrow points out from the paragraph to read, "The same goes for like "the voices told me to dye my hair! xD"... It's just annoying."
Drawn tired in the lower right corner, OP adds, "Your crush not reciprocating your feelings or you being obsessive over someone doesn't make you delusional... It also pains us psychotic people constantly having our issues "meme-ified" or being used for jokes... People have stopped taking me serious or laugh at me..."
7: 4 Key Facts: (source: world health organization)
Schizophrenia specifically affects approximatley 24 million people or 1 in 300 people (0.32%) worldwide; it's not as common as other disorder.
Stigma, discrimination and violation of human rights of people with schizo-disorders are sadly common
Onset is most often during lat adolescense and twenties.
Schizophrenia and early psychosis awareness day is May 24th! (Ribbon color is silver)
OP is drawn smiling with their eyes closed. Two sparkles are drawn beside their head.
Nervously OP holds their hands together in front of their chest. They gaze off-screen, cheeks coloured in light gray. "And being honest, it's always scary opening up about my psychosis without being judged, made fun of, or being feared. I don't "look" like my disorder and fear not being taken seriously. I'm always afraid I'll be seen as insane if I open up about my symptoms/diagnosis."
9: "I just hope to spread a better image or view on psychotic people by showing that even artist like me can be schizo and that we are not what the media makes us out to be."
OP smiles softly at the viewer, hands and arms tucked behind their back. The blush is still evident on thier cheeks. Two arrows point at them from either side. They read, "Just a guy! Litterally funny dogdude!"
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