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đ Creating your own Self-Care Box đ
Step 1: Get a box, any size is fine!Â
Step 2: Decorate it! (I used wallpaper and paint)Â
Step 3: Buy things to go inside your box - Remember this is your self-care box, so fill it with things that distract, comfort, relax and cheer you up in times of distress.
For example:
Sensory toys  đÂ
Puzzle books đÂ
DVDâs đÂ
Colouring books with pens or pencils đÂ
Soft toys/teddies (These are great for comfort) đÂ
Stickers đÂ
Play-Doh! đ
Write a few letters to yourself for when you need them đÂ
For example - Your favourite memories, reasons to stay alive, reasons not to self-harm, you can do this, motivational quotes, the things you love about yourself
Diary or Notepad đ
Step 4: Once you have all your items of choice put them all into your box! đÂ
Step 5: Whenever you feel low, anxious, scared, alone, angry or distressed. Go to your box. It will always be there for you when you need it.Â
If you make one, take a picture and show me!Â
Stay strong my warriors  đđÂ
Understanding Psychotic Episodes and How to Handle Them
Hi everybody. As most of you could figure, Iâm a schizotype, meaning I have schizotypal PD, a psychosis spectrum disorder that is often equated to mild schizophrenia (though they are not the same thing).
On Tumblr Iâve often covered symptoms and characteristics schizotypal personality disorder that arenât incredibly taboo, like social deficits and how I experience emotions differently. Discussing episodes is bold new territory and while this post is not another meme orchestration this is all pretty important.
What exactly are psychotic episodes?
Episodes are when psy spec individuals involuntarily disconnect from reality. In that moment, we might blow a text someone sent us way out of proportion and send a barrage of text messages in panic. We might think our bosses are mad us and freeze at work. We might see someone suspicious in our retail store and hide in the inventory room. We might misperceive neighbors taking a walk at night to be dangerous and demand people turn off the lights so they donât see us.
Yeah, thatâs what episodes are and how they often affect us. Itâs not what you see in 80s horror films. Weâre harmless during episodes, but they often have consequences like burning bridges or getting fired because of how confusing and uncomfortable it made the people around us.
Are they preventable?
Episodes are unavoidable, and you canât plan for them not to happen. What you can do is make everyday lifestyle choices that leave you less psychologically prone to them on a day to day bases.
For me that includes the following:
⢠8 hours of sleep
⢠Eating foods that are legitimately nourishing
⢠Religiously taking my meds when I need to
⢠Taking CBD daily. It helps, Iâm telling you.
⢠Being in touch with family/friends throughout the day to keep megrounded in your life and me
⢠Reflecting on episodes I do have, what caused them, and what I can do to reduce the risk of the same circumstances occurring.
Can people get better and stop experiencing them someday?
Psychosis spectrum disorders are lifelong and incurable. So we live with the risk of episodes for our entire lives. With the right treatment team and lifestyle choices, they might happen less frequently, but they never do go away.
How can I get out of an episode?
Different for everyone. You kind of need to learn on your own, honestly.
How can I help a friend/loved one during an episode?
⢠If youâre with them, assure them that everything is okay and be comforting. They might not connect with you well, so do your best to be understanding
⢠If youâre not with them, consider calling them so they can hear your voice. If they donât answer, leave an assuring voicemail that they can listen to
⢠If youâre texting, send a selfie or photos of your day to ground them
⢠Start telling them a story/life experience you had. Itâs completely irrelevant to what weâre thinking, but thatâs the point. It gives us something to focus our mind on
⢠Sometimes you really canât help someone or get them out of it. So it just means being present and calm, may it be over call, text or in person
I hope this helps. I know the schizo spec disorders are not well understood, and I want to do what I can to make a difference in normalizing discussions about psychosis and better understanding it.
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Far From Home spoilers in post
If you're psychotic, on the schizo spectrum, or struggle w paranoia please be advised that spider man far from home is hella triggering
There are several scenes in which characters are in hyperrealistic simulations that they're unaware of, being tricked, having their loved ones and reality replaced with indistinguishable replicas, and a lot of other stuff along those lines. The whole movie has themes of illusions and reality control.
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It's so nice to see a blog for STPD đâĽď¸
Iâm so glad you enjoy it!! đđđ
When I was first diagnosed, I could barely find any blogs that were about STPD itself. So being able to run a blog specific to STPD has been a great way for me to consolidate the resources and posts Iâm able to find that are specific to schizotypals, and itâs helped me feel more comfortable with myself. I hope this blog can be a good place for other people, too!!Â
(Also Iâm hoping to be more active soon, this past semester at school was hell, but Iâm hoping this new semester will be better)
tips for helping psychotic people
donât force them to tell you what their delusions or hallucinations are. they could be afraid to tell you because they feel theyâre being spied on, theyâre ashamed, w/e. just respect their boundaries.
donât treat them like a child. treat them like you would any other person, theyâre human, too.
donât immediately dismiss their delusions/hallucinations just because you think they should be able to tell theyâre not real. the psychotic might not know at all, because hallucinations look and sound SO real to us.
listen to what they have to say. if they say there is a camera in the room, cover where they say it is with tape. if they say they canât go somewhere for whatever reason, donât force them to go there. if they think their food is poisoned, prove to them it isnât.
donât get offended if they donât trust you. theyâre delusional, and canât help it. they want you to be on their side so prove you can be trusted.
communication is key. ask them what you can do to help, because even the most extensive list of coping tools and methods isnât 100% inclusive of everyoneâs exact needs.
donât use their illness against them. donât tell them lies. donât joke about it (unless they say itâs okay).
donât allow them to abuse you. like any relationship, you can choose to leave whenever for whatever reason. learn to recognize abusive behaviors.
feel free to add on.
helping someone with psychosis
schizophrenia and psychosis (a key symptom of schizophrenia) are mental states that can cause symptoms including paranoia, hallucinations, delusions, disorganised thoughts and unusual behaviours. friends and family are extremely important to a personâs recovery from schizophrenia and psychosis. your empathy and love can make a big difference.
support for communication difficulties
- some people with psychosis may be unable to think clearly. speaking at your normal pace is fine, but you may need to give your loved one a little extra time to absorb and process what youâve said, and be willing to repeat it if they didnât understand.
- if your loved one shows a limited range of emotions, be aware that it doesnât mean they arenât feeling anything. some people with psychosis simply have difficulty expressing how they feel.
- understand that sometimes, people experiencing psychosis express âinappropriateâ emotions, eg. laughing at something upsetting. donât take this personally and try to remain patient if this happens. if you need to clarify the reaction with the person, do so in private and in a calm manner.
- some people struggle to make eye contact and find it unsettling. if your loved one is clearly avoiding eye contact, donât make a big deal out of it - theyâre not trying to be rude, rather, itâs a symptom of their illness. you may find that your loved one prefers to sit beside you over being in front of you as itâs less confrontational, so you could try to do this more often.
support for hallucinations
- avoid encouraging the belief that the hallucinations are real if possible, and instead use language such as, âi donât see anything, what do you see?â so that they feel they can talk to you about it.
- donât mock or laugh at your loved oneâs experiences unless they do first or have stated that itâs okay if you make light of it.
- offer distractions such as watching tv or listening to music.
support for delusions
- recognise that their delusions may be very real to them. donât dismiss, minimise or argue with them about these experiences, and do not act alarmed or embarrassed by them. however, itâs important to be careful that you donât inflame your loved oneâs paranoia - donât actively encourage it, and instead, offer your empathy. - be as empathetic as you can. if your loved one is experiencing paranoia and is afraid because of that, understand that they legitimately feel fearful even if you think the paranoia is unfounded. express that you understand why they feel this emotion and ask them what you can do to help in future.
support for social isolation
- encourage your loved one gently, never forcefully, to partake in social gatherings when itâs appropriate. perhaps suggest a weekly outing, for example, a walk in the country, seeing a movie together or a meal somewhere quiet.
- small things go a long way. they donât overwhelm and sending something uplifting every so often encourages recovery. remind your loved one that youâre thinking of them and that you care about them.
- if your loved one forgets their medication, drop them a reminder every so often. itâs important that they keep taking it if it helps them.
crisis intervention
- know that you canât reason with acute psychosis and that your loved one is unwell. they may say or do things that they wouldnât normally do and they may not understand that those things could upset you.
- understand that the person may be fearful of their feelings and their loss of control over them. because of this itâs important that you donât express anger or irritation and donât use sarcasm as a weapon. donât raise your voice. speak in a calm, level way.
- avoid making continuous eye contact and avoid making physical contact without permission or warning if the person is agitated or afraid.
- remove objects that the person may use to harm themselves if they express wishes to self-harm or attempt suicide. this includes anything sharp and tools that they could use to inflict burns.
- provide options for getting help. your loved one may be more willing to seek help if they feel they have control over the situation. for example, suggest a doctors appointment to get started on medication, but suggest that you or someone else will go back with them if the medication doesnât help or has too many side effects.
- donât leave the person alone. if they have a support network, get in contact with people who can help and stay with them.
- contact emergency services when the person is in immediate danger.
Little Schizo Things: Hiding all of your symptoms from literally everyone so when you finally start talking about them everyone thinks youâve gone off the deep end even though youâve had those symptoms longer than you can even remember.

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How can you tell when delusions and delusions and not based in religion?
I think a lot of it is contextual to the society you live in, the culture your parents raised you in, and the way you see yourself fitting into both of those things. but thatâs a really hard things to answer, and honestly, im not sure? Iâve never personally had a delusion that could be seen as a religious one (unless you count my delusion in my own extraterrestrial nature as religious, but I personally didnât when I held that delusion, and looking back on that, I donât think of it as religious), so I donât know for sure if I have a good answer to give. I know @schizosupport made a REALLY incredible post about this, talked to a bunch of our friends, and they came up with some really insightful answers that I highly recommend reading! Iâll see if I can find that post and add it in the reblog, since I think itâs really worth checking out their response. But thank you for the question!
https://schizosupport.tumblr.com/post/174328220758/hey-sorry-if-this-is-the-wrong-blog-to-ask-or
Hereâs the post by @schizosupport!!
how do you talk to a doctor about personality disorders? I think I have stpd
hi! i know this can be a really intimidating topic for a lot of people, and that makes a lot of sense. Iâm coming to this really late, so maybe this wonât reach you, but I hope it can help somebody.Â
(for people who have a hard time reading long passages of text, Iâve bolded the key steps.)
- for most doctors, they feel most comfortable when people list the problems or symptoms theyâs facing, rather than having their patient say what diagnosis they believe they have. whether thatâs due to the doctorâs insecurity, their internal âi know better than youâ bias, or simply wanting to diagnose their patient without having a preconception cloud their judgement, will depend from doctor to doctor. But like i said, itâs usually best to describe what your symptoms are first, rather than lead with the diagnosis you think fits you best.Â
- After you describe your symptoms, I think itâs perfectly reasonable to say âIâve done some research on this, and I think I match up pretty well with the symptoms of Schizotypal Personality Disorder, but I wanted to come and get a professional opinion. What do you think?â This will show the doctor that you are looking for their opinion, and that you have done your research, but arenât opposed to their suggestions.Â
- If you arenât comfortable with bringing up the disorder specifically, thatâs okay. Instead of bringing up STPD itself, you could say, âI have wondered about the possibility of a personality disorder for a while, and after doing a little bit of research, my symptoms seemed to match up pretty well, so I wanted to come see a professional to get further feedback. What do you think?â This is a more ambitious statement that still gets across that you feel like you fit somewhere in the personality disorder category, but want the doctorâs opinion.Â
- And the most important thing: find a doctor who listens, and responds well to you. If your doctor steamrolls over you, doesnât listen when you talk, or seems like they donât care when you present your side of things? Find a new doctor.Â
I hope this helps!! Much love to anyone looking for a professional diagnosis, I know how stressful and intimidating it can be, Iâm very proud of you all.
- Mod T
How can you tell when delusions and delusions and not based in religion?
I think a lot of it is contextual to the society you live in, the culture your parents raised you in, and the way you see yourself fitting into both of those things. but thatâs a really hard things to answer, and honestly, im not sure? Iâve never personally had a delusion that could be seen as a religious one (unless you count my delusion in my own extraterrestrial nature as religious, but I personally didnât when I held that delusion, and looking back on that, I donât think of it as religious), so I donât know for sure if I have a good answer to give. I know @schizosupport made a REALLY incredible post about this, talked to a bunch of our friends, and they came up with some really insightful answers that I highly recommend reading! Iâll see if I can find that post and add it in the reblog, since I think itâs really worth checking out their response. But thank you for the question!
Hey there is a blog that maybe your followers can benefit from...@supportive-bot. Basically, just text them, and talk about your problems for a while and they will give some warmth and advice.
hey followers! in case you havenât heard about them, this sounds like a lovely blog to check out!
Hey, itâs been about 2 months? Sorry I havenât been around in a while. I wonât be able to answer every ask, but Iâll do my best. They may not be super in depth answers, and I apologise for that, but I will try.Â
- Mod T

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- Mod T
Schizophrenia awareness month prompt challenge day 3 - hallucinations
Hallucinations means experiencing sensory input which isnât actually there. The most common example is hearing voices, but hallucinations can affect all senses - they can be visual (seeing things that arenât there), auditory (hearing things that arenât there), tactile (feeling things that arenât there), olfactory (smelling things that arenât there), and gustatory (tasting things that arenât there). Hallucinations are heavily associated with schizophrenia but can also occur in a variety of other mental illnesses. With the help of my followers, I have collected a bunch of tips and strategies for dealing with and coping with hallucinations!
General tips:
Remind yourself that even though you can see/hear/feel/etc these things, they arenât real and they canât hurt you. Youâre safe - your brain is just messing with you.
Engage with something you know is real and focus your attention on that.
Activate a different sense - preferable the sense that is most connected to reality. As an example, if youâre having visual hallucinations, put on some music, close your eyes and focus on that, or if youâre having auditory hallucinations, put on a movie and try to focus on that instead of the voices.
Practice grounding exercises (preferably with the senses that are best connected to reality) and focus your attention onto what you know is real. (This post contains many good suggestions.)
Distract yourself with something you enjoy - play a video game, exercise, watch a movie or a tv show, play with your pets, talk to a friend, make art - your hallucinations will likely still be there, but they wonât have your full attention and will thus be less distressing.
Try to block out the hallucinations by providing some real sensory input for the same sense. As an example, if youâre hearing voices, put on loud music and sing along, and if youâre having tactile hallucinations, take a shower.
Moving/doing something active might help divert your attention from the hallucinations. Stim, pace, exercise or go for a run!
If you have a pet that usually reacts when something unusual happens, use them as reassurance. If they arenât reacting, itâs likely a hallucination.
Use your hallucinations as creative inspiration. Write, draw, paint, make music - it can be a great way to express yourself and your experiences and let out frustration.
If thereâs any places/comfort items that makes you feel safe or safer, go there and use them. If you feel that your hallucinations canât hurt you in the bedroom, when the lights are on or when youâre under your favorite blanket, go to your bedroom, turn on all the lights and hide under your favorite blanket. It may seem silly, but do what you need to feel safe.
If youâre on anti psychotic medication, take it as prescribed. Anti psychotic medication can often reduce or even control hallucinations.
If youâre not on anti psychotics and your hallucinations are causing you a lot of distress and are impairing your ability to function, consider trying them. They do often significantly reduce psychotic symptoms.
If you have some as needed/emergency medication and your hallucinations are really bad, take your prescribed dosage. It may help on your symptoms.
Auditory hallucinations
If you doubt whether what youâre hearing is a hallucination, try to record it with your phone. If it doesnât show up on the recording, it isnât real. If your hallucinations makes it hard for you to hear whatâs actually on the recording, play the recording for someone else and ask what they hear.
You can also put on music to test if itâs a hallucination or not - if your music is loud and the voices are still clear, you know itâs a hallucination. Music can also help you distract yourself as it provides real auditory input that you can focus on.
If your voices are mean, imagine that theyâre coming from an edgy, pathetic teenage boy whoâs doing his best to provoke you by purposely being rude and unpleasant. Mock him (or her) right back and react with as much irrelevance and sarcasm as if it was 13 year old Brandon who was trying to tell you to kill yourself.
Find some real auditory input to focus on to distract yourself and tune out the hallucinations - put on loud music and sing along, listen to a podcast or the radio or call a friend.
If youâre alone, talk back to them. Tell them why theyâre wrong and that you wonât be listening to them. Cuss them out and mock them. This will probably not make the voices stop, but it can be a good way to relieve the frustration they cause.
Visual hallucinations:
If you doubt whether what youâre seeing is a hallucination, take a picture of it with your phone. If it doesnât show up in the picture, it isnât real.
If you wear glasses, take them off. If what youâre looking at is still clear, itâs a hallucination.
Try to think of your hallucinations as friends. Tell them random shit about your day and what youâre doing and if theyâre recurring, name them. Treating your hallucinations like friends will likely make them much less scary.
Tactile hallucinations:
Applying heat or cold can in some cases help reduce tactile hallucinations, so try to take a cold or a very hot shower or apply a heating pack/ice pack to the affected area.
Substituting the sensation youâre hallucinating with another sensation can also help, so try taking tight clothes on or curling up tightly under a heavy blanket. Applying pressure/sensation by touching yourself in the affected areas and otherwise providing a new, real, physical sensation often helps.
Gustatory hallucinations:
Ask someone to taste the food youâre eating - if they donât taste anything thatâs off, you can be sure that the weird taste is only happening in your head.
Eat food with other people. If youâre all eating from the same bowl/menu and nobody else taste what you taste, you can reassure yourself that itâs a hallucination and that your food is fine.
Prepare your food from the bottom so that you know that nothingâs wrong with it.
Olfactory hallucinations:
Ask someone else if they smell it too - if they donât, itâs likely a hallucination.
Block the smell out with something else, like a nice smelling lotion, a scented candle or some perfume.