Understanding My Delusions
Understanding My Delusion A psychiatrist once told me in her opinion I understand my illness better than most of her patients. I took that as a compliment because I have worked hard to understand my diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder in order to recognize my symptoms. For example, it is important to know that the belief that someone is in love with me isn’t really going on, but probably a delusion. I have a chart about schizophrenia’s positive symptoms on my refrigerator. I usually look at it after I have a delusion such as feeling stalked, hunted, framed, or tricked. The voices in my head often make me forget what I want to say or make me forget where I put things that I need at the time. I've learned this is another one of the common delusions of schizoaffective disorder called persecutory delusions. ...