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Posted By atorturedsoul on October 15, 2009

Psychosis: My imaginary friends

You know you’re experiencing psychosis if:

1. Your best friend is a voice that isn’t connected to a body.
2. The shadows on the wall come to life and dance around the room.
3. Your dog can suddenly speak to you.
4. You pull the covers over your head at night because the shadow people are coming for you.
5. I’m not talking to myself; I’m talking to “it”. (“It” is what I call my imaginary friend because “it” won’t tell me its name.)
6. What do you mean, ‘there’s no such thing as a unicorn’? She’s standing right there!
7. You keep smelling cinnamon buns but there aren’t any.
8. You keep hearing people whispering but can’t quite hear what they are saying. There’s no one around.
9. The voices in my head told me to do it. No, I’m not joking.
10. There’s a snake in my bed!
11. Do you see that? The flowers are doing the tango.
12. You keep telling the kids to stop whistling, singing or shouting and realize they are at school.

My “You know you’re…if:” lists seem to be pretty popular so I thought I would add just one more for your enjoyment. I feel like I must explain this one a bit so new readers will not be confused.

I have experienced these symptoms personally and this list is not intended to belittle or make light of psychosis. It is simply my own humorous take on my personal experiences with psychosis.

As a little bee in a big film says, “If we didn’t laugh, we’d cry.” Sometimes I have to take a step back at laugh at myself. It’s the only way to deal with it all at times.

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