Reacting to Schizophrenia Memes 2!
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- Опубликовано: 13 дек 2022
- Rob gave me schizophrenia memes to react to again. I think there can be therapeutic value to finding humour in difficult experiences like navigating living with schizophrenia. Let us know your thoughts on this video in the comments below!
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For what it is worth I enjoyed this! After 27 years of schizoaffective disorder I find it funny to laugh at my symptoms! I figure, Why not? We should sometimes laugh at the absurdities of life!
I'm not schizophrenic or know anyone who is so I don't know why youtube recommended this series to me but fwiw , it got me thinking about experiences that I would not have otherwise thought about. Memes are particularly useful for that because even if I can't relate to the direct content, I can still relate to the spirit of the meme and sympathize more closely with people who are actually going through it.
same, it's an interesting thing to hear about and it just popped up in my recommended feed
Me too! I have depression and I've had delusions in the past, but it was because sleep deprivation since I had sleep disorders and not schizophrenia. This kind of content makes me feel seen and like im going to be ok.
@@darthszarych5588 I had some preconceptions about schizophrenia I didn't realize, so this channel has educated me.
it's worth more than you'd think at first. awareness is a really huge thing for mental health in general, particularly that type of awareness that can help with understanding end helping empathy towards it.
Maybe your comments make you look like you suffer from schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Maybe it’s obvious that you do suffer from schizophrenia, but you don’t recognize your symptoms. Maybe you should see a doctor to get yourself checked out.
Your audio is so crisp 🤌🏻 such a delightful and relaxing voice
*voice*
Literally same thing I thought!
@@EA-js1me yeah?
Ikr!! She could do asmr.
Relaxing
Hi, I am 35 years old and in September I was told that I am bipolar. Before, I suspected that I had a lot of different disorders, but not this. I was shocked, but when I started to think about it, I realized that it really is bipolar disorder. For several years I was treated for obsessive-compulsive disorder with no results...
I will admit that I am happy with my new diagnosis, because I am finally being properly treated and have a chance for a normal life. I have suffered from bipolar disorder since I was 16 and now I am finally full of hope. 😄
Greetings from Poland! ❤
That's awesome! I was convinced that I had bipolar disorder because of these episodes I sometimes have. I thought they were manic episodes. But then the doctor diagnosed me with borderline personality disorder. Life makes more sense now. It took me a while to accept but now that I understand why I am the way I am I can change it. But understanding brings self kindness.
I have bipolar too. There is a channel called Polar Warriors that is specifically for bipolar. I like this channel and that channel.
@@Catlily5 thank you for this information, I will visit this channel ASAP :D
Pozdrawiam z Krakowa 👍💛
@@MrsMagdalenaKamila Ooo hej, ja z drugiego końca Polski, z Malborka :D Jak miło :)
The fox one is so ridiculously relatable! My psychiatrist said at our last appointment, which was over the phone and not our usual zoom meet, that I sounded more animated and like I was doing a lot better. I'm just sitting there like, phone = customer service mode. Of course I sound better. I went into phone call autopilot. 🤦
I relate too. My mom always tells me to be presentable when I have sessions as if I'm getting marks for it
i don't think the meme at 7:20 was speaking in earnest, because the character who is saying it is the "dumb stoner" type. i think the meme itself was poking fun at people who would say stuff like that.
I have had hallucinated voices and people my entire life. I remember at the age of 3 (this is also my first memory) I was being comforted by a person who wasn't in my room, but was in my head giving me the feeling of being hugged because I was crying that my Mom wouldn't listen to me tell her my older brother was being mean because she was on the phone. This one voice is still here, along with over 20 others that each help me in some fashion to stay "sane". I am on the best treatment "plan" I have ever been in. I still hear mean, random voices, but 29 of them are like real people to me who understand that they are created via psychosis of Schizophrenia. So, the meme that says, "Schizophrenia - Together I Can Beat It" applies to me as someone with Schizophrenia. It's one of my favorite jokes about it. My other favorite joke about it is, "The voices made me do it". I had a shirt made that says that on the front. The back of it says, "I can even give you their names." Schizophrenia is all I have even known, as such I am able to laugh at it and poke fun at it because I like being happy. Because of this I have come across people who don't believe I am schizophrenic when I tell them that I am. They seem to think people with Schizophrenia should always be strange and acting as if they are living a horrible life of not being able to understand anything around them. It's stupid, but I digress. Most of these memes were pretty funny, but a few in bad taste, which you can tell were created by someone who has never dealt with the illness.
Beautiful. It's wonderful you have warm heartfelt voices to comfort you along the way.
I love this. I have encountered plenty of people who deny my being autistic. People and their inaccurate notions can really be so ridiculous & harmful. I prefer to laugh when I can; life is pretty weird and humourous.
“Together I can Beat It” is honestly such a hilarious slogan!
Also, I hope you don’t mind, but I find stuff like this fascinating, so I have some questions. Do the voices have their own distinct personality and memories? Or are they just sorta there? Do they have different voices, or do they sound the same?
I hear voices/noises too! I've never been on meds despite a lot of the mental 'struggles' as my mom likes to call them. The main things that I hear a lot are ' Valentine!( not in a surprised way, it's my mothers' voice and she's calling my name to get my attention.) I'll hear doors open and close, I hear footsteps a lot, and I also hear my family's voices a lot. This morning I woke up at 6 in the morning to a woman standing in my doorway. She has my mother's voice and woke me up by telling me it was snowing. That wasn't my mother. My mother is 5'7, and that woman was around 5'5. Another difference I picked up on was that the woman had shorter hair than my mother. That is some scary shit, I think I'm going to have nightmares tonight because of that hallucination.
man, 29? thats a lot i thought the average was 3… i may be stupid lol
My daughter who is 31 has lost most of her adult life in her battle with schizoaffective. She has been in a secure group home for most of the last 4 years & I've only been allowed to see her a handful of times. She is doing well, taking her meds, but understands she is in the system & fears as long as they're making money from her they won't want to let her free to live her life even as imperfectly as the rest of us.
That’s sad. But I don’t believe so. Because I was in the psych ward for 2 months and as long as I wasn’t eating they wouldn’t let me out. Which I was in there because I wasn’t eating along with other issues. But as long as I ate my first meal they let me out. They let me me out within 20 minutes. Then follow up with my primary physician. So no that’s not true that they want your daughter to stay!
You need to take that up with the judicial system that signed that order.
@@yelenarotar2307 not the same situation. What he's saying (without mentioning any of this) is that the state has legal authority & control over his adult daughter; all of that happened via a legal case in a courtroom. The court can always be petitioned on his (and her) behalf to modify or dismiss the order. The plot here isn't a matter of getting psych treatment or medical treatment otherwise. It's a matter of the state coming in and saying she had no suitable guardian. Be it CPS or APS, they won a judgement in court that says they're bestowed that authority as her legal guardian and appointee as she has been deemed dependent/a ward of whatever state she lives in. This is a legal issue separate from healthcare. Think more like Britney & her conservatorship, not that this person in question isn't in a place she shouldn't be- Conservatorship/guardianships/custody (for minors in a parental dispute) are used interchangeably.
Remove all of that, and you're correct, outside of a legal, involuntary commitment (be it civil or criminal), so long as you stabilize & progress, you will be discharged. Even if someone doesn't get entirely "stable" they are always discharged in our for-profit healthcare system (US). No one is taking anyone hostage. The state isn't getting rich off of providing this type of care and support to people. They don't even break even. Most of the time this happens, it's for a reason, at least one that is well-documented. It's usually because of adverse reactions/disruptions to the patient or overall facility. Not that corruption doesn't happen, it does, but we haven't been told much of the story. It doesn't work as it was written.
@@EMILYHERRERA I just want to commend you for your knowledge and intellect about such scenarios. Thank you.
My daughter is/was so artistic and talented, she ended up going into psychosis while in psychosis her art and writing amplified but it was safe for her. She's now on a shot once every month it has caused her to just be numb. She hasn't made any art since. It's really quit sad. She's so depressed she had gained alot of weight which makes her depression worse. My heart breaks for her. Thank you for your videos they have helped have a way better and more empathic view of schizophrenia. I just wish my daughter would watch.
I had a friend who would enter psychosis while manic and she was very artistic, but the psychosis would lead her to do ONLY self-portraits with the eyes blacked out, so being unwell meant she couldn't really do the type of art she enjoyed. I know it's hard, but your daughter will get there eventually if she keeps trying x
@@Echo-yk1id Maybe someday she will get back to a place where she can do art again. There is hope.
I hope there might be better medication for her someday.
@@Echo-yk1id thank you 🙏
I can relate to that. Most antidepressants, for me, feel like ive given away most of my soul and replaced it with an empty space
I dont have schizophrenia, but I do have debilitating mental illnesses and i find watching people react to mental health related memes therapeutic because it makes me feel seen, less alone, and more like I'm going to be ok. 💚
Gurl, the giving mental health advice meme is so accurate 😅
I am a social worker who's diagnosed with Borderline, so don't fret. We can still do a great job.
Some of these are really great and relatable. I’ve been on the nap roulette wheel too. The alarms every hour is more consistent with my ADHD, but yeah that one is totally me too. The Seroquel memes absolutely kill me!! 😂 My doc gave it to me to help me with sleep during a bad depression, and I had such a huge groggy hangover after the first dose that I stopped taking it.
I became narcoleptic and could sleep literally anywhere. Had to sleep literally anywhere too
Lol I always come here for relatable content. I always find some overlap with your content on schizophrenia and my own Bipolar I with psychotic features disorder. I am on seroquel and adore it, best medication, but I love seroquel memes. Mine is always "you can't be manic, have hallucinations, try to die, or break things if you're actually asleep most of the day."
So relatable! I’m not schizophrenic, but I am autistic and have ADHD.
I have bipolar 1 and can relate to the video too
I think all of us neurodivergents have some things in common, at least one or two. I'm autistic and have ADHD + anxiety too, and I got the chance to talk to someone who has schizophrenia and when they were expressing to me their ways of coping with anxiety and self-criticism, I felt so much empathy and related so much to that particular part of their struggle.
It's amazing how much the various flavors of mental health struggles have in common while still being so different.
@@jameswoodard4304 Totally.
As a Major Depression sufferer, (yes, I realize the two things are *very* different) I find it heartening to see people with other diagnoses or just the general community of mental health diagnosees commiserating and being able to laugh together about their experiences. Seeing people that have something in common with me, but at the same time I'm learning about how they cope with a very distinct and different set of challenges is encouraging and helps provide perspective. And if anything is needed for people dealing with mental health struggles, it's perspective.
This also makes me one of those non-Schizophrenic people who has been prescribed Seroquel. Depression patients get a lighter dosage, but I can definitely see how it could be sedating and/or numbing.
I've also had that effect in which you're doing well on you're meds and suddenly seem to forget how serious your diagnosis is and all the crap you've recently gone through, and it somehow feels completely reasonable that your meds are probably unnecessary and you would be better off without them. A potentially fatal delusion, but very relatable.
For me i gained 90 pounds in 7 months and my pcp shamed me and my psych doc just kept telling me its ok it just a side effect dont worry. Everyone besides the psych doc telling me im lazy and need to go on a diet meanwhile i eat no different then they do but they cant except that im not eating hidden cake in my bedroom.
Nice video! Seroquel turned me into a sleeping zombie, so my doctor replaced it with Latuda. Now I take a lower Seroquel dosage to help me sleep only.
Your channel is very helpful. My sister lives with schizophrenia. I am taking care of her. Your channel helps me to understand the symptoms . You are doing great. Continue the good work 👏
These videos are so nice, as someone with Bipolar 1 its really hard to relate to a lot of content about Bipolar because it centers around hypo-mania and not mania/psychosis. Also the depressive episode one is definitely a bit too relatable XD.
I don't have schizophrenia but my mom does and I have major anxiety disorder. I had a "psychosis" (a complete breakdown of normal adl's) recently and lost alot of weight. This happened before and people complimented me and it went to my head. This time when people started mentioning it I cut them off right away and said I'm having a mental episode please don't compliment the weight loss I'm not doing it on purpose it's a symptom not a victory. Even my schizophrenic mom did it. But she apologized the next day and said I thought about and yeah that isn't a good thing for me to compliment. I'm better now. I came out of the episode and I'm leveled out now.
Oh my god I’m so sorry. It’s the same kind of symptoms with flares of several physical illnesses. I had to point out to someone after I had lost 40 lbs then gained half of it back between them seeing me that it was only because I had just been severely ill and I wasn’t even healthy at that weight.
Leena. I am sorry about your weight loss that you didn’t intend to do. I hope you are looking healthy. I knew someone who was underweight and I said nothing and you will never know who. And myself. I was underweight because of OCD. I had trouble stopping myself from counting calories and I exercised a lot to end anxiety. 100 laps a day of swimming. So maybe I was misdiagnosed. I see myself as suffering from chronic OCD since I still have rituals and intrusive thoughts that bother the hell out of me. I wish the thoughts would shut up and thank you Lauren Kennedy for your hard work and your intelligence.
"Normal hallucination" can be from sleep deprivation, the same way as hypomania, and you can be NT and easily experience this.
If I remember correctly it's actually the case that people with schizophrenia are statistically slightly less violent than average compared to the general population. I think the resource I was looking at was specifically about violent crime statistics.
Yaaaaas! Omg this was so fun! And it honestly helped me understand schizophrenia a little bit more from memes and from the lighthearted Ness of this video. Thank you so much she should do this biweekly.
My superpower is that I have severe insomnia so the Seroquel I take just makes me sleep like a normal person 😂 still on the light side of sleep though.
I'm BP, but a lot of this is still relatable ❤️
Your jumper. I love it! Looks so cozy! Thank you for all the work you put into this. I’ve not got schizophrenia but I do have bipolar disorder. You help us be seen! Happy holidays to you and family ❤
You're such a kind person, thank you for sharing.
Thank you keep giving awareness
Such a great video. A well rounded and level headed analysis with a great sense of humor! Well done !
I actually interpreted the meme about family disappearing differently - I thought it meant that their family abandoned them when they took pills, due to stigma. But as you shared your thoughts, I realized it could also mean something else - making fun of an imaginary family disappearing once taking the pills. And the fact that there could be multiple interpretations makes it an even worse meme, since it could spark even more misunderstanding. Thoughts?
I took it to mean, it took me so long to finally take my meds, everyone has abandoned me for my disordered behaviour
I took it as the second one. So dark humor i guess.
Too much interpretation I think. They left because they know the person’s illness and don’t know what to do which happened to me too to be honest. People simply don’t understand people with psychosis and so just leave. To me the meme is accurate. Am I wrong though ?
I enjoy your videos and watch them all even though I don't know anyone with schizophrenia. I am a nurse and enjoy learning about human experience. Thoughts on the 'my whole family' meme. I wonder if that is intended to demonstrate a family that focuses lots of care on the person when they are not taking their meds, but then after they take their meds the family disappears assuming they no longer need the care and the person feels lonely? I wonder if that is a thing?
From ADHD+anxiety land, I think we put on a performance for the doctor because there's the struggle with being "real" with a person in authority and needing to Be Good for the Real Adult so you can get a "good grade," which isn't actually going to be the most helpful for you!
Yeah, I just had a first appointment Tuesday and my second is Wednesday… so I’m really very relieved that in the first appointment I was told that it’s totally okay to not be ready and polished. Which will help a lot, I think.
I’m 5 days from a diagnosis but I relate to this so bad
yeah i need to stop doing that with my doctor (help how do i stop)
I suspected for a while, but yesterday was finally diagnosed with schizophrenia. I’m struggling to be honest but finding your channel and particularly this series, it’s shon some light on an otherwise sh** situation. Thank you so much
My wife recently devoloped psycisis. We have not yet been able to see a mental health dr, but soon. The GP has prescribed a band aid till then. We are almost 50 and this late onset is very trying. I do have hope watching your videos that the correct med will be found. The state she is in now is not even close to what she was but you give me hope. Sometimes all I see the drug and I have to keep reminding my self she will have some sembalence of her part self with the right meds. I just wanted you to know that you have brought hope back into our lives. THANK YOU!
When I went through a psychosis last year, I would soak in a bubble bath for an hr every night before therapy so I would no longer smell toxic, shave so I no longer looked homeless, and put on clean clothes so I looked presentable.
I'd rarely pass a sniff test from friends, but it got me through therapy until I was finally doing better.
When she said that Rob told her she was looking a bit flat in affect I laughed cause I imagined him saying "You looking a little flat today babes"
I love that the two of you are so real about things with one another. The flatness comment at the end seemed to discourage you, Lauren, and I’m sorry… take heart, knowing the flatness is from the illness (or a med) and not from your not trying to brighten your mood, which I could tell the memes did. They brightened mine, too, so thank you! Laughing and relating together is meaningful and brings joy! Acceptance in the middle of uncomfortable symptoms brings love and security. Thanks for creating that atmosphere here! You guys are great!! 😃💕💐
feeling called out for the fox going to the doctor and the nap roulette myself
Hahaha Thank you for this, I really needed this too day.
this was a funny light hearted but relatable vid Lauren and Rob, i liked most of the memes :)
That was very entertaining and informative at the same time. Thank you. 🌟🧡
I've been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in Australia and I've been struggling with getting paranoid since I stopped smoking weed which caused my first episode and soon I'll be on abilify to hopefully get rid of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia and balance my dopamine and serotonin for the best results. Now I'm just waiting for my next appointment which is daunting because I'm just waiting for the next time I'll get paranoid as I find it hard to breathe when I get paranoid.
The other side of the expectation that people with schizophrenia or another SMI (I have Bipolar disorder with psychotic features) be these brilliant creative forces is that it takes credit away from the person for their creative work, and gives it to the illness. I had an art professor that called my psychosis "unfettered creativity." OK, so i guess I don't have my own thought process or anything. This is actually a big pet peeve of mine as someone who, in my mid 30s, makes art that people comment is original (and at least some of them credit my illness) and who didn't even START making art until my mid thirties because my illness was untreated until then and I was just too messed up to ever pick up a pen. When I got diagnosed I felt like there was something wrong with me that I didn't make art. That's the other thing to consider if you wished you were one of those mentally ill people who makes art: art takes energy, time, and insight which we don't always have.
I have bipolar, but lots of memes are hitting hard. Thank you for your meme reviews. They are so therapeutic
II think your freaking awsome! Keep doing what you are doing because your teaching us a lot about this illness, myn best friend just breciently got diagnosed. Again Thank You
would love a round 3 or a continuation of this
I don't experience schizophrenia but I have been educating myself on it and DID, which I've never known anything about before.
Been enjoying the memes popping up in the recommended! That's how I found this channel
I love this segment. You need to do more of these. I was laughing and crying so hard. It is so familiar 💖💖💖💖😁😁😁
Thanks for the chuckles!
I've had hallucinations before. Some visual, a few auditory. And the thing that happens most is these screams. And they go on constantly. But I can drown it out by constantly having sound. Hence I am watching this at 4am
Have you talked to somebody about this …?
I mostly get visual ones but sometimes audio, or even physical (i feel something on me like snow or a hand)
Its very rarely slightly spooky but mostly.. nice? I felt my cat purring against me once when i felt sad
Hi Lauren, as a caregiver for someone I Love who has SD along with other serious mental health issues and has been struggling for 10 years, I watch your videos to try to gain perspective on what life is like for him so that I can take better care of him. Your videos have been very helpful, and I truly appreciate them.
Watching this video about schizophrenia & SD memes was actually enjoyable. Some were funny, and some were just not funny. The Spider Man meme about napping was spot on and hit too close to home for me; this is exactly what happens to my loved one. I laughed pretty hard at this one, but it also hurt my heart at the same time. 🎭
Thanks for making this video, I appreciate your efforts more than I can say. Take Care. ❤️
I have chronic major depression and complex PTSD and I see shadows moving / indistinct motion out of the corner of my eye semi regularly. I've been passionate about psychology and also understanding my own issues so I already knew you can hallucinate without experiencing psychosis, and so I have no distress about them. Though, one time when withdrawing from Venlafaxine (high dose, on it over a decade) by accident, I woke up in a Derealisation episode. Went away once I metabolised my meds. Weird!
For me i dont have a right diagnosis so i still dont know what i have but i do get hallucinations once in a while, for me its probably cause of my alcohol addiction.
The Shaman schizophrenia meme is interesting because to my understanding cultures that embrace schizophrenia at least to certain extents like Hindu’s and some places in South America seem to have different symptoms, like mostly positive hallucinations and are generally more able in day to day life than schizophrenics in North America and Europe
This is really interesting. Do you have a source for this?
Do you remember the names of any specific articles or online resources of this phenomenon? Not claiming you're wrong about the phenomenon existing, just wondering about the potential mechanisms behind it
18:37 you can get those socks in any type of healthcare setting. I like them personally. There's some with paw prints on them. Whenever Ive had to go the ER Id go home with a pair because all you have to do is ask and they'll give you a pair. They're very comfy. Of course they do add it your bill.
I have a brother with schizophrenia. It used to really piss me off when people mixed it up with DID.
Very funny video and made me laugh a few times. Very well done, you two!
You did seem flat at the start but get more animated and expressive, well done and thank you for all your work!
Lauren and her man were spot on with this. I got a smile! I'm schizoaffective-bipolar type. Wishing you well!
For normal minor hallucination I think of things like hypnogogic or hypnopompic hallucinations, where your brain is transitioning in or out of sleep and you see/hear something.
The weight gain thing is ridiculous , after I stopped the meds I went from 17stone to 11 in 1.5 years.
Great job as always!!❤
Another typical hallucination: Having hallucinations while transitioning from being awake to being asleep, or vice versa. I've rarely had them while waking up; they typically are someone calling out my name or nonsensical sounds. Either way, I realize that it's my brain misfiring, not schizophrenia.
Sometimes things in dreams fallow you into the waking world
@@darkapothecary4116 That makes sense.
Laughed at the Mean Girls one, I've been asking that question for years now. Also I love how you defend the schizophrenics with bad memes. Makes you very pure hearted.
I don't know anyone who have schizophrenia, but I learned a little bit watching this and now I want to learn more. Thank you for sharing.
What a graceful human being ❤
I've learned so much about schizophrenia and similar disorders from watching your videos. I wish that I would've been more understanding when dealing with a former friend, when she was getting off her meds and things got a bit complicated. 💔
This should be a weekly thing.
I love the Seroquel memes! Been on it for 4 years to treat bipolar disorder and it really be like that 😂 it really has helped me a lot, I would rather feel sedated than to be mentally unstable.
I have schizo affective disorder and I found most of those memes funny, even the ones which don’t depict the illness as what it is. I found it funny though that regular people with no disease still make jokes about something they’re clueless of most of the times and think it’s cute to do it. It shows cheer ignorance which I don’t tolerate much to be honest… but the jokes are funny none the less. If it helps sane people to include people on the spectrum, then why not. Let’s not be closed minded. I watch your channel every now and then and I hope everyone of you is ok. Cheers!
Hey! This made me feel really good, seeing this lighthearted or relatable content through memes. ❤️ I have OCD with some nasty delusions and hallucinations, so it makes me feel very nice to see someone else being honest about their experience and laughing about it along the way. Much love and peace to you and yours! 💫
hey i hope you don’t mind, and you don’t have to answer if you don’t want to, but i have pretty severe OCD as well but i want to know what OCD symptoms are like with delusions and hallucinations. what’s it like?
@@avianscavenger9571it sucks, (delusions) I haven’t experienced many hallucinations but you have to constantly remind yourself that your delusions are just that- delusions;
Haha. These are good. Thanks for the laughs, been watching you for a while but have never Commented.
This is a fun format
These are so funny. I snort laughed at some of them.
I have been in the mental hospital several times and I've been in psychosis (without a diagnosis of schizophrenia) so I can really relate to many of them.
These Meme videos are really fun! 😂
Very funny, I really enjoyed watching!
The weight thing is very relevant for chronically I’ll people who take lots of meds too.
This thoroughly tickled my funny bone. I kind of wish I could make a video like this.
i am avoiding a certain place so i dont spill my beans
moreover, i have been told by few friends that you are transmitting your thoughts to everyone within a certain range
I was so afraid of the things people say about taking Seroquel. And bizarrely I’m having to combat rapid weight loss from it and it only just calms my mania/psychosis enough for me to sleep. No drowsiness at all.
That meme on the promo is a screenshot gold.These are very relatable.
screenshot gold
17:42 oh, that sounds so much better than just saying "ok"
Well tbh I often compare a psychotic episode to being acid or shrooms where your in a altered state and things feel alive but I also say to add the idea the FBI is after you and everyone wants to turn you in.
So glad you did this, please do make it more regular. Flat affect, good bye!
I am neurodivergent, and have struggled with anxiety disorders that cause me to hallucinate. A majority of these memes were pretty relatable, and you have such a calming voice. It’s also really great that you are speaking out about misconceptions of mental disorders! I hate it when people make assumptions based on a diagnosis.
Lauren is so likable here it’s almost silly.
What a lovely person.
Please keep doing these 😂
I love the memes!! Apart from the ones made by people without schizophrenia.
Iam also paranoid schizophrenic medication on 8years still going
Keep it up
18:35 The grippy socks are also given to people who have other inpatient procedures, like EEGs, etc.
"me giving mental health advice" that one was so good lol
That cat walking on the cement one was too real lol.
The Seroquel one hit a nerve, I have to admit (I do like this series though, within reason humor can help). A lot of people think that the only way to help people with mental illness is through pacification, because it's easier to render us docile than to put in the effort for treatments that aren't as simple as "drug them". They might say "We're only trying to help", but they really mean "I don't know how or frankly don't care enough to help you."
I totally agree! And when they tell you that meds are needed to make talk therapy easier, when the therapist does not have the skill or will to help.
hello lauren i hope youre well! do u think you could make a video about schizotypal personality disorder? i just got diagnosed and the information out there is not very good :(. some people say its the prodrome to schizophrenia and some say its a stable condition. personally i have experienced the symptoms since i was a very young child. i remember not wanting to do sports at school because my bones felt cold, and when i would tell teachers they'd say i was making things up and then get angrier because of my 'blank stare' in response to their meanness. im a big fan of your videos and i think youre doing great and really important work!! sending lots of positivity.
At 7:00, I thought the meme was about a lack of support from family after going on meds which is also very sad.
I like that you laughed at memes, because last episode was fun, but also I didn't like how many were offensive memes... This set seems like a better picks!
Maybe you could do general mental health memes? Because there's definitely something that we all go through, that's can be relatable, no matter the actual illness... Like the wall meme or giving advice but actually being in a bad position
Thanks!
The sponge bob memes are kinda always well done. He is such an icon !
You give me hope for my son.
Thank you because after 20+ years when I'm on meds I'm in denial
At 3:10 I think that for example hearing someone calling your name even if there is no one around, that is normal. Even I have had that 2 times before and I know that you had this problem and if it is to the extreme it is bad but I think that everyone has them sometimes. My mother once had a visual hallucination(of a person siting on her bed side(I will not say who it was)(she know that is what it was because the person had died many years before)) before and she does not have a schizophrenia spectrum disorder. Your brain is just worse at filtering them out before they can be seen by your consciousness is what I think.
i feel/look the same way as that fox whenever i meet up with my doctor. I have learned from somewhere -maybe Kati morton - that we usually anticipate the confort that we will get from the session, that's why we have more positive feelings and more enthusiasm and we feel more stable on the day we meet with our doctors.
Or we don't want the doctor to know how bad we are doing.
Or we are trying to be courteous and not go out stinky after avoiding baths for a month.
seroquel worked about for 2 -3 month then it was working a little bit. Then i stopped after a while gone without medication for quite some time, then i have taken seroquel and the symtpoms became worse.