Words that are very important to schizo-spec and psychotic people because they are the few words that accurately describe our unique and often life-changing experience:
• delusion/delusional
• hallucinate/hallucinating
• psychosis/psychotic
•schizophrenia/schizophrenic
• paranoia/paranoid
• word salad
Please don't use these words incorrectly. It does directly impact us. Yes the meaning of words evolves, but we don't have words to replace these ones. But you have words to replace these if you are using them as descriptors for something evil, unpredictable, selfish, contradictory, scared, misspeaking, etc.
Non-cluster A people, y’all need to start recognizing that our PDs don’t make us “crazy”.
Schizoids? Their indifference and disinterest doesn’t make them crazy, nor does their flattened affect or lack of pleasure. Just because them not wanting to do something that doesn’t bring them joy for you doesn’t make them bad people or “weirdos”.
Schizotypals? Their unusual thoughts and mannerisms doesn’t make them crazy, nor does their lack of close confidants or general fear. Them doing what they feel is right is normal. Your beliefs are your realities, so don’t try and make schizotypals out to be the bad guys because theirs are odd compared to others.
Paranoids? Our mistrust doesn’t mean we’re crazy, nor does our self-preservation or self-defense. If the world was out to get you, you would be on edge too. Stop calling us burdensome because we have a normal human response to something thats abnormal to the average person.
Being schizoid doesn’t make you crazy. Being schizotypal doesn’t make you crazy. Being paranoid doesn’t make you crazy. Being cluster a doesn’t make you crazy. Being schizospec doesn’t make you crazy. We are not crazy.
Deep down I wanna be worse because I deserve it... I don't wanna be happy, safe, or loved. They are such alienated feelings to me... I deserve to live a life full of misery, because I am evil.
Seeing as we’re not keeping with the regular programming here at happyheidi i I’d like to share this old “friend”:
A drawing I’m immensely proud of that I drew when I was at my lowest. It’s called ‘noia’ (used in Norwegian as slang for ‘paranoia’) because I was very much so at this time. My friends (and dad) thinks this is the scariest/creepiest - and best drawing I’ve made as it really captures the spirit of feeling paranoid and I’m really proud that I managed to draw this simple little thing that actually matters a lot to me, and still have, over 5 yrs later. And it’s the same on both pages, that way when you turn it he’s still there (it’s called ‘noia’ for a reason) . I know this isn’t a typical ‘happyheidi’ thing but hey! I’m multifaceted baby
So, what do you think about my ‘noia’?
I have mixed feelings. I’m so proud of putting a constant feeling onto paper in such a simplistic yet not really-way. And it actually helped me a little at the time, weirdly enough. But he scares me. As he should. He’s NOIA.
Thanks for keeping me company tonight with all my rambling etc. I’m so happy to have this little community of ppl that I really like and wanna share more of myself with. You make me feel safe to share some of my really personal stuff (like this drawing. It’s very personal). So thank u so much for that! I friggin love u all sm!!
Paranoid Personality Disorder (Premorbid) Symbol + Flags
[Image ID: A 6 horizontally striped flag with a symbol in the middle. The stripes from up to down are pastel yellow, orange, maroon, eggplant purple, lilaec, and light lavender. The symbol is an eye where the pupil is a swirl. The eyes sides have arrows rhat go up, then down. The symbol has a gradient of the flag colors, and is outlined with white. End ID]
[Image ID: A 6 horizontally striped flag where the stripes from up to down are pastel yellow, orange, maroon, eggplant purple, lilaec, and light lavender. End ID]
Symbol with and without gradient
[Image ID: An image of a symbol where the symbol is an eye where the pupil is a swirl. The eyes sides have arrows rhat go up, then down. The symbol has a gradient of yellow, orange, pink, and dark purple. It's outlined in white. End ID]
[Image ID: An image of a symbol where the symbol is an eye where the pupil is a swirl. The eyes sides have arrows rhat go up, then down. The symbol is lined with black and outlined with white. End ID]