My experiences of psychosis and what caused it; my experiences with mental health services and other things that helped or hindered my journey

Peter Edward McDonnell

Psychosis, 2018, vol. 10, issue 4, 351-355

Abstract: This brief account is aimed at shedding some light on the cognitive processes involved with bringing about my psychosis, or put more simply – how I got ill. I have included as much description of my thought processes as is possible in this limited space. It is also a short look at parts of my journey towards recovery. To help clarify what I was going through and the “personality” of my psychosis, I candidly discuss how my mental illness affected my behaviour. I hope that my discussion about my thought processes can help people to understand a bit more about the workings of psychosis, which can be a rare thing as often people find it hard to share the face of their psychotic illness, because of stigma/embarrassment, lack of insight/understanding, and because the words can be extremely hard to find.

Date: 2018
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