A Personal Perspective: My psychiatrist calls psychosis "lost time." But when a friend asked me to describe my ten-month bout of psychosis, all I could say was, "I f*ck*ng saw God."
In a world that views psychosis as wholly negative, reclaiming its positive aspects fosters self-acceptance.
She cataloged each item in a soothing voice: “One clicker. Seventy-eight cents. Two plastic cards.” Then she cut the underwire out of my bra—“Just in case”—and added it to the collection. The night culminating in my hospitalization began like many other low-key Friday nights. I was home alone, knitting and listening to National Public Radio .“Are you ready for your adventure, Sally?” they cajoled.
They were paid actors whom the psychologists were feeding lines. But I appreciated their kindness nonetheless. “Oh, I get it. It’s like me in high school,” I said aloud to the psychologists, picturing my forest green graduation garb from 2013.
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