Psychosis
"I mostly just wish to say, it can get better..."
"In my late 20s, I started to have thoughts that people were out to get me. As the paranoia increased, I stopped eating and sleeping."
"It’s ridiculous that the doctor thought I was safe to go home. But this scenario occurs too often, and this is exactly how tragedies can happen."
"Political events can be a source of significant psychological stress."
"It was difficult for me to accept help, for my loved ones to support me. I found it humiliating, I didn’t trust anyone."
"I lost my mind," recalls the Homeland actor.
'I had to go to hospital because I thought I had blood on my hands – I could feel it and smell it. But there was nothing there.'
'Just stop thinking about it'? It might be frustrating trying to understand, but you can’t just snap out of a psychotic episode. I literally can’t stop.
Miss Patel was a 65-year-old woman in the grip of psychosis and had been refusing to eat or drink for three days.
By portraying people - like me - as villains, search engines, the media and, yes, dictionaries are perpetuating untruths that cause stigma