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Psychosis – 5 Triggers That Can Cause A Psychotic Disorder And How To Prevent Them

People, who are in danger to develop a psychotic disorder or what is also called Psychosis, should avoid from getting close to danger situations that can cause it. Here are 5 situations that can cause a Psychosis Disorder:

1) War
This is the No. 1 stress maker. If you are in a war zone, try to get out of it as fast as you can or to go to a calmer area. A war and its sites can cause psychosis to people who are mentally sensitive, or went through psychosis in their (more…)

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Depression – Five Tips How To Overcome Post Psychotic Depression

After exiting a psychotic state, especially after a first psychosis disorder, people tend to develop a post psychotic depression. A post psychotic depression is characterized by a state of mind like being emotionally extinguished. No feelings, no thoughts, no desires, nothing goes through a post (more…)

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Paranoid Schizophrenia – Five Activities You Should Prevent Your Loved One From Doing While He Has Paranoia Symptoms

When your loved one experience a psychotic disorder that is characterized by paranoid thoughts, there a few activities that you should prevent him from doing in order to not strengthen his paranoia.

1) Watching TV
This is the most common cause for paranoid sufferers to amplify they’re delusions. TV broadcasts are usually can (more…)

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Dangers With Schizophrenia – Ways To Avoid Of Harming Yourself

One of the most common dangers after a psychosis disorder is harming yourself. It can happen because usually after getting out from the psychotic state of mind, people tend to develop a post psychotic depression. A post psychotic depression is when you don’t feel anything; you act like a zombie, living your life without meaning like a machine. I call this state to become “Extinguished”.

In order to avoid people that went into a psychotic depression from harming (more…)

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Getting Treatment – Ways Of Convincing Your Loved One With Schizophrenia Or Psychosis To Get Treatment

How to convince your loved one to get the proper treatment? This is the one million dollar question!

Many people ask me this question after they get frustrated and almost give up trying and convincing they’re loved one to receive the proper medical treatment they need.

From my own experience and personal knowledge, (more…)

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Psychiatric Hospitalization – Pros And Cons

 In the past years since I started to act for other consumers, I received many phone calls asking whether it is Ok to hospitalize they’re loved one who suffer from psychosis. These people wanted my approval for doing that. But why is that?

The answer is that they go through a conflict. It is against humane nature to take your loved (more…)

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Schizophrenia – Five Ways To Identify A Person With Psychosis

 

It is not so easy to identify a person that under a psychotic disorder, so I made a list of five ways to identify a person in trouble of psychosis:

1)  One of the more significant ways to identify a person under psychosis is – when that person talks in a disoriented matter. He talks in a confusing matter, jumps from one subject to another without any connection between them. It is often sounds like a bunch of rubbish and a kind of gibberish. (more…)

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Catatonic Schizophrenia – How To Deal And Treat It

There are many kinds of schizophrenia. One of them is – Catatonia. Catatonia is the kind of schizophrenia when a person doesn’t react to his surroundings. Sometimes he seats or lye in one position and is not able or willing to move.

It is important to remember that if a person is Catatonic, you should continue to talk to him because he is able to hear and understand you. Although he is not moving, he still can hear or see you. (more…)

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Psychosis First Aid – Recognizing, Approaching And Giving Support

Recognizing and acknowledging psychosis

Psychosis is the mental state where someone might experience hallucinations, unusual beliefs, paranoia, mixed emotions, muddled thoughts, hyper-awareness or show unusual or puzzling behavior. If someone seems distressed or impaired by their experiences, even if they’re quite subtle at first, it is best (more…)

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A Loved One With A Psychotic Disorder – Ways To Treat

I’m gonna give you some advice from my own experience for how to treat your loved one who goes through a psychotic disorder.

If one of your family members and/or household members becomes ill with (more…)

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