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When I'm 'in crisis'

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • May 15, 2023
  • 1 min read

Honestly, you'd probably see the signs better from the outside. I'm good at interoception, but that's one of the things that starts to evaporate when I go mental. The loops of thought are probably another symptom, though that's also me when I'm sane. Persecutory delusions, obviously, insomnia, grandiose delusions... I don't feel like a laundry list is helpful... fatigue if the crisis is depressive, heightened sexuality, mood swings. Most of these things are generally present to a low level when I'm well, so I tend to think my crises amplify the latent madness. Hypergraphia...

 
 
 

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