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Separating Paranoia from Anxiety

If you suffer from paranoid delusions you’ve probably heard it time and time again that your paranoia is just social anxiety, and while…

Sep 27, 2023

Separating Paranoia from Anxiety

Sep 27, 2023

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Coming to Terms with Reality

Diagnosis in and of itself does not mean that you are out of the woods. It’s just a label that you have now to put a name to the things…

Sep 27, 2023

Coming to Terms with Reality

Sep 27, 2023

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The Importance of Support

I count myself extremely fortunate for the support of my family and friends. I feel blessed knowing that I’ve got this network of good…

Sep 27, 2023

The Importance of Support

Sep 27, 2023

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Stopping the Relentless Overthinking

I’m guessing I’m not the only out there that has a tendency to think and overthink things to the point of exhaustion. In fact, I know I’m…

Sep 27, 2023

Stopping the Relentless Overthinking

Sep 27, 2023

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An Escape from Getting Overwhelmed

Sometimes it happens suddenly, sometimes gradually, but we’ve all been in a situation where we can’t focus because there’s too much going…

Sep 27, 2023

An Escape from Getting Overwhelmed

Sep 27, 2023

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The Persistance of Your Delusions

When you have to contend with delusional thinking, life can get hard.

Sep 27, 2023

The Persistance of Your Delusions

Sep 27, 2023

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Learning to Pull Back

Things in my life seem to take the characteristics of waves.

Sep 27, 2023

Learning to Pull Back

Sep 27, 2023

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Schizophrenia’s Effect on Family

I can remember the weeks after coming out of the hospital and moving back in with my parents, it was a scary time, to say the least.

Sep 27, 2023

Schizophrenia’s Effect on Family

Sep 27, 2023

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Am I Actually Talking to God?

I’ve discussed the voice in my head here before. It’s the one that seems to always have the right advice, knows what to do, and reassures…

Sep 27, 2023

Am I Actually Talking to God?

Sep 27, 2023

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Dealing with Psychotic Connections

There’s a funny thing that happens when you’re psychotic, everything seems to matter to an enormous degree. This includes things like…

Sep 27, 2023

Dealing with Psychotic Connections

Sep 27, 2023

Mike Hedrick

Mike Hedrick

Writer living with schizophrenia. Work published in The New York Times, Washington Post and Scientific American among others.

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