Hi all, I have followed some of these posts on this forum and other occasionally but not obsessively for a little while now, not self-diagnosing, but with the team i'm with I was told I have "psychotic tendencies" (Vulnerability Group
Attenuated Psychosis Group
‘BLIP’ (Brief, Limited, Intermittent Psychosis) Group
and unusual perceptual experiences, lately, over the past 6 months, but also prior to that, I've vaguely fit some of the critera for negative symptoms of this, prior substance use, stress etc. It is mainly emotional support/long term support thing I was after through my gp and I got it.
I may also have vulnerable narc traits. I had a quick look and apparently APG is less severe for a break, blip is more non-attenuated and more severe, vulnerability is just vulnerability to stress and other aspects 'mising' from the psyche, that could lead to a break. Apparently I was told by crisis team I am up to my 7th break... wonder which category i'd fit, perhaps it doesn't matter.
As well as having heard voices, seen 'things', have had odd beliefs, 'occasional' ideas of reference vaguely delusional-like ideas, derealization, health anxiety (most of the odd thinking was somatic, but I may have had bdd prior), and rarely paranoia but I must admit I think that was linked to substance usage. Ironically, my phycologists and the other team noted I spent a lot of time in the digital world, lack of structure to my life causes a sort of disrupt in 'the here and now' and grounding, but a lot of it was stress related/ideation, I forget the term.
My care co-ordinator and I think I have asd traits or aspergers yet I have known individuals with this and there isn't always a crossover into "psychotic tendencies". I had the full psychosis assessment done.
There's a lot that could cause it, but I am wondering if I have 'traits' of this or eupd traits, however to get a dx of a pd you need to have met the critea for a general pd and have serious disruptions in daily life, I wouldn't say serious, but I do relate vaugly to one or the other. how would I know I have it? never needed to be hospitalized but years ago I considered it but it never happened just got by with occasional help from other services, so I wouldn't really have a dx, in the uk now they move away from this. a sprained leg is a sprained leg, so call a tree a tree and see a doctor but with mh, I was told its not so clear cut...