Funny Tales 2. (John)

As I’m about to perform the show in a variety of places in the coming months I’ve started to write and reminisce about other potentially humorous tales. I mentioned in my last humorous story that I've been reminiscing about potential new material for my Delusions Stand Up Comedy Show. I was just pottering about with…

Panic. (John)

I was chatting with Elle the other day and I mentioned that writing this blog, plus doing my show, has reminded me that I am often 'just one closed door away from the problems this condition can cause.' Last saturday, late at night and while residing away from home I had a panic attack. It…

Further Insights (John)

Insight is fascinating. To have insight into our condition is a human endeavor for self-reflective people. I think Elle's last blog was (if you'll pardon the pun) highly insightful. Her thoughts and experiences regarding insight, while you are under the cosh of delusional psychosis, really chime with my own experiences. I too have experienced flux…

Insight (Elle)

John's last post about signs has me smiling. Sometimes when you're deluded the signs are massive and neon with flashing lights and the whole universe pours into that moment and makes complete sense of everything. You're probably quite unwell at this point. Any feeling of omnipotence, or feeling like you have a divine purpose in life…

Onset psychosis (iii) John.

so I decided to go to bed and prepare for my mission tomorrow. I had no idea what this mission was, but it was definitely important and I was quite looking forward to it… A few weeks back I did a couple of posts about my first dalliance with psychosis. I finished the second part…

Demon Voice (Elle)

Three years ago after coming out of hospital I started to experience the presence of the demon. The demon is sometimes a clear voice in my head, but more often is a hellish noise; a clamour. If you have ever experienced noise that stresses you physically – like an ambulance siren that has made you…

Onset of Psychosis (ii) John.

I just did the funniest typo. I was hitting the brackets button, which is also the 9, and then hit exclamation mark twice, which is also 1. So the title for the post came up as 'Onset of Psychosis 911'. I love things like that! Anyhoo that's not what I'm here to write about but…