If you've been reading my posts, you may know that I've been reading Power Thoughts by Joyce Meyer. It's about the power that our thoughts have in our lives.
Yesterday, I went to therapy for the first time since I moved back to NJ. I caught my therapist up to speed about everything that happened this year, including being diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type. She was kind of shocked because the last time I saw her, I had been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.
I told her about my paranoia and psychosis that I have been dealing with. She asked how I was dealing with it and I said, I change my thought pattern. Whenever I start to think somebody's after me or is speaking behind my back, I think to myself, What is the probability of this really being true? This person barely knows me. I do what I call "fact check." I try to remind myself how realistic it is that everyone is after me.
I have gotten through my last semester of graduate school by changing my thought pattern. Thoughts really do control how we react to different situations. By changing my thought pattern, I was able to deal with my paranoia and psychosis on a daily basis. I was able to not be consumed by those negative thoughts. I was able to move forward.
Whether or not you are dealing with schizophrenia or any other mental illness or not, you have power over the thoughts that you think...
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