At the age of 19 I was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. At that time everything was new to me, I didn’t know how to deal with it and didn’t even know what the symptoms were.
I went to a psychiatrist and to be honest, I don’t recall what I said at the time, but I remember what I felt. I was going into a bad direction, and if it weren’t for my parents I’d probably be dead right now.
I remember feeling I was living a dream, nothing seemed real, the lights were ultra shiny and I had stopped eating. Also I experienced sleep paralysis almost three times a week.
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