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11-30-2021, 11:15 PM
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12-01-2021, 01:28 AM
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Then if someone is behaving psychotic or not appearing to understand the question, we would ask about hallucinations. A bigger sign of etoh withdrawal in my experience is the shakes, visual trembling, which can be a sign of other things tho as can hallucinations But ya, I def know about the risks of etoh withdrawal. Brought dozens of people to etoh detox. Detox is unpleasant in my state, you aren’t given an IV with fluids which is what would really help, instead they are just laid down on a hard flat cot with plastic sheets since so many people piss themselves. From there you’re monitored by burnt out staff. They will only do medical procedures in emergencies It’s part of the reason my success rate when asking alcoholics if they want to go to detox is less than 10% if they’ve already been there before :/ | |||
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12-01-2021, 01:40 AM
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It’s still the correct phrasing, but the problem with asking about “hearing voices” or just psychosis in general is the person’s psychosis is telling their brain an explanation for the event that they might not interpret as “hearing voices”, even though it is
For example, a year-ish ago I was requested by police to speak to a young early 20’a paranoid white guy, who was seen wandering/loitering outside the police station and eventually went in and asked them for help When I asked what was going on, he described needing to get to a hospital to have the device implanted in his brain by Russian mafia removed. He then described that the Mexican cartel were using the device to track him. I validated that it sounds he like you are describing feeling like people are following you, are you hearing voices that other people don’t? He said no. Then about 15 minutes later into the conversation he got despondent and was saying how the Mexican mafia are mocking him, saying they are going to kill him. I asked if people he sees are saying this and he said no, the Mexican cartel is saying it through the device implanted in his brain I think the problem is that “hearing voices” has become so common and known, that people associate it with being “crazy”. And the problem with psychosis is that it is telling the person that these events are real, and providing an explanation for them. So they see it differently than “hearing voices”, and will still deny it even after describing hearing a voice But like I said, it’s still the correct and best way to phrase it. “Hearing things others don’t” is a little more open ended, I tend to use them interchangeably | ||
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12-01-2021, 02:10 AM
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You have to add “things other’s don’t”, especially when talking to kids, unless you want a sarcastic “I’m hearing you talking right now” answer like that [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] smart-assy kids
The other problem with hearing voices is that it’s almost always going to be something negative, commanding, hurtful, or combinations of these. I don’t understand why it’s never “hey man, you’re great! You’re gonna have a good day”. And your intelligence and your vocabulary work against you, the smarter you are, the more expressive and creative the voice is going to be Edit: one weird little known fact about schizophrenia is that no person born blind has ever been diagnosed with it to my knowledge. It’s one of the upsides to being born blind, you are immune to schizophrenia and I don’t think we know why | ||
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12-01-2021, 02:44 AM
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next time say that to your shrink with a blank stare | |||
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