Last post I wrote about trying to keep the chaos together.
Then, suddenly, the world stopped.
Every word I heard uttered was about me. All, that I was a monstrous person. I deserved to die.
At the time I was living interstate. Terrified I called the only person I thought had a chance of helping me. Mum. I called from a public phone. My mobile was being bugged.
‘Are you OK?’ Mum asked.
‘How do I know it’s you?’
‘What do you mean ‘How do I know it’s you’?’
‘How do I know?!’
‘What do you mean?!’
‘What are you wearing?’
‘You know, that blue skirt with the flowers.’
‘What top?’
‘The white shirt. You know. Are you OK?’
‘They’re after me.’
‘What do you mean? Where are you?
You don’t need to know that.’
‘What are you saying? I’m flying to meet you!’
‘How will I know it’s you?’
‘What do you mean? You know who I am. Look I’m coming. I’ll call you later.’
‘No. I’ll call you back.’
‘OK. I’m going to call the airline. Call me back and I’ll let you know the details. What are you going to do now?’
‘I don’t know.’
‘Please tell me…’
‘I’ll call you back.’
‘Look, why don’t you think it’s me? Tell me please.’
‘I think they’re splicing your words.’
‘Splicing?’
‘They’ve got recordings of your voice and they’re cutting it and splicing it together, so that I think it’s really you. I DON’T THINK IT’S REALLY YOU!’
Suddenly a message flashed across the screen of the public phone and it went dead. Obviously They had tracked me, and maybe had spliced mum’s voice.
This was the beginning of my free fall. It was the end of my life as I had known it.
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Hi, I just stumbled across your blog, and wow do I know what you mean when you say this “This was the beginning of my free fall. It was the end of my life as I had known it.”- I started developing symptoms very similar to what you’re describing in the summer of 2005, and have been recovering since. And free fall is such a good way to describe that initial sequence of events, because god that is what it felt like.. was such a terrifying and strange period in my life. Thanks for sharing, I’m gonna read the other sections to this post now!
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I’m sorry you’ve gone through that – you don’t wish it on your worst enemy. The reason I wrote this blog is because I felt so alone through much of my mental illness – if people get their voices out there people won’t feel as alone. Recovery – good place xx
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Yes definitely.. I agree, it’s all about people who have gone through it getting their voices and their version of events out there. I can be the most lonely condition to live with xx
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Yes, that fights stigma too.
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