Psychosis: How to Help | Mental Health First Aid
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2020
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What to do and how to help if someone is having a psychotic episode.
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I am watching this because one of my friends has Psychosis. Today they had an episode in class. The teacher was very rude about it and wouldn't let them leave after kicking me out. Not to mention the guys who made it even worst laughed at them. I really had no idea what to do and i thought they where having a panic attack. Later they told me they had an episode so now I'm here researching because i really care about them, I should of done this way sooner. Please, if you care about them, research on what to do and the symptoms.
Reading all the comments..
My partner has just been diagnosed with psychosis. And it explains a lot of his behaviour. I don’t think I can mentally cope though, all of his delusions are against me. And I’m struggling with my mental health a lot right now too. But I’ve never loved like this, and I don’t think I ever will again. I’m really hurting. I don’t want to leave him.
This video has helped a lot, hopefully now I can help him better.
my friend had an episode when i was with her quite recently and i had no idea what to do so i was scared and frightened but she ended up being ok and after this video i know how to help with a situation like that in the future.
Very glad the video could help!
My wife goes threw episodes. It's very difficult to get use too. My wife is the strongest person I've ever met.
So sorry to hear this, I hope she is okay
My brothers recently suffering with what appears to be schizophrenia... It's not so much hallucinations he has but more just voices in his head. They are literally driving him insane as they are loud and just non stop. It's a living living nightmare for him and the people he's living with right now. He has a heart condition so it's taking so long to get anti psychotic medication for him as they have to be extra careful. We are considering going private to speed things up as it's getting impossible to go through anymore days of watching him in so much pain from these voices. He's on promethazine at the moment which is not really doing much. However thank you for these tips.
Thank you for this.
My pleasure!
I
never had a schizophrenic episode in my life until some guy bought me a drink and hours later I started seeing things and could not sleep, I would see scary looking things in walls like demons and in people.. when I would scratch my arm the feeling would be delayed and wouldn't show up until seconds later and when people would talk the words would be delayed with their mouths. The tv would also talk to me and this was literally after I had a drink from some stranger. ( first time it wasn’t even alcohol it was a regular drink ) This “episode“happened for months until my parents realized they couldn’t do anything. I called the police the same night and they tested my blood for drugs and said nothing was found in my system, I was just paranoid. Then, eventually I had to go to the mental hospital because I couldn't sleep for months even when I tried to. This happened in 2018, no schizophrenics in my family or nothing. Now in 2020 back in June the same thing happened some guy bought me a drink , my friend drank out of it as well and nothing happened to her ( I swear I had felt a pill ) and I had another episode and had to go to the mental institution because I wasn't in my right mind, seeing and hearing things. They said I had psychosis and schizophrenia, is it my mind playing tricks on me making me think they did something to my drink or am I actually schizophrenic because I never experienced this ever, the first time it happened I was 19. Now I am 22.
cmon.. bit of common sense here. you got spiked by a creep
@@kdburner7356 I jus was out with a good friend since elementary but she’s basically family to me and I had tasted sum of her drink and had two shots of vodka dis was last Friday but ever since then I feel off I’m not seeing things or nothing and I can sleep I jus feel off
@@HairdresserOrActor sounds like you were spiked
@@kdburner7356 by who tho she wouldn’t do nun like that I’m with her every single day and stay by her house we were planning to move in together and everything she was helping me get another job so we can afford rent
@@kdburner7356 we both tryna move out our parents house
Thank you for this video. My friend suffers with Psychosis as well being very suicidal, I'm quite scared after having to pull her to the ground because the voices were telling her she could fly, telling her to go to the bridge over the A127. She's a lot bigger than me and it took all my weight to get her to the ground and keep her down all while on the phone to the police... I'm not sure what I can do anymore, it's taken a heavy toll on my own mental health but she doesn't have many people to be there
for her...
Dear Monica, it sounds like your friend needs urgent professional help. Please encourage her to see her doctor, or have a look at the excellent resources in MIND. Wishing you all the very wishes Emma
Hello, thank you for being strong and helping your friend. I actually had psychosis and no longer have it. My advice would be that she need professional help, peoples love and understanding and over time your friend will get better. Sending lots of love
Please see my longer stand alone comment above. Sometimes the al go rithm auto matically deletes my comments.
@@eddabelrose_hi can i ask u something ?
@@jeraabequibel2082 yes, go ahead
Many thanks for posting. What if somebody strongly resists the idea of emergency help (if they are really not at all convinced they need it and trying to persuade them only makes the situation worse if you're supporting them (as best as you can) as a long distance friend without being able to get to them in person easily and do not have their address?
Hi, I wanted to ask something. I believe I've had some form of psychosis for the past 10 years (I'm 21) but I've only have one psychotic episode serious enough to be put with a crisis team and they still sent me out despite being mid-paychosis because they just deemed it as "stress". I don't tend to act on impulse and instead halfway through them I feel scared and just hide as much as I can in that scenario, which people just mistake as "me having a panic attack and acting unreasonable because of it".
I'm already on waiting list for ADHD services I had to fight as an adult for a few years because my family doesn't believe I'm mentally ill and I don't even know how to get started with help for this, because NHS doctors downplay my psychosis as "stress" and try to prescribe me antidepressants, which have never worked in the past and made my psychosis worse
It's getting hard to manage and I don't know what to do. I'm sorry to burden you with this but is there something I can do to get help more easily? I already have to go private for ADHD and another personal issue that I have
I would recommend going back to your GP and explaining all this. Try not to downplay how you're feeling as it's important for them to get the full picture of how your feeling so that they can understand how important it is. I hope you're ok and remember that you can always call services such as Mind if you want someone to talk to.
It might be noticed for the first time while they are 'totally lost' and in a dangerous situation for themselves. And later blame the family forever for not helping but 'locking them up'.
Can someone relate to this?
It is so difficult for everyone
I can relate John. My sister also doesn't want contact with us anymore because of this. She feels betrayed. Our parents look and act like they lost a child, every single day. It's beyond difficult. 🙏
I'm in that situation right now. My sister has become violent and cut off everyone. She's living with my parents, in their late eighties and putting them through hell. The police came to de-weapon her yesterday. We're trying to get a hospital to come take her for observation. She's lost, scared and a danger to herself and others. This is extremely difficult on us.
@@wendybalck8242 I can relate completely. We're going through this at the very moment. My sister is cutting everyone out.
@@elizabethcoetzee3728 Does her GP do housecalls? I live in Europe, maybe it's different in your place. When the GP comes and sees she is a danger to herself or others, he will have her committed. Everybody in your family needs rest now.
In a case where a psychotic patient refuses to eat food for days how do we solve that
I am afraid they will need additional medical help from a health professional
There is not enough support or medical support with mental health and paronia as my partner is going through it and I'm struggling myself as here in UK they don't care at all as my partner hears voices and think her phone is tapped and camera is watching us I've been with my lady for over 16 years and it's upsetting to see when she was fine last year we need more support 💯💯💯🙏
They absolutely can be aggressive and violent
When I’m having an episode of psychosis I am not dangerous.
How long do they normally last? Do you take anything for it? How did you get the help you needed? My girlfriend is currently going through this and I want to help her so bad but I feel like I’m not enough I don’t want to leave her as it seems a lot of her family just distanced themselves and chalked it up to her just having anxiety which is also the case but her psychosis is getting worse little by little and I’m desperate for help. I feel like I’m losing my best friend
Can you be more specific? Like if they said a person is lying beside them, what should i say/do?
Say something along the lines of "I understand that's real to you, but that isn't reality"
I think I’m a trigger for him he gets angry very angry when he is stressed
Do not call the police unless they're THE last resort, unless they have a crisis team.
I have psychoses and do not agree. I need people to call an ambulance and take me to the hospital immediately.
Jori Nunes, an ambulance is fine to call. It's untrained police officers who I worry about.
What about those who don't have just episodes? They live in constant psychosis, is that considered schizophrenia? Awkward behavior, disorganized thinking and delusions, etc, and are craving drugs and alcohol
I cant find any therapist that understand me and my episodes and when im being attacked by witch demon clown Police are the worst to deal with ... I recently ran into a human demon who worked as cashier and gotta court case i gott too much going on and cant seem to get any good therapist who actually understand or could give me pointers im having anxiety every second of my life and cant stand it ... They dont take me seriously and its not funny at all one goid thing is i know for a fact Heaven is Real and driving on the highway the other day Angel's appeared in the sky witch is good but im tired of having these back flash of all these bad things and not knowing whats next seen and heard too much N life and i know 4 fact all of this is Real .... Tired of not having people on a support side not understanding
How are you doing ?
People who are having episodes need help, please call an ambulance. I carry a card in my wallet with my health condition and insurance information.
Great info! but... what about when its too late for all that? I have a friend that locked himself in the home (in complete darkness, has blocked all windows) and won't allow anyone in because they are either a clone, a demon or a witch. no agency (including pd) is willing to help at the moment because he has guns in the house n has threaten to use them. this has been going on for 30+ days now. he has no one but me and I'm a cloned demon witch according to him. I don't know what else to do or who to contact.
So sorry to read your message. It really is time for Professionals to move in and help your friend. Please push on his behalf as he definitely needs help
@@FirstaidforlifeOrgUk1 no professional around that will try! that's the issue. a cop is needed to go w/them and they do not want too. they say to give him more time. its been almost 30 days now.
What is a psychotic episode??
It's when you're seeing or hearing things and you're no longer in touch with reality.
@@FirstaidforlifeOrgUk1 how long do they last?
@@jellynono7031 It varies.
Sadly
Sadly some mental health patients get in trouble with the law when they go manic and don’t get proper treatment, Police nationwide need mental health education, as most get thrown in to the criminal justice system which equals jail fees court money , rather than taking them to a mental ward
Not helpful. Please discuss the most important thing...how to convince them to get help!