Rory's Write Place

Episode 38 – Diagnosing Schizophrenia (Part 2)

My second piece about being diagnosed with schizophrenia includes some more of my memories before I was diagnosed, about symptoms and expressing the issues to my mom, and then the beginnings of how the worst symptoms affected my relationships with others.

Episode 37 – Diagnosing Schizophrenia (Part 1)

The first part in my first topic request on my experiences with schizophrenia, mostly about being diagnosed. I talk about hallucinations and initial symptoms, which could be common warning signs in children and adolescents.

Personal Update – Realization

Long post about a realization I had today about a major event in my teenage years that I’d never been happy about. I’m still not “happy” about it, but maybe it wasn’t as bad as I always thought.

Episode 35 – Jumping Through Hoops

Jumping through hoops due to mental illness can break someone down so much that they want to give up and go against what they’re supposed to do or not. This is a personal post about how I feel so broken down by my limitations that I want to just give up.

Episode 34 – Distress Tolerance (Pt. 4)

ACCEPTS and IMPROVE are two acronyms for methods of distress tolerance. They involve applying yourself to activities and distractions. I include several examples of each letter.

Episode 33 – Distress Tolerance (Pt. 3)

The second P in TIP stands for Paired muscle relaxation, so we discuss that method of distress tolerance as well as a related paired relaxation skill for handling stressful situations.