Ask a doctor - What are the positives after having psychosis?

Q. What are the positives after having psychosis?

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Having psychosis can be a difficult and complex experience, but it doesn’t have to be debilitating. Although the experience of recovery often takes time and effort, many people who have experienced psychosis eventually come out the other side with newfound insights into themselves and their lives.

Some of these insights can lead to meaningful positive changes in our lives and attitudes:

Developing resilience – Living through an episode or series of episodes gives us increased tolerance for highly distressing emotions which can improve our ability to cope with future challenges better than before.

Gaining understanding – A lot of people have a hard time interpreting what was happening during the episode, making it very difficult for them to make sense of it afterwards when their thoughts become more clear again. With proper treatment, one may gain insight into what had triggered their psychotic symptoms allowing more clarity about why things happened as they did at that particular moment in time as well as how best to avoid similar occurrences in the future if possible .

Improved problem-solving skills– Having gone through a challenging situation like this often leads to improved creative thinking abilities since one’s thought patterns are inevitably changed by such an intense event so that they may see solutions or approaches toward problems that they would not normally consider before having experienced psychosis first-hand .

Increasing empathy– Experiencing something so stressful helps build compassion towards others who go through similar situations since one is able identify on some level with how mentally distressing or isolating this kind of illness can be even after being cured from it already.. This can manifest itself both internally as well as externally in terms of actively helping those who are struggling similarly now by providing resources or advice learned from personal experiences .

5 Enhanced self-knowledge – Much like going though any toughstruggle ,many individuals learn quite a bit about their own strengths when battling mental illness ,whichcan help boost self confidence over time .They may also learn more about which coping strategies work best for them vs those that actually don't prove helpful at allin certain situations -allowing him/her greater autonomy and control when navigating emotional states from then on out ..