toria53

psychosis and God

Posted on 06/30/08, 12:38 am

Hi...just stumbled across this group and thought I would join as I was psychotic and manic 4 years ago. If it helps research I will gladly tell my story. I literally thought I was the daughter of God and during that time , went to my workplace ( while on sick leave) and told my boss that I was a prophet. I have read that religious experiences and delusions of grandeur are common for people in these states of mind. Don't know what else to tell you other than I hope it helps someone and I am sure many others have experienced something similar. I hope I never go through that again.

• Reply #1 06/30/08  12:40am
  
  toria53
  Oh...forgot to tell you about thinking that I was an autistic savant and trying to contact Oprah and be on her show. Big sigh......
• Reply #2 07/02/08  10:22pm
  
  clutteryermind
  When you look back on that, does it seem like it was you doing it? Or does it sort of seem like someone else did that? I've had no delusions of grandeur but sometimes the weird stuff I'll do because of my "magical thinking" seems so bizarre to me when I'm not actively doing it. I don't dissociate from it or anything, it just seems like I wouldn't do that, you know?
• Reply #3 07/27/08  1:20am
  
  artemis
  When I am psychotic I think that my husband is a priest sent by the Pope. He is like this secret agent as well as being a priest. He is sent by the Pope to kill all those people with mental illnesses. It is pretty scary as you can imagine
• Reply #4 08/12/08  3:19pm
  
  eve30
  I was diagnosed as bi-polar four years ago which also included a manic episode of messianic complex.I have looked for help groups all over the internet and was thankful when I found this one. My story takes ages to tell and I am going to write it up in my journal. I am not sure whether other people will be able to gain access to it but I hope they can. I am willing to talk about it in the hope that I can offer comfort to any others who have had similiar thoughts.
  
  I am intelligent and articulate and never thought in a million years that I would end up in a mental health unit. My doctors agree that bi-polar people tend to have a high iq and creative tendencies so I suppose I am in good company.
  
• Reply #5 09/06/08  7:42pm
  
  stevo
  People who have abuse, poverty and real problems, have diametrically opposite uplifting compensations.
  
  When you get a relationship with God, you will realize that clear minded mental hygiene is where you can do the most benefit for others and yourself.
  
  The confusion from beautific visions (who coined that term, was it Freud?) or messianic hallucinating juxtaposed with dire harsh poverty of some contrasting nature is horrifying.
  
  When you settle down, you can put the visions into reality and do some good work.
• Reply #6 09/07/08  3:51pm
  
  neverno
  I think there is a possibility that people have hallucinations and also spiritual experiences. Sometimes it can be so confusing to work out which experiences are real and which are not. There are lots of reasons why people have these experiences and it is ok to just let these things happen and cope as best you can.

The aim of this group is to collect, analyse and study information about experiences of being or being meant to be a chosen one, a messenger, a prophet etc, whether from a personal point of view or from what others have shared with us etc.