Psychosis - another reason to be anti-theist

[watchamadoodle]

Resistance to medication for psychosis is pretty common, with or without religion.

That is true, and apparently going off anti-psychotics abruptly usually triggers another psychotic episode.
All I know is that hearing voices is much less disturbing now that I know about psychosis and have more thoroughly debunked Christianity. I hope that if I ever have another psychotic episode, then I will do better with this additional knowledge. But maybe it won't make any difference.

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Religious people are more likely to suffer longer before they realize they need help. I have religious friends tell me that whenever they get in a dark mood that they know Satan is after them so they reach out to god or rebuke Satan. It sounds stupid but imagine a very sweet, cheery woman desperately pretending that if her faith is just strong enough then she can handle bouts of depression alone. She is going to suffer a long time before she goes for help and evem then she will feel like a failure. That isn't just stupid, it is heartbreakingly sad.

My son is on medication and I am so relieved that it seems to be working. He has been suicidal and has called me a couple times to vent but his outlook on life could get weirdly negative. For example, he called one time to say he was failing all his classes but he was actually doing well in all those classes. I asked him to tell me how he scored on all his last assignments and tests and all his marks were high! Having a son with a mental illness is heartbreaking so I am so thankful for modern medication and psychology. If I was religious maybe we would have tried prayer before we got him help and he would have either suffered a long time or comitted suicide.

I agree that religion often prevents people from getting psychiatric help. I didn't get any psychiatric help at all when I had psychosis, because most of my family was religious and believed that I was having "spiritual" problems. Luckily, I recovered gradually by myself.

It's good your son is getting help. College is hard enough without having that severe depression too.