Another reason that here is the place

Another main reason that Disney World holds some old fears and paranoia for me is that back in 1996, when I was a senior in High School, on a music trip with the chorus, we were here and I experienced prodrome. I'll explain; prodrome refers to a set of symptoms, almost like a warning sign, that happens sometimes years before, sometimes months prior, or even a decade or more earlier than the onset, or breakthrough episode of psychosis. So I'm thinking that since I had some paranoia and overstimulation when I was down here a full three years before my first major break. Now, 17 years later, and many coping strategies through and, of course on medication now, I've returned to one of my places of origin and early onset.

I've used earbuds and my iPod throughout long lines and crowded parks and restaurants to help offset my paranoia and overstimulation. Dr Malhotra said he treated a lady who raised eight children and had schizophrenia herself. She said the only way she was able to quiet the voices consistently was to always have the radio on. So that's what she did and how she coped.