It usually won't happen from a few days of hearing voices. It takes an episode in which all or most symptoms present extremely. Hallucinations of every sense. Word salad. Delusions so deep that you've lost so far out of touch with reality such that you've forgotten what reality even is.
The people in your life won't know what to do with you. They no longer recognize you. You frighten them in all likelihood. The only person more frightened than your loved ones is yourself. In breaks of this level, you're awake in a living nightmare.
It's not forever, fortunately. Not the episode, anyway. What does stick with you is the damage done. You'll never be the same again. You'll feel as though you're brain damaged. You'll lose skills you once were adept at. You'll feel a thick fog surrounding your head that slows you down at all you endeavor.
With enough determination you can regain 99% of who you were before. Others in your life may tell you that you've made a full recovery. You won't believe it. You know better. That psychotic break did a number on you. One from which you won't bounce back.
The people in your life won't know what to do with you. They no longer recognize you. You frighten them in all likelihood. The only person more frightened than your loved ones is yourself. In breaks of this level, you're awake in a living nightmare.
It's not forever, fortunately. Not the episode, anyway. What does stick with you is the damage done. You'll never be the same again. You'll feel as though you're brain damaged. You'll lose skills you once were adept at. You'll feel a thick fog surrounding your head that slows you down at all you endeavor.
With enough determination you can regain 99% of who you were before. Others in your life may tell you that you've made a full recovery. You won't believe it. You know better. That psychotic break did a number on you. One from which you won't bounce back.