Schizoaffective and Creating After a Breakdown with Jaime Chaifetz

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This week, we talk to Jaime Chaifetz about her previous therapist who acted more like a grandpa, how TV shows portray mental health treatment, and how an episode of Lost inspired her to change her life. She discusses having schizoaffective disorder and the events leading up to her traumatic diagnosis. She explains the difference between seeing hallucinations and illusions. She lived in Spain for a year and thinks the trauma of living abroad may have caused her symptoms to come to light. 

She opens up about her recent diagnosis of Lyme disease, which has gone untreated since she was probably a child, and how hard it was to even get the proper testing. She talks about becoming deeply religious and speculates as to why people who experience psychosis often have religious delusions. 

She talks about making a web series based on her experience and having to switch up her film production plans due to the pandemic. Jaime divulges that she’s obsessed with Abbi Jacobson and why she started taking classes at the UCB.

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