(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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Having to translate your thoughts into normal grammar
Withdrawing from everything
“It probably helps you be creative, huh?”
Knowing you’re delusional but still believing your delusion
Not putting together that your mood swings are related to your disorder
Paranoid about your own paranoia
Wondering if a delusion is just you “paying attention too much”
Long walks alone
Insomnia until you take your medicine, then being groggy for hours after waking up, no matter what
Never being sure if you should tell people/employers
about your disorder
“Everyone gets a little paranoid now and then”
Having delusions about everyday things
Disorganized speech making it impossible to communicate
Thinking about how much easier your life would be without the disorder but knowing it is permanent
Not knowing anyone else with a psychotic disorder who you can commiserate/joke around with
Being left out of major mental health movements
“That’s okay, I’m a little psychotic myself”
Believing in your dreams
but like, LITERALLY believing in your dreams
Not knowing what words to use to describe your disorder to others
Still having mood symptoms even when your psychosis is under control
Feeling weird and uncomfortable about claiming a disabled identity
Intense combination of medications
Feeling like you’re probably faking it all the time
