What is PSYCHOSIS?

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[Mother_daughter_adventures]

I went to a psychiatrist once and I was telling him my diagnoses, one of which is major depressive disorder with psychotic features. I told him that and he said "You don't look depressed and you don't appear psychotic. I think you're just trying to get attention." and I looked at him like he was mad and just walked out without saying a word and continued my search for a psychiatrist.

[jessblackwell]

PSA: For anyone experiencing psychosis as a first port of call please go and get a blood test. This sounds odd but after years of feeling awful I recently discovered that my pernicious anemia was the cause of a lot of my mental issues, and a lot of people who have it experience psychosis. After undergoing treatment within 2 weeks I feel like a completely different person, so please consider it just to rule anything out, it could honestly save your life.

[karao]

I told my therapist I feel like I’m being watched all the time through cameras and mirrors sometimes even walls and he said that’s god

[cazzawee]

I had a psychotic episode last night, a delusion. first time anything like this has ever happened to me. I thought I had died and I was in hell. my boyfriend was trying to calm me, tell me that I was fine and none of that was happening, but it was happening. he couldn't convince me otherwise. it went away and of course now I know that it was just my mind, but it was the realest and scariest thing that's ever happened to me. I'm doing research now as I knew absolutely nothing about psychosis until it happened to me

[roxylalondes]

Had delusions that I was constantly being watched through cameras on my phone/laptop/etc. Also thought people could read my mind, so I had to have good thoughts always. Was a result of my OCD

[samomiotek]

I had a girlfriend who admitted to me one day that she could see peoples' thoughts and that she was a shaman who journeys to the spirit world. So I asked her what I was picturing (a glass of beer) and she answered instantly. I got freaked out and didn't want to think about it. To this day it fucks with me. She ALWAYS won card games. One day her friend's autistic son went missing so she went to her bedroom to journey, found him, called her friend and told her where to go, and there he was. She did not seem to have psychotic symptoms and was very high-functioning and rather intelligent.

[elskeletone]

Thank you for discussing this. I feel that mental illness, especially psychotic disorders, are "the last taboo." I'm very grateful that someone is attempting to educate the public about psychosis.

[alluneedislessthan]

Oh my god!!! I didn't know you could get psychosis from depression! When I was especially depressed I had a few hallucinations where I saw things appear in my environment that weren't really there. (Ex. One time I yawned outside and thought I saw a black car zoom by really fast as I exhaled, and one time while in my room with white wood boards on the walls I thought I saw a black and white striped worm wiggle along the top of the door frame). I know I'm not schizophrenic because they rarely happen. But I have struggled with depression for the majority of my life. This video has made me feel like not such a freak and not terrified to tell my therapist about it. Thank you Kati!

[SiobhanOConnell]

Hallucinations do not have to be external. I had visual hallucinations in my head (like imagination) but they were scary and wouldn't go away. Also it was like I had a second thought voice in my head yelling at me and commenting on my life.

[f.m.]

I want to send an hug to the families, friends and partners of those with psychosis. It's hard.

[skrittle]

i like to think of delusions as things that OTHER people might think are strange beliefs, and the person with the delusions can recognize this, but it feels just as real whether people believe you or not.

[wolfclaw]

I was diagnosed with psychosis about 7 years ago, and i still deal with the repercussions of going undiagnosed for 2 years. It's interesting to watch videos like this because i do recognize pretty much all the symptoms you listed in myself. This is one mental illness I don't hear a lot about so it's good to know there are people like you spreading the word and teaching people about these things. Thank you.

[idan]

I had a delusion that my girlfriend cheated on me and left me and that was a part of a bigger delusion that i have a girlfriend









(Edit: it was a bad joke)

[jessicaweekley]

I saw theres 666 comments so I am commenting this now so this channel is illuminati free.

[myozbubble]

I have smell hallucinations. I smell foul things like poop or burning rubber. I had a head injury as a young adult and wondering if that's where it's from. I told my dr why can't I have hallucinations of smelling roses or baby powder? She just laughed.

[umberdandelion]

My mother had a psychotic episode with delusions and hallucinations for 4 days due to stress and medication side effects, but she doesn't have any mental illnesses.

[jballs]

I love this woman. She is so empathetic and understanding. Believe it or not, I haven't had the same experience with therapy haha...
Thanks for all of the lovely videos.

[sneffie]

I love how you clearly explain things. I have had trouble with auditory hallucinations since when my illness first started and it's the meds that keep most of it at bay. Though sometimes I do have hallucinations through my other senses, mostly smell. I just find it so odd when smelling things that aren't there!

[dextrapede]

Thank you for spreading good information about psychosis Kati! My last major episode lasted 10 days and I'm very thankful that I don't remember much of it and was drugged up and sleeping in the psych ward for the rest. I experienced tons of visual hallucinations, the one I remember most was that a group of people came to tour my house and a man had a stroke in the closet. I dialled 911 for him and they figured out what was happening to me and brought me in. I couldn't type or read at all and could barely speak. My diagnosis turned from psychosis NOS to schizoaffective disorder and explaining it all to people is really hard! It makes me feel a lot more secure knowing that there are people out there trying to inform as many people as they can about these types of illnesses. Thank you so much.

[Rikiid_]

For three years my mom has believed that we’re being watched through our phones, tv and followed in public. It’s frustrating because now she thinks I’m plotting against her😤