Brief Introduction to Psychosis

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[stinaval]

I experienced psychosis as a result of being overwhelmed with life, depressed and abusing Marijuana and edibles. I was delusional, paranoid and very confused along with hallucinations. I was in the psych ward of the hospital for almost 2 weeks to get better. Even when I came home I was waking up during the night confused. After months of playing around with my meds, I'm feeling back to my normal self! Godbless anyone who had gone through this or any mental health issues. 🙏

[kbonh]

I remember waking up to a psychotic episode that came out of nowhere at about 2am one night. It lasted for at least 2 hours and I had a voice in my head telling me to kill myself even though I wasn't depressed and had never had suicidal thoughts before.

I had to get a cold shower for like 30 mins to calm me down just enough where I could fall back to sleep.

It was absolutely terrifying, god help the people who have to experience something like that regularly.

[mikewright]

I had my first psychosis about a month ago and it really opened my eyes to how 'psycho' people think and made me see the world from both sides after I was in my psychosis. I remember a lot. I definitely still see mass murders and such as monsters but I can understand their perception of reality and why they do these horrible things. When I was in my psychosis I was able to run outside naked despite having a severe social anxiety where I can't even say hi to my internet friends with text. I was able to talk with anyone naked and I thought the world was against me. There was so much in this 'world' that made me do things I would absolutely never do. I almost threw my caretaker out my window, I screamed and banged at the hospital door with all my strength, I thought people could read my mind and at one point I really thought I was going to heaven. I was just not sane but in my world my mind fooled me into believing I was right and what I did was the only way. Someone saying no or blocking me? That person is the enemy, because I thought then that me and others were in danger.

I got it from sleep deprivation (not sleeping in 2-3 days), going on Concerta (ADHD medication) and being in a lot of stress due to all kinds of stuff at that time, all this together made my brain snap. When my brain snapped it really felt like someone called me, like I suddenly experienced life from a higher level and that god himself or something in control told me that me and future peoples lives were in danger. Thinking this, or rather feeling this in a way I've never felt before, made me think this was something extremely important that I had no choice on and just do right now. THIS, this right here is what made me do those extreme things. Things like I mentioned above, I ran outside naked and almost threw someone out my window. It was like my mind gave me missions to do every now n then and that I only had a few seconds to complete them, making me panic and probably look like a real crazy guy while I was screaming and doing really stupid stuff.

So hard to explain but. Believe me.. it's something way different. Your mind completely fools you. Hell, it felt so real it even took me a day or two to finally go 'okay, that was completely horseshit. None of that was real. That 'god' call was not real'.

[sleepybeesweety]

idk why im looking into this so much when I already take meds for all this this is kinda reminds me that I'm not alone with having a.."problem" I guess. to the other people like me, who suffer. you got this, and you will make it. i love you.

[gersonhcastillo]

I experience psychosis from time to time and let me tell you what i had never known how fragile reality is.

[BrazenBullXXX]

As a struggling alcoholic I can say with confidence that I have experienced alcohol-induced psychosis. It is the strangest sensation and experience. I hallucinated seeing people in my yard and I ran around my house with a gun. I knew after the fact I didn't see anyone, but with my own eyes they were there. Needless to say I got rid of my firearms and Im trying to rid myself of this poison. Shit sucks though. Just wanted to share! Hope you all are having a great day!

[kimlec]

Emotional shock. Hardship. Neglect. Poverty. Adversity. Loneliness. These all factor in psychosis, delusions, many personalities.

[DaylightUndead]

"I can't go into detail"
Goes into detail

[MGabc]

I've been through hell in my psychotic break. I remember being accused of faking it the whole time because of how it expressed. I was so talkative, I couldn't shut up. It felt like my life depended on expressing something. Through the whole matter though, the worst part was the treatment I received from certain family members and the community I live in.
I've had to educate myself on what happened because through the whole process, I was treated by mental health '"professionals" like I was just being problematic and trying to get attention.
Maybe, I really was trying to get attention because I was reaching out for someone to see me underneath the erratic behavior as someone who did need help.
Thank you for this informative video. I wish someone would have taken the time to explain this to me sooner, but I found it now and it's helping me now. <3 Science saves lives.

[orchardjpg]

I had a psychotic break yesterday truly believed my friends were plotting to murder me and hurt me I genuinely thought it and began sweating and getting so distorted I wanted to die it was terrifying I don’t want to live this way anymore

[Ladybug-ej]

My grown daughter is suffering with this right now. I'm taking care of her and it's overwhelming I'll be do glad when it's over dec 18, 2020

[AdeliaAlessandra]

Just did a short course on this. Very interesting and something everyone in the health industry should know.

[TheIAMINU]

That's a relief, , I'm just Nuts ..

[passivlyassertive]

Wow, it's incredible to me that the disfunction in primarily just two neural pathways in the brain can result in a severely life altering disorder for someone.

[aduttonatermediat.v.]

Anxiety paranoia anger all at once. Forgetfulness, or thinking you lost something when it’s right in front of their face. Carries for days and during those days digging up every piece of dirt that will piss you off. Purposely searching for problems when they are really not that bad.

[nasrulnasir]

AVOID STRESS! u cant fight with delusion or halucination even ur try to thinking logic.. it will bigger and worst... delusion will disappear naturally if u do constantly activities, dont always alone, hangout with your friends

[ambersossaman]

You didn't mention bipolar or major depressive disorder. You can have psychosis with them

[jameshicks]

Great video! Thanks for making it! I was diagnosed with clinical depression complicated by schizoaffective disorder in 1992. Fortunately, the Schizoaffective disorder is almost entirely in remission, but I still dissociate, particularly when I am trying to focus on a technical project. The depression is somewhat in remission but always in the background like a heavy weight.

In 1992, I had a psychotic break. I was 26, and a Pentecostal Christian. I totally immersed myself in my religion, and began to hear God's voice as a persistent interlocutor. I had doubts about the voice and began questioning my sanity and soon began to viscerally "feel" demons in my bedroom at night. I fell into a depression that was close to catatonic, and was treated with antipsychotics.

Since I have been studying philosophy, human behavioral evolution, psychology and whatever neuroscience I can grasp. For me, delving into the how and why helped me get out in front of the delusions. Today I am an atheist, anti-theist philosopher and optical engineer in the Planetarium field. Understanding goes a long ways towards healing.

[stephaniedugan]

I had a psychotic breakdown and have experienced psychotic episodes since. It is the scariest single thing to be happening and it is so hard to make sense of after. Bc whats going on in your head makes so much sense at the time. It is scary. I hope everyone gets better.

[danicag.]

Ive been hospitalized for paranoid delusions, have them often enough that they don’t really bother me anymore, I’m used to them and know how to handle them as best I can, but one time I made the mistake of telling someone new right after it happened which landed in the psych ward
The first of the two psychiatrists I saw while there told me they didn’t think I had a psychosis based illness or whatnot but rather that it’s just an intense stress response, I’ve never heard of simple stress leading to that severe of symptoms so i now also take an antipsychotic as i keep searching for more answers and stuff but it’s so interesting what the brain can do and how little has to be wrong to cause such drastic symptoms