Posted by linkadge on December 12, 2002, at 11:58:18
In reply to Psychosis, posted by daizy on December 12, 2002, at 9:40:36
Paychosis generally starts with an abject
sence of fear, perhaps paranoia - like somthing bad is always about to happen. People then tend to change their life-style and living habits
in attempts to controll their sence of fear.
At this stage, psychosis generally is based on
a world event. (most often something on the news)
They may feel it necessary to keep many guns an amunition in the house, or perhaps install many locks.The sensations typically grow and become more abstract. The person will prepare for things that they have absolutely no involvement in. People in this stage start to think that they are a very important person. (That the survival of mankind somehow depends on them) They start to believe they are a part of abstract or nonexistant scenarios, involving space aliens, god, Jesus, the pope, the president of the united states etc. They may form strage rituals that they believe are sustaining them or the world etc.
In the more advanced stages, people feel extremely paranoid of everybody, and everything. They generally seclude themselves from others because they believe that others are 'in on it' or 'against them' etc. They may hear voices telling them to do things. Some see visual hallucainations but this is generally rare.
You do not need to be at the ending stages to be diagnosed, or treated.
Example of classical psychosis.
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Anna, who was 15 yrs old began to believe
that her older brother was sneeking into
her bed at night and injecting her with
cocaine. She began to lock her door
at night to keep him out. When asked
by her parrents, she could provide no evidence
but she just had this very unqunchable sensation that this was what was happeningHope this helps a little
Linkadge
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