02/01/2025
What is Psychosis?
Psychosis is a mental health condition where a person loses touch with reality. This disconnection can significantly affect their thoughts, perceptions, and behaviors.
Key Symptoms to Recognize:
• Confused Thinking:
Difficulty organizing thoughts or speaking coherently.
Jumping between unrelated topics or creating new words.
• Hallucinations:
Hearing, seeing, or sensing things that aren't real, such as voices or images.
• Delusions:
Paranoia: Feeling watched or targeted.
Grandiosity: Believing in extraordinary powers or roles.
Control: Thinking external forces are controlling one's thoughts or actions.
Somatic: Believing something is wrong with the body, like infestation or missing parts.
Depressive: Feeling guilty for a crime or act that hasn't occurred.
• Behavioral Changes:
Social withdrawal and lack of motivation.
Laughing inappropriately or reacting oddly to situations.
• Emotional Detachment:
Feeling disconnected from the world, body, or thoughts.
Experiencing extreme mood swings.
Related Mental Health Conditions:
Psychosis can be a part of conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or psychotic depression.
Why Awareness is Crucial
Early recognition of psychosis can make a huge difference in recovery. Stigma often prevents individuals from seeking help, but with proper support-such as therapy, medication, and community care-many can lead fulfilling lives.
Let's work together to build a world where mental health conversations are open, supportive, and stigma-free.
Have questions or thoughts? Share your insights or experiences in the comments. Together, we can break the stigma!
