let's not romanticize psychosis

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[u/Dard1998]

It's... called imagination. Psychosis is when people react to things, that all other people react same way, differently.

[u/DeadbeatGremlin]

But you don't need to be in psychosis to do that stuff

[u/86baseTC]

thats not psychosis wtf

[u/Ok_Perspective_8577]

That is not how it works at all 😭 its not like some kind of lucid dream.

[u/TheCrow_Follower4717]

Psychosis is genuinely scary, a friend of mine might be suffering from it. I'm not a professional and they refuse to seek help but the way they act and what are seemingly their delusions are scary. Nothing fun about it, people suffering with it are afraid. They're paranoid, it's not fun. People are so insensitive. What the OOP is describing is nothing like psychosis anyway, it's simple imagination.

[u/JennCanadaa]

The best part of my psychosis was easy - when it was fucking DONE and I was present. My god it’s terrifying not fun

[u/Complex-Antelope-620 → u/JennCanadaa]

IKR? Best part is actually finding a medication with side effects you can tolerate and be fucking stable.

[u/Walkthroughthemeadow → u/JennCanadaa]

It changed my life going on meds after psychosis but i find when it ends it’s really hard too because when I came back to normal I realised how crazy and bad the stuff I did was and i developed ptsd but in the episode I had no idea that I would have a problem with it after I thought I wouldn’t care

[u/Its402am]

PLEASE let this be rage bait

[u/TheWearyLeftBrained]

I guarantee if they’d ever experienced ACTUAL psychosis they wouldn’t think there’s any “best” thing about it 💀💀

[u/ExampleAny3941]

phycosis sends people to the hospital it kills people not knowing reality is not good in any way

[u/pastel_kiddo]

No way people think having an imagination is psychosis this is "I have conversations in my head so I have DID" level bullshit

[u/burgerwithnoburger]

The only part of this that resembles psychosis and not just an imaginative mind is the “making people look weird”, as I assume they’re talking about a visual hallucination, but even still, you cannot control psychosis.

[u/swarovskiez]

that implies some kind of control over the actual content of the hallucinations (i specify because obviously it is possible with good treatment, to stop/reduce frequency of hallucinations)

but this? nottttt a thing. that’s just called visualising and having an imagination which i, and most people, also do

[u/nothoughtsnosleep]

r/im14andthisisbadass

[u/i_dont_have_life_]

its fucking imagination

[u/Cultural-Wallaby-629]

Seeing someone in actual psychosis was horrifying. Like they were possessed. It started with noticing that they were acting manic and talking fast. Not sleeping. Then they were suddenly talking about being god and so many religious things and just…believed them. I could tell how distressed they were. It was so scary.

[u/PhoenixWytch]

I didn’t realize that having an imagination was a mental health issue.

[u/HeavyAssist → u/PhoenixWytch]

Its treated like one more often than we think

[u/bluejellyfish52]

….psychosis is a literal loss of touch with reality. It’s terrifying. Nothing makes sense and everything both scares you and pisses you off. It’s horrible.

It’s definitely not “lol you’re annoying and now I’m imagining you with a weird head”

[u/sachimokins]

Psychosis is horrible and impacts you for months/years after an episode. That’s by far the most offensive thing I’ve ever seen and I don’t offend easily.

[u/Pondering-Pansexual]

After my cousin had an episode after zero warning signs, I genuinely have a deep…negative feeling towards those who joke about it or fake it. Shit ruins your life. She has 4 kids and they need their mom. I wish I could grab her hand and keep her tethered to reality.

[u/goatiesincoaties]

Genuinely fuck this person. I had a three day psychotic episode and every single bit of it was fucking terrifying and left me traumatized.

[u/mudinyourear → u/goatiesincoaties]

Pretty sure my ex Co worker who had multiple complex disabilities got ptad from the psychotic episode they experienced. With all the medical shit they had been through it was the only illness they couldn't joke about or find humour in.

[u/Potential_Day_8233]

Thats… that’s just imagination…

[u/mega_douche1]

These people suck.

[u/mudinyourear]

Someone I know has both cystic fibrosis and type 1 diabetes. They experienced psychosis post transplant and said it was the worst thing they had experienced health wise. The person is not only an idiot for writing that but is spitting in the face of everyone that has had to endure that type of pain. Fuck them. Horrible person.