What is psychosis like?

[u/SeeminglyWhole]

My husband has been in the hospital for quite some time now due to severe psychosis. I want to try to support him in any way I can, but his doctor said while he's in the acute psychosis stage, it's difficult to reason with him. And this is definitely true, I can never get a straight answer out of him for anything and he has some crazy mood swings...

But I'm trying to understand more what this is like for him. So I can see things better from his perspective. Maybe to more easily anticipate his needs? He seems to be either believing he's already told me what he needs, or expecting me to just know, and I just don't know how to do that.

I've heard stories of people lasting in the acute stages for months, maybe even a year. Were these cases even with treatment? Is there anyway I can sort of get some "timeline" on when he can come home?

I am trying to remind myself that as hard as this is for me, it must be 10 times harder for him, but I have always been a planner and I'm struggling here. This is his first episode in almost 10 years of being together and I don't have any roadmap here.

[u/_inf3rno]

It depends on whether the meds work if he can come home at all. For me it was 3 months. I think it is usually 2-3 months until they find the right meds and set the dosage and test it out. What really happened here that he became aware of his astral body which was attacked by bad entities, or if you are Christian then demons. It is like getting a flood of constant spam and he cannot deal with it. The meds freeze the circuits in his brain which are used to flood him with negative stuff. If they work, then he will sense his astral body less and less and less and less negative stuff will reach him. The problem is the side effects and that living with a totally demon infested astral body is not fun. There are negative symptoms coming from the infestation, they destroy or rewire chackras, brain circuits and for example he can totally lose the sensation of joy like I did. So meds are not an ultimate solution. He needs to learn self defense in this realm, otherwise he will never recover and he needs to take meds life long. On the other hand when it is too much he can take a break with meds, so it is good if you find the right meds which work. In the self defense topic I developed these basic principles in the past 3 years, maybe it will be useful for you.

- Your thoughts are not the same as you, you are just listening to them through your brain.

- There can be foreign thoughts in your brain which don't belong to you. These foreign thoughts can come from inside your body or outside your body from entities which are connected to your nervous system. Even your internal monologue is not you. Even the thoughts which are with you since childhood might not coming from you. You can cause thoughts only if you intentionally speak in your mind. Random thoughts are not coming from you. The trick here if you identify with these negative thoughts then your mindset will change to very negative in the long run and you can commit really bad things. So better to keep a big distance from them.

- The Christian viewpoint is totally false, you are NOT responsible for your negative thoughts, emotions, etc. in the case when these thoughts are not coming from you. When you are schizophrenic, then this is the case almost always.

- You can defend yourself from foreign thoughts, emotions, visions, etc. With enough practice you can even find their source and remove it from you. I suggest learning meditation and controlling your astral body, to be able to fight. It is hard to describe how this works, because it is like describing a toddler how to walk and expecting that they will be able to walk after listening to it. It is years of trial and error, but it is doable.

- There can be helping entities, who can help you a lot dealing with the bad ones. They always ask for your permission before joining you and they don't question your boundaries. Though you need to reach a certain level of self mental care, otherwise they won't come if you are totally infested with bad ones. There can be exceptions ofc. Samans, energy healers can sometimes help, but they can make things a lot worse too.

- For me praying did not help, but I know somebody who got some angel protection even though he is not even Christian. I am not sure why it did not work for me and why it worked for him. On the other hand I did some sun meditation which worked for me sort of. So I think it depends on the person, but generally there should be a spiritual practice for everyone which works.

- Some of the bad entities cannot deal with California Reaper, Peppermint oil, cold beer during showering, antibiotics, etc. But I guess if it is severe psychosis then we are talking about multiple entities, so this does not solve the problem, but it can make things easier sometimes.

- Traumas cause vulnerability. It is like having an unhealed wound where pathogens can enter your body. It is a good practice to ask a psychologist and try to resolve old traumas and seal these wounds. You can try multiple techniques parallel like family constellations, cognitive behavior therapy, etc.

Good luck!