As a person who's somewhere on the spectrum of schizophrenia and trying to find a proper diagnosis and treatment, this podcast was very eye opening, I'm glad it flowed through my life. I wasn't aware of the anti-psychotics having a major role in my severe depression and anxiety. It kinda worries me that I'm inhibiting reuptake as well as blocking the receptors. As an ex-addict this now kinda feels as though I've been prescribed a speedball. But I'm no doctor. Could be entirely different receptors. Thanks for all your videos, some of them make me spiral but I think your videos pushing me into looking at philosophy has had a positive affect on my outlook atleast, if not life in general.
i experienced severe drug induced psychosis for a few months, stimulant induced. it’s nice to hear this being talked about, i don’t experience the full blown psychosis i once did, but paranoia, disorganized thoughts, and delusions still occur
when the symptoms still persist and you still experience delusions even years after, would you still call it drug induced psychosis or would it just become regular psychosis or schizophrenia now that enough time passed?
@@user-nx1vh4ej9q I know this is super old, but this is a good question. My initial experience was induced through the abuse of drugs, however based on my understanding the continued experience only occurs when you are already genetically predisposed to it. So I have no idea when I would have begun experiencing delusional thoughts if I had not triggered them through drug use, or If I would ever have them at all. In a clinical sense it might be semantics, but I would assume it is quite a different experience to go through psychosis without it being induced through drug use.
"Philosophers" are obsessed with these conditions because it reveal's the deepest parts of our minds and what it means to be person experiencing what cannot be understood, I've experienced mild delusions when I was younger believing to feel forces that may or may not have been there among other things. Some time ago I wanted to understand myself better through using high doses of shrooms, experiencing some psychosis in the process while also gaining so much more from the experiences themselves. I wasn't the same for months, I was an avid smoker of weed at the time and as I would indulge the herb the boundaries between reality and thoughts melded, visual snow with intense closed eye visuals, and was able to feel those forces in the air again and feel them touching me when I would deprive myself of the sensory trying to understand what was only what I can describe as an excited onset of unconscious processes. Since then I've stopped smoking and messing around with those substances but the desire to feel such intense irrational fear somehow still calls out to me because I felt so much more then what was deemed necessary or rational even if it ultimately hurts me, however I have also stopped experiencing any such delusions drug induced or not. To anyone who doesn't experience these things organically, or inorganically as I had; My heart goes out to you, you are strong and you must believe you have the will to combat, or live with what resides in yourselves. And to the others, stay safe if you do as I have done.
My favourite theory about what's commonly diagnosed as 'psychosis' is Matt Ball's Dissociachotic theory - there's several explainers about it here on UA-cam if you search for the word 'Dissociachotic'. It posits that what's deemed 'psychosis' is a dissociative stress response we've evolved, based on our fight/flight responses, based on the unique threat people present to people, as opposed to other predators & threats we used to face historically. It's super-interesting, I think...
I'd appreciate and be curious about your take on a podcast exploring borderline personality disorder! Especially if you're still reading/finished reading Hesse's Steppenwolf, it would be fascinating to hear what you think about Harry's arguably bpd imbued traits!
Hey, I'm borderline as hell, yeah these guys are pretty smart, and I'd like to see them cover it too, I'm curious and lonely empty and bored...prettymuch perpetually....so yeah, ur right, listening to them cover that would be good, I need a distraction. From the void. I hope they do it, I heard them mention borderline (I didn't realize it was considered psychotic) but they kinda just glossed over it and just like u I was like "dude talk more about that" hah, have a good day
@@brandongutleben2222 lol yes I really resonate with everything you're expressing and these last 2 years has only amplified those emotions for me. But no BPD isn't defined strictly as a psychotic disorder by the DSM, rather as the name suggests it exists in a liminal realm wherein bpd individuals can potentially (not always) manifest some, but not all symptoms of psychosis. It's a complex phenomena to explore but I'd be interested too. And not necessarily BPD related but check out R D Laing's poetic, philosophical psychotherapy: 'The Politics of Experience' ! , he had such an intriguing perspective on trauma and what people tend to think of as madness!
0 dislikes in an hour that's a great sign. I love the podcast, it's something that I look forward to listening to, Everytime I see a notification for it. You guys have a style which feels like a casual conversation between two college students who are well researched. And being in that demographic, it's something casual to listen to. Great work, keep it up!
@@avr4h it’s never an easy thing to go through, but with the supports i have, it’s less scary to tackle. and with others starting to recognize that not everyone who struggles with psychosis is a danger to everyone, it feels safer to tell my experiences
@@v_bunny I read a lot about people with psychosis and even met few people with varying degrees of it... I'm glad to hear about the support you have. I wish for the best for you and hope you'll find life meaningful and beautiful ♥️
my best friend had his first major schizophrenic/psychotic break at lollapalooza this summer. in the 6 months prior his mental state had deteriorated massively i had noticed and communicated with his parents frequently to keep track of him and our friend group spent a lot of time supporting him and trying to get him help in this time but nothing could’ve prepared us for that night. he started to to get really anxious at the beginning of the concert so i quickly began to get him out of the crowd. his mental state exponentially declined from this point. he started saying everyone was demons while i was rushing to get him out of the crowd which unfortunately was the closing post malone concert and we had gotten good spots in the front. being shoulder to shoulder with thousands of people with music blasting made it probably one of the worst case scenarios possible. he became an completely different being while in the psychosis and was constantly threatening to kill me then crying and saying he loved me then he would literally sprint away from me into a crowd and i had to chase after him just for him to tell me i ran away from him. he continued to do the most bizarre things i’ve ever witnessed all while in an extreme rage/depression he wouldn’t let me use my phone because he was paranoid i was calling a hit on him so for 30 minutes i was unable to reach my group of friends and get help (luckily they tracked my location and got to me later) but in that time i trying to get him out of the festival it was the absolute most terrifying helpless situation i’ve ever been in. nothing i did helped or stopped the psychosis. my friends found me right as he ended up hitting me and i took him to the ground and wrapped him up. we brought him to the medic tent and they gave him the maximum amount of sedatives but nothing worked. he went to the hospital and his psychosis lasted another 9 hours. everything has been so strange ever since
Wow. You handled it the best you could man. Psychosis and mental illness is really unfortunately, especially when it’s someone close to you. I feel for you and your friend and hope everything gets better. Sorry if any of it was traumatic for you 🥺
Your a great friend, as a schizophrenic all I can say is your friend is going to spend a good while walking through hell and while it's a good thing to walk with them don't do it at the cost of your own mental health or safety. When they get better they'll understand. Not saying your friend will become violent but it's hard to tell the way a person will react during an extreme episode and there's always the slim chance. So always put your safety first.
@@kingsarues1586 thank you for this comment i applied it then and still do . though i didn’t reply it held true. my friends and i in retrospect were a bit overwhelming with support at the time by being around him and talking with his parents too much because in this period he was very paranoid about his parents and their intentions. which lead to him becoming paranoid about his friends intentions. we took a step back and gave him his own time to understand what was happening to him and the situation he was in. this turned out well and he’s been better and he understood why we had to step back. seriously thank you again
My life has been hell since Oct 2018. These conditions are no joke. I'm... almost better. Being with people makes it easier. I feel like I've driven some really cool people away due to being too needy; it's scary to be alone nowadays. I was diagnosed with schizophrenia and have been on a few drugs, currently on quetiapine 600mg per night and it's doing fuck all (:
i hope you find a system that works for you and that your week gets much better. u deserve happy stability, or at the very least a rollercoaster your not scared to ride.
holy fuck! I used to take 200 mgs every evening and that felt like a lot . they really helped me sleep and helped with night terrors to some extent but they freaked me out because I started to develop involuntary spasms, legs specifically, which is fairly common I guess and developed rapidly. I also gained like 30 lbs that I could not lose the entire time I was taking them. I also disliked the idea that they cause literal physical withdrawal so u have to taper urseĺf like with benzos. idk if stopping them was the smartest but I really got scared of the spasms.
@@ClitoracleOracle hey man, I'm down to 400mg atm at night - suffering still but that's the schizophrenic game I guess. Needing anti-anxiety meds but after a stint with diazepam i'm worried.
Oh fuck. Thank you so much you are a legend. I think my sister is schizophrenic, she has very wild delusions, severe depression, messed up speech... my mum always said she did drugs at a young age and then I got scared of my sister, now I realise
i think i have mild form of schizophrenia. it has been induced through meditation and form of active imagination. i intentionally weakened my rational mind and strengthened my imagination. i entertain outlandish ideas and become so open, my original identity get eroded. in this new form of functioning, basic linearity get diminished. there is no time and space there is no solidity of the mind which means no solid identiy. but ive mastered it. i heightened my perception. i was able to know how i create my thought formulation or thinking process. in meditative practices, i can make my mind so slow and was able to study it. you can get inside your body and command the 4fs. you can control thermo regulation, induce persitalsis and manage stress. you can magnify the mind by focusing your awareness on your thoughts. there is nothing to fear... when youve mastered it, everything becomes joyful and you are free to customize yourself by mastery what i mean is not to fight the intrusive thoughts, images or any stimuli. they are not harmful. you just happened to 'excite' the honing device in your brain which gives excitory emphasis to external stimuli. learn not to elicit fear response..learn to be passive yet do not believe or engage by rationalization because it would create stress through information overload. get off any stimulants and devices. your system will eventually balance itself out.
hey sisyphus 55 i’m in love with your content and have been really getting into psychology and philosophy and find your videos very interesting thanks for the great content and keep up the good work and ik this is a very generic comment but i’d like to ad your criminally underrated and i hope you read this :)
Hi Housecat. I just wanted to leave this comment here to let you know I’ve been listening to your music a lot. (Most recently Dog Days) I think that you are more than just a successful musician but a great one. And I hope you get all the recognition you deserve. -Your Fan
Hey guys…nice job. I enjoyed it. Just a couple of notes for those who are curious (I hope nobody takes this as a “gotcha” criticism, or anything like that, but… A Beautiful Mind was about John Nash, a mathematician, who made important contributions to game theory. He studied at Carnegie Institute of Technology, and Princeton. Oliver Sacks is one of my favorite people, and although he didn’t come up with the idea of non-psychotic hallucinations (I believe most hallucinations are non-psychotic), he wrote a book called “Hallucinations” (Highly recommended, btw), in which he makes that distinction. Actually, I highly recommend anything by Oliver Sacks. Beyond fascinating neurological cases, and stellar writing. Cheers.
I haven't hallucinated without drugs but I have been paranoid Usually because of drugs but I also feel bad intentions sometimes and that can be useful and annoying worth having tho
The bit on making up words reminds me of one of my favorite rappers "Tech N9ne" who has some form of schizofrenia and he's fairly open about it. He makes up words from time to time but i feel like thats more because he's a rapper than because of his disorder.
Depression, psychosis, schizophrenia can all be considered part of what is now called the Bipolar spectrum. They all are thought to have a genetic component(s) but are triggered by stress that can manifest in a number of ways from pre-natal virus infection, malnutrition, childhood trauma or even underdeveloped pre-frontal cortex in young people use of marijuana, i.e. related to levels of vulnerability. They are all associated with inflammation that is a kind of stress or result of stress. So, labelling them differently doesn't really help. Rather than using dopamine agonists or antagonist is not really the right approach. The best is to try to attain homeostasis of neurotransmitters rather than allowing or even encouraging them to oscillate up and down in concentration. This is why retreating to a stable and calm environment is the best approach across the board. Another approach may be one of controlled induced coma (the kind with no dreams very much unlike dream) to allow the brain to heal itself. The way I imagine it is the brain to be like a string musical instrument with strings snapping under pressure, interneuron connections collapsing and reforming chaotically. There are times when the brain will manage to repair itself but its ability to repair reduces through the number of repetitions of stress triggers.
You guys ever hear of the book Nutrient Power? Really good stuff on nutrient therapy alleviating the symptoms of so many mood disorders. I think a lot of people could benefit from reading it
Hey this video really helped me check my understanding. I appreciate the lovely curiosity you two radiate. May you both be filled with grace and courage when navigating such novel and ever changing territory. In my experience, awareness and narrative/belief are important to acknowledge. With recognition, we can accept that it is all co arising with everything else, interdependent with the web of life. Allow what is to be as it is. Delightful, quiet, still. Just for now my lovely. Let us investigate with a curious, profound, open mindset. (Is this true? Is it valid? What am I leaving out of my understanding?, And where are the silver linings to all this unessecary misery and suffering? ).. Hey yous. Stop making it so fucking personal. Step back, ask yourself who you really are, ask it until you simply, gently, know without a shadow of a doubt, we are worthy of love, compassion, and forgiveness. We are worthy of mindfulness and insight into all of this. We are infinitely connected to love and equanimity; Be Here Now; Dearest, the quality of our lives, our health and the softening of our stress, our destinies depend on it. Stay free and enjoy the ride 😂🍀 it's another damn miracle everyday.
Big fan of your normal content, not so much of this episode. This is such an important topic to many who’s loved ones have psychosis/schizophrenia and the terms that have been thrown around in this episode (to include areas of the brain, neurotransmitters, different psychiatric diagnosis, behaviours and results of various papers) aren’t fully understandable by the lay listener. If I wasn’t a medical student I probably would have felt a bit disoriented. Last thing we need is lay listeners not fully understanding content then spreading misinformation. Props to you guys though, it takes a lot of courage and good will to try and break down such a Goliath of a topic.
I'm pretty sure I have the diathesis predisposing me to psychosis. During the summer, I got really sleep deprived and took some l-dopa and my senses and thoughts just kinda started melting into weirdness whenever I didn't consciously hold them in line.
I don't actively follow your channel and haven't watched your vids in a while, and for this to come up on my feed is hopefully not a sign of me getting somethin
I had psychosis once from quitting weed cold turky that caused bad insomnia… Doctors say I shouldn’t smoke weed anymore but I fucking hate that, I love weed
Same thing happened to me when I quit cold turky a long while ago. The insomnia fucked me royaly. I stayed awake for atleast 5 days straight, cause I was afraid I was gonna die in my sleep for some reason, and I was in psycosis from it. In the mental hospital, I actually thought one of the workers or whatever was someone i sortof knew from highschool from the psycosis. and I kept on thinking I was reconizing strangers cause they looked like people I knew. I had delusions that my parents were trying to stear me in the wrong direction and that they were always lying to me. I did get sleep eventually, and im completely fine now.
Hey Sisyphus, love the content (and got a Soma and Bonsai tree shirts, dope merch). My content is mostly related to the pathway to medicine/healthcare and mental health/psychiatry. We also host lots of career advice and testimonials from people in medicine and other careers to help guide learners and those interested in the field, which overlaps a lot with philosophy and reflection in general too. Would love to interview you as a psychology student in Canada as well as your passion and aptitude for philosophy, let me know if you think that could happen! -Raman
Hi 😊 listen to “The Problem with The Solution” episode of the Invisibilia podcast! Related to why family tends to make psychotic illness worse (and more ;) Thank you.
U guys are interesting...my sister has skitsoeffective disorder....let me just say ",holy shhhheeyit" nuttier that squirrel poop, and I have borderline personality disorder, I don't necessarily wanna be me, but Id really hate to be someone who betrays me, lol.....yeah....a big bag of crazy Here in this message lol awesome podcast tho.
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Very nice topic , I had so many trips before I had the one that makes me not wanna try lsd again
Can you talk about bipolar please?
As a person who's somewhere on the spectrum of schizophrenia and trying to find a proper diagnosis and treatment, this podcast was very eye opening, I'm glad it flowed through my life. I wasn't aware of the anti-psychotics having a major role in my severe depression and anxiety. It kinda worries me that I'm inhibiting reuptake as well as blocking the receptors. As an ex-addict this now kinda feels as though I've been prescribed a speedball. But I'm no doctor. Could be entirely different receptors. Thanks for all your videos, some of them make me spiral but I think your videos pushing me into looking at philosophy has had a positive affect on my outlook atleast, if not life in general.
i experienced severe drug induced psychosis for a few months, stimulant induced. it’s nice to hear this being talked about, i don’t experience the full blown psychosis i once did, but paranoia, disorganized thoughts, and delusions still occur
Me too bud.
when the symptoms still persist and you still experience delusions even years after, would you still call it drug induced psychosis or would it just become regular psychosis or schizophrenia now that enough time passed?
@@user-nx1vh4ej9q I know this is super old, but this is a good question.
My initial experience was induced through the abuse of drugs, however based on my understanding the continued experience only occurs when you are already genetically predisposed to it.
So I have no idea when I would have begun experiencing delusional thoughts if I had not triggered them through drug use,
or If I would ever have them at all.
In a clinical sense it might be semantics, but I would assume it is quite a different experience to go through psychosis without it being induced through drug use.
"Philosophers" are obsessed with these conditions because it reveal's the deepest parts of our minds and what it means to be person experiencing what cannot be understood, I've experienced mild delusions when I was younger believing to feel forces that may or may not have been there among other things.
Some time ago I wanted to understand myself better through using high doses of shrooms, experiencing some psychosis in the process while also gaining so much more from the experiences themselves. I wasn't the same for months, I was an avid smoker of weed at the time and as I would indulge the herb the boundaries between reality and thoughts melded, visual snow with intense closed eye visuals, and was able to feel those forces in the air again and feel them touching me when I would deprive myself of the sensory trying to understand what was only what I can describe as an excited onset of unconscious processes.
Since then I've stopped smoking and messing around with those substances but the desire to feel such intense irrational fear somehow still calls out to me because I felt so much more then what was deemed necessary or rational even if it ultimately hurts me, however I have also stopped experiencing any such delusions drug induced or not.
To anyone who doesn't experience these things organically, or inorganically as I had; My heart goes out to you, you are strong and you must believe you have the will to combat, or live with what resides in yourselves. And to the others, stay safe if you do as I have done.
My favourite theory about what's commonly diagnosed as 'psychosis' is Matt Ball's Dissociachotic theory - there's several explainers about it here on UA-cam if you search for the word 'Dissociachotic'. It posits that what's deemed 'psychosis' is a dissociative stress response we've evolved, based on our fight/flight responses, based on the unique threat people present to people, as opposed to other predators & threats we used to face historically. It's super-interesting, I think...
thank you for sharing this
@@jonathanlove7078 - you're welcome. 😊
I'd appreciate and be curious about your take on a podcast exploring borderline personality disorder! Especially if you're still reading/finished reading Hesse's Steppenwolf, it would be fascinating to hear what you think about Harry's arguably bpd imbued traits!
Agreed. Would love a video on this.
Hey, I'm borderline as hell, yeah these guys are pretty smart, and I'd like to see them cover it too, I'm curious and lonely empty and bored...prettymuch perpetually....so yeah, ur right, listening to them cover that would be good, I need a distraction. From the void. I hope they do it, I heard them mention borderline (I didn't realize it was considered psychotic) but they kinda just glossed over it and just like u I was like "dude talk more about that" hah, have a good day
@@brandongutleben2222 lol yes I really resonate with everything you're expressing and these last 2 years has only amplified those emotions for me. But no BPD isn't defined strictly as a psychotic disorder by the DSM, rather as the name suggests it exists in a liminal realm wherein bpd individuals can potentially (not always) manifest some, but not all symptoms of psychosis. It's a complex phenomena to explore but I'd be interested too. And not necessarily BPD related but check out R D Laing's poetic, philosophical psychotherapy: 'The Politics of Experience' ! , he had such an intriguing perspective on trauma and what people tend to think of as madness!
yes pls!
0 dislikes in an hour that's a great sign. I love the podcast, it's something that I look forward to listening to, Everytime I see a notification for it. You guys have a style which feels like a casual conversation between two college students who are well researched. And being in that demographic, it's something casual to listen to. Great work, keep it up!
0 dislikes since UA-cam removed that feature :/ But, yeah I agree as well.
@@Charlakin yikes didn't know that. But the sympathy is still there. Good content 😊
@@Charlakin hasn't removed the feature yet, there's 3 dislikes.
Pfff,welcome to dystopia
@@Merciless_au calm down.
omg these ads are scaring the shit out of me😭
My disorder being covered by my favorite youtuber? What a good day
Ayeee my psychosis (5 years since diagnosed) has been getting worse lately, glad this topic is getting recognized by people who want to get informed!
are you alright?
@@avr4h it’s never an easy thing to go through, but with the supports i have, it’s less scary to tackle. and with others starting to recognize that not everyone who struggles with psychosis is a danger to everyone, it feels safer to tell my experiences
@@v_bunny I read a lot about people with psychosis and even met few people with varying degrees of it... I'm glad to hear about the support you have. I wish for the best for you and hope you'll find life meaningful and beautiful ♥️
good luck out there, man. wish you the best
@@XanderGimbel appreciate that a lot dude
my best friend had his first major schizophrenic/psychotic break at lollapalooza this summer. in the 6 months prior his mental state had deteriorated massively i had noticed and communicated with his parents frequently to keep track of him and our friend group spent a lot of time supporting him and trying to get him help in this time but nothing could’ve prepared us for that night. he started to to get really anxious at the beginning of the concert so i quickly began to get him out of the crowd. his mental state exponentially declined from this point. he started saying everyone was demons while i was rushing to get him out of the crowd which unfortunately was the closing post malone concert and we had gotten good spots in the front. being shoulder to shoulder with thousands of people with music blasting made it probably one of the worst case scenarios possible. he became an completely different being while in the psychosis and was constantly threatening to kill me then crying and saying he loved me then he would literally sprint away from me into a crowd and i had to chase after him just for him to tell me i ran away from him. he continued to do the most bizarre things i’ve ever witnessed all while in an extreme rage/depression he wouldn’t let me use my phone because he was paranoid i was calling a hit on him so for 30 minutes i was unable to reach my group of friends and get help (luckily they tracked my location and got to me later) but in that time i trying to get him out of the festival it was the absolute most terrifying helpless situation i’ve ever been in. nothing i did helped or stopped the psychosis. my friends found me right as he ended up hitting me and i took him to the ground and wrapped him up. we brought him to the medic tent and they gave him the maximum amount of sedatives but nothing worked. he went to the hospital and his psychosis lasted another 9 hours. everything has been so strange ever since
Wow. You handled it the best you could man. Psychosis and mental illness is really unfortunately, especially when it’s someone close to you. I feel for you and your friend and hope everything gets better. Sorry if any of it was traumatic for you 🥺
Your a great friend, as a schizophrenic all I can say is your friend is going to spend a good while walking through hell and while it's a good thing to walk with them don't do it at the cost of your own mental health or safety. When they get better they'll understand.
Not saying your friend will become violent but it's hard to tell the way a person will react during an extreme episode and there's always the slim chance. So always put your safety first.
This is such a crazy story and I want to read it again. I hope he's doing well same with you to man.
Update?
@@kingsarues1586 thank you for this comment i applied it then and still do . though i didn’t reply it held true.
my friends and i in retrospect were a bit overwhelming with support at the time by being around him and talking with his parents too much because in this period he was very paranoid about his parents and their intentions. which lead to him becoming paranoid about his friends intentions.
we took a step back and gave him his own time to understand what was happening to him and the situation he was in. this turned out well and he’s been better and he understood why we had to step back. seriously thank you again
My life has been hell since Oct 2018. These conditions are no joke. I'm... almost better. Being with people makes it easier. I feel like I've driven some really cool people away due to being too needy; it's scary to be alone nowadays. I was diagnosed with schizophrenia and have been on a few drugs, currently on quetiapine 600mg per night and it's doing fuck all (:
i hope you find a system that works for you and that your week gets much better. u deserve happy stability, or at the very least a rollercoaster your not scared to ride.
Im on that medicine too :O
All it does is make me drowsy :/
holy fuck! I used to take 200 mgs every evening and that felt like a lot . they really helped me sleep and helped with night terrors to some extent but they freaked me out because I started to develop involuntary spasms, legs specifically, which is fairly common I guess and developed rapidly. I also gained like 30 lbs that I could not lose the entire time I was taking them. I also disliked the idea that they cause literal physical withdrawal so u have to taper urseĺf like with benzos. idk if stopping them was the smartest but I really got scared of the spasms.
@@ClitoracleOracle hey man, I'm down to 400mg atm at night - suffering still but that's the schizophrenic game I guess. Needing anti-anxiety meds but after a stint with diazepam i'm worried.
quetiapine gang B) ayyeeee
Oh fuck. Thank you so much you are a legend. I think my sister is schizophrenic, she has very wild delusions, severe depression, messed up speech... my mum always said she did drugs at a young age and then I got scared of my sister, now I realise
WHAT? REALISE WHAT?
@@avablobbity4757 hahahahaha
realize what..
i think i have mild form of schizophrenia. it has been induced through meditation and form of active imagination.
i intentionally weakened my rational mind and strengthened my imagination.
i entertain outlandish ideas and become so open, my original identity get eroded.
in this new form of functioning, basic linearity get diminished. there is no time and space
there is no solidity of the mind which means no solid identiy. but ive mastered it. i heightened my perception. i was able to know how i create my thought formulation or thinking process.
in meditative practices, i can make my mind so slow and was able to study it.
you can get inside your body and command the 4fs. you can control thermo regulation, induce persitalsis and manage stress.
you can magnify the mind by focusing your awareness on your thoughts.
there is nothing to fear... when youve mastered it, everything becomes joyful and you are free to customize yourself
by mastery what i mean is not to fight the intrusive thoughts, images or any stimuli. they are not harmful. you just happened to 'excite' the honing device in your brain which gives excitory emphasis to external stimuli. learn not to elicit fear response..learn to be passive yet do not believe or engage by rationalization because it would create stress through information overload. get off any stimulants and devices. your system will eventually balance itself out.
you little neurohacker, you!
thanks i will listen to what God was trying to tell me and quit the stims
congrats on finding your body without organs
thanks for clearing up misconceptions and stuff, it helps people realize we arent stereotypes like in the movies
hey sisyphus 55 i’m in love with your content and have been really getting into psychology and philosophy and find your videos very interesting thanks for the great content and keep up the good work and ik this is a very generic comment but i’d like to ad your criminally underrated and i hope you read this :)
Great podcast!
Would be interesting if you could have a guest that has diagnosed schizophrenia, maybe a 30 minute followup episode?
Hi Housecat. I just wanted to leave this comment here to let you know I’ve been listening to your music a lot. (Most recently Dog Days) I think that you are more than just a successful musician but a great one. And I hope you get all the recognition you deserve.
-Your Fan
I adore your content, thank you.
@The Stranger didnt ask
The broadcasting stuffs no joke. I’m like halfway going crazy. It’s quite the experience.
Hey guys…nice job. I enjoyed it. Just a couple of notes for those who are curious (I hope nobody takes this as a “gotcha” criticism, or anything like that, but…
A Beautiful Mind was about John Nash, a mathematician, who made important contributions to game theory. He studied at Carnegie Institute of Technology, and Princeton.
Oliver Sacks is one of my favorite people, and although he didn’t come up with the idea of non-psychotic hallucinations (I believe most hallucinations are non-psychotic), he wrote a book called “Hallucinations” (Highly recommended, btw), in which he makes that distinction.
Actually, I highly recommend anything by Oliver Sacks. Beyond fascinating neurological cases, and stellar writing.
Cheers.
Extra confusingly, although schizoid is not considered psychotic, it IS considered to be on a spectrum with schizophrenia.
I myself got a psychosis a year after i ended up in a car crash and got a tbi.
I haven't hallucinated without drugs but I have been paranoid
Usually because of drugs but I also feel bad intentions sometimes and that can be useful and annoying worth having tho
one of the few podcast i always enjoy listing to
great stuff
The bit on making up words reminds me of one of my favorite rappers "Tech N9ne" who has some form of schizofrenia and he's fairly open about it. He makes up words from time to time but i feel like thats more because he's a rapper than because of his disorder.
Depression, psychosis, schizophrenia can all be considered part of what is now called the Bipolar spectrum. They all are thought to have a genetic component(s) but are triggered by stress that can manifest in a number of ways from pre-natal virus infection, malnutrition, childhood trauma or even underdeveloped pre-frontal cortex in young people use of marijuana, i.e. related to levels of vulnerability. They are all associated with inflammation that is a kind of stress or result of stress. So, labelling them differently doesn't really help.
Rather than using dopamine agonists or antagonist is not really the right approach. The best is to try to attain homeostasis of neurotransmitters rather than allowing or even encouraging them to oscillate up and down in concentration. This is why retreating to a stable and calm environment is the best approach across the board. Another approach may be one of controlled induced coma (the kind with no dreams very much unlike dream) to allow the brain to heal itself.
The way I imagine it is the brain to be like a string musical instrument with strings snapping under pressure, interneuron connections collapsing and reforming chaotically. There are times when the brain will manage to repair itself but its ability to repair reduces through the number of repetitions of stress triggers.
You guys ever hear of the book Nutrient Power? Really good stuff on nutrient therapy alleviating the symptoms of so many mood disorders. I think a lot of people could benefit from reading it
You’re videos are great. I think Han Ryner is a forgotten thinker that you may enjoy and learn from.
Anything that threatens your existence can cause psychotic episodes
I've had thoughts that felt like I'd heard them aloud, but I didn't feel the tactile sensation of sound on my eardrums. Brain go brrrr.
Hey this video really helped me check my understanding. I appreciate the lovely curiosity you two radiate.
May you both be filled with grace and courage when navigating such novel and ever changing territory.
In my experience, awareness and narrative/belief are important to acknowledge. With recognition, we can accept that it is all co arising with everything else, interdependent with the web of life. Allow what is to be as it is. Delightful, quiet, still. Just for now my lovely.
Let us investigate with a curious, profound, open mindset. (Is this true? Is it valid? What am I leaving out of my understanding?, And where are the silver linings to all this unessecary misery and suffering? )..
Hey yous. Stop making it so fucking personal. Step back, ask yourself who you really are, ask it until you simply, gently, know without a shadow of a doubt, we are worthy of love, compassion, and forgiveness. We are worthy of mindfulness and insight into all of this. We are infinitely connected to love and equanimity; Be Here Now; Dearest, the quality of our lives, our health and the softening of our stress, our destinies depend on it.
Stay free and enjoy the ride 😂🍀 it's another damn miracle everyday.
i miss your podcasts sissy phus
Therapy aide at a homeless shelter so i definitely am aware of this
I like housecat’s music
I remember that the broca's area is about speech because it sounds like "Boca" which means mouth in spanish
id love to see you on a dr K podcast, i feel like you guys would have a lot to talk about.
Today is the first day I heard your channel named pronounced
hella interesting, ur becoming one of my favorite channels :)
Thank you for the amazing content as always.
how difficult was it to get into mcgill i want to do my graduate studies there
You... you the man
Big fan of your normal content, not so much of this episode. This is such an important topic to many who’s loved ones have psychosis/schizophrenia and the terms that have been thrown around in this episode (to include areas of the brain, neurotransmitters, different psychiatric diagnosis, behaviours and results of various papers) aren’t fully understandable by the lay listener. If I wasn’t a medical student I probably would have felt a bit disoriented. Last thing we need is lay listeners not fully understanding content then spreading misinformation. Props to you guys though, it takes a lot of courage and good will to try and break down such a Goliath of a topic.
I'm pretty sure I have the diathesis predisposing me to psychosis. During the summer, I got really sleep deprived and took some l-dopa and my senses and thoughts just kinda started melting into weirdness whenever I didn't consciously hold them in line.
that also just happens when you take too much l-dopa, regardless of predispositions. I’d imagine the sleep deprivation didn’t help either.
sleep deprivation induces a deliriant-like psychotomimetic state
discuss psychology more !!!
The podcast is back!! Yessss
god its finally fucking back i love you
Stopped at 22:35
YES thank you sisyphus!!
I don't actively follow your channel and haven't watched your vids in a while, and for this to come up on my feed is hopefully not a sign of me getting somethin
Glad it's back
Why are philosophers so obsessed with psychosis and schizophrenia?
it's the same in the other direction
:)
It unveils the unconcious
Back after that sweet 3 month hiatus
Please do narcissistic personality disorder
I had psychosis once from quitting weed cold turky that caused bad insomnia… Doctors say I shouldn’t smoke weed anymore but I fucking hate that, I love weed
Same thing happened to me when I quit cold turky a long while ago. The insomnia fucked me royaly. I stayed awake for atleast 5 days straight, cause I was afraid I was gonna die in my sleep for some reason, and I was in psycosis from it. In the mental hospital, I actually thought one of the workers or whatever was someone i sortof knew from highschool from the psycosis. and I kept on thinking I was reconizing strangers cause they looked like people I knew. I had delusions that my parents were trying to stear me in the wrong direction and that they were always lying to me. I did get sleep eventually, and im completely fine now.
Yeah this would be nice to talk about others types
Keep it going
I got me, me, me and me 😅
podcast still going :D
There are a lot more interesting negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
read deleuze and guattari
Im disappointed that it wasnt a hour of waiting music tbh
hi i love ur vids i hope youre doing well
Y'all kinda sound like two separate voices in one guy's head
Hey Sisyphus, love the content (and got a Soma and Bonsai tree shirts, dope merch).
My content is mostly related to the pathway to medicine/healthcare and mental health/psychiatry.
We also host lots of career advice and testimonials from people in medicine and other careers to help guide learners and those interested in the field, which overlaps a lot with philosophy and reflection in general too.
Would love to interview you as a psychology student in Canada as well as your passion and aptitude for philosophy, let me know if you think that could happen!
-Raman
Somebody tried psychs recently👀
i am schizophrenic and i have a gun
@@HealthyKaden shut up
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Drinking game: Take a drink every time either of them says “kind of”
Content!
Who smackin the dome during the recording
Smacking my sis’ dome
i am living in your walls
wait who's the other guy talking? he sounds familiar lol
Notif squad
Hi 😊 listen to “The Problem with The Solution” episode of the Invisibilia podcast! Related to why family tends to make psychotic illness worse (and more ;)
Thank you.
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Analysis on Foucault?
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im here really early
It’s like. Is like. And like. Also like. Because like. Yeah like. Actually like. But like. So like. Um like. Uh like. Well like. Then like
One criticism. Too many ads:/
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nice podcast but the image of all those heads within a head is giving me a bit of trypophobia.
guess im early
Same guy disliked this 9 times, because he is a schizophrenic
U guys are interesting...my sister has skitsoeffective disorder....let me just say ",holy shhhheeyit" nuttier that squirrel poop, and I have borderline personality disorder, I don't necessarily wanna be me, but Id really hate to be someone who betrays me, lol.....yeah....a big bag of crazy Here in this message lol awesome podcast tho.
I know this video doesn't deserve one, but I believe in free speech so:
USE ME AS A DISLIKE BUTTON (press like cuz dislikes on comments don't exist)