Why do patients always think they're Jesus? Psychosis Q&A

[@jaymesp95]

What meds were you put on?

[@bro5846]

Thank you for sharing Mike, these conversations are important. I've found with my manic episodes, which can present similarly to psychosis - I kind of "burn" through all the dopamine and serotonin in my brain - the worst part tends to be when the body cannot physically keep going and there is a feeling of being severely drained, depleted, depressed. Similar to a comedown from MDMA. Hope you're well mate! Take it easy

[@simmic3766]

Thank you for your answer. I have also asked a few people whom they know somebody suffering the same thing- 2 years! Oh my god! And thank you for highlighting that I shouldn’t bombard him with advices or suggestions to avoid barriers. I guess I’m just so desperate to see my son back to his good normal life. By the way, when he was discharged last June 2023 we still noticed some grandiose and delusions. So we were a bit scared that he might go back to Psychosis again but actually, after a week of being home, he’s kind of back to normal and apologising. Although he looks rigid in walking and moving around and mostly answers yes or no. I really appreciate you being in detailed with your experience. Thank you.

[@graceh7940]

can you do a video on what life after psychosis is like? i feel i’m really struggling with my cognitive abilities. i have no desire or decision making skills. i feel i lack empathy and emotion. i feel really stuck. i don’t know who i am or what to do. thank you for making these videos it really helps our community!

[@itsmikemcdonnell]

Here you go Grace 😄 kzbin.infoorzpid0WZmY

[@MatthewSmith-vk4ts]

The purpose of psychosis is individuation, which shares similar themes with mysticism, Jesus was a mystic. What better way to address your condition than to reject violence, reject lust, reject enmity, reject anger?

[@Maxine.Demian]

my delusions of reference led me to getting lost in a town I didn’t know for probably like 16 hours on Christmas My friend texted me that he was doing a “Christmas puzzle” and somehow I interpreted that as meaning I needed to solve a puzzle to find him (even though in actuality he was hundreds of miles away), and I was following street signs and wandering around for hours until the next day

[@maxwellmiller7]

For me, I thought that I was a Buddha.

[@chocolatecookie8571]

Okay. Well, I had a Muslim friend of mine who was in his 20's (typical age group for psychosis) and when he got into heavy psychosis even he, a practising Muslim, thought to be Jesus. And then when I read news articles from psychotic people many times comes forth that they think were Jesus. And then you also have Christians who don't seem psychotic but they think they are Jesus also. Perhaps they have mild psychosis even they are not aware of it. Ofcourse they wil say it is the holy ghost but one time this Christian came to me saying he was Jesus I just walked away. I thought that man was not sane. Then you gave an example of a person thinking he was Allah. So what is in common with psychotic people is this grandiose thinking. When they have this belief they are superpowers, whether it is Jesus, or Allah (or someone else).

[@itsmikemcdonnell]

Absolutely, grandiose is the word I was looking for. I’m working on my vocabulary and articulation, I promise 😆

[@chocolatecookie8571]

@@itsmikemcdonnell okay. Maybe you will like professor Sam Vaknin as well. He knows a few things about psychosis. Have a good day.