“We inhabit the same world but have different realities” I love that!

I have had one episode of psychosis. It lasted about a month, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. One interesting thing that I experienced during that horrible time that I would like to share is how your brain interprets everything different. Your perception of reality literally does a 180 turn. I remember watching sitcoms such as that 70's show and HIMYM and I couldn't grasp the humor, the conversations, and jokes of the shows. It all became alien and foreign.

@kylescott169

2 жыл бұрын

After coming out did your sense of humour and perception change? Was it just a period of sensitivity and change ?

@aperson9245

2 жыл бұрын

I must be in a perpetual state of psychosis where HIMYM is concerned.

@nicoletirado178

2 жыл бұрын

How did it go away?

@murraybalkwell9579

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicoletirado178 with medications the delusions fade from super intense to less and less intense same with what he is describing, I believed under my phycosis everything I watched was people trying to mess with me.

@hugoq2511

2 жыл бұрын

@@kylescott169 never thought of it as a period of sensitivity and change, that's a very interesting perspective.

The camera and editing team need to take a chill pill. It's a TedTalk, not an art film, guys.

@shikamarunara8920

5 жыл бұрын

Yup

@lesliegrimes5136

5 жыл бұрын

Yah!

@FromTheHealingWellSomatics

4 жыл бұрын

Stanley Kubrick!

@dulcejocelyn7102

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@theprettiestfnord2399

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's a subtle joke, along with the slight "offness" of some of the letters in Cambridge. I bet it's Tim and Eric

What if your "psychosis" brings a healthy and positive message? I got locked in two different mental hospitals. Both times I had come to realize that I had a bad outlook on life and tried to be more positive. I was taking walks, drinking water, reading philosophy, and writing creatively. Psychosis is when my hallucination doesn't match your hallucination. The more common hallucination isn't necessarily the better one.

@Jerusha.b_creations

4 жыл бұрын

Hmm that's interesting. I always noticed before I would have my psychosis episodes I would have a change in my mindset( positive mindset) and it went downhill from there.

@fanOM1000

4 жыл бұрын

sounds like ur not accepting its not a good thing ^^ would u prefer to imagine a pink world full of unicorns to reality? its ur choice but chose wisely

@mileslandry5359

4 жыл бұрын

It's not about our hallucinations not matching up its our perspective of reality the way you're brain communicates with itself is different from people without psychosis

@tomwright9904

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jerusha.b_creations Hmm, might that be mania or hypomania.

@tomwright9904

4 жыл бұрын

Hmm, so you could define psychosis in terms of the quality of thought processes rather than their validity.

I think the camera man is trying to give me psychosis

@coprographia

6 жыл бұрын

Shanghai Qatar EXACTLY what the hell

@Sanela1

6 жыл бұрын

:D

@dodoburner

6 жыл бұрын

hahahaha bože

@judygrey3024

5 жыл бұрын

Shanghai Qatar youre a dork lol

@nigelbiney2742

5 жыл бұрын

Sukyo Deekmane in context to the talk, maybe that is the point of the camera work. It's an object lesson, seeing something through the prism of your brain. As the camera changes angle and perspective, what does your brain do with the auditory input? Not everything said is spoken, watch it again.

I wouldn’t wish psychosis on anyone. It is the most terrifying and confusing thing I have ever been through in my life. It is sheer terror to not know what is happening to your mind. I just remember at one point while being in a locked room after being taken to the hospital by the police that I was watching Modern Family in my hospital room and at one point I had like 2 minutes of relief and I now love that show because I remember when it gave me a few minutes of peace when I was out of my mind. After my first episode of psychosis I never went back to normal. My baseline changed and now I have to work with a new me. It’s very depressing but that’s life and it isn’t fair but oh well.

@gemg5871

Жыл бұрын

It gets better bro... Trust me.

@Jabafish

Жыл бұрын

Do you still take medication?

There is nothing wrong with creating your own explanation for the world. Everyone does it. The problem is that when you're in this kind of states you can't get out. I've had three psychotic episodes. You can't sleep. You can't think rationally to feed yourself. You can't focus and talk to the ones you love that are right next you but you do see them and see the distress you create to yourself and them. You are lost in that world all because it is too satisfying to connect dots as you believe and it doesn't stop until you get medication for it.

What's with the camera angles and shots.. "zoom in, zoom out, get those blurry lights in there again, yea yea good... now get a shot of his feet on the red carpet... perfect..."

@dannygoldsmithmagic

7 жыл бұрын

Kelowna Busker this made me laugh :)

@otisobl

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I thought I was hallucinating for a moment.

@alainbos717

6 жыл бұрын

fok, I stopped paying attention to his life-less babbel and paying more attention to the rapid changing camera because of your comment.... I bet you most people will have forgotten a word he said which is a good thing because I assure you big pharmaceuticals would have lost millions if people listened and understood the implications of what this speaker (Paul Fletcher) wants to share.... I've pause to get rid of your noticeable notable post and will start this video again because I do want to hear what he is sharing.... (I mean it's a goddamn TED-talk, right ?)

@mikeyoutube9233

6 жыл бұрын

The backstage feet shot gave off a stalking serial killer feeling.

@justineelectra

6 жыл бұрын

maybe the film editor was having a psychosis

I had psychosis and was both the best time of my life and the worst . I still believe I was seeing another realm . I was just able to tap in .

@howsway2790

2 жыл бұрын

I still feel like some things were real. It had to have been.

@brianmcnary3960

2 жыл бұрын

@@howsway2790 totally.

@ChrissyWrites92

2 жыл бұрын

I agree . I believe I accidentally accessed my past lives during my first episode.

@brianmcnary3960

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChrissyWrites92 so cool , hard to handle for most . It’s an amazing ride .

@markusmeyer6391

Жыл бұрын

No, Brian. It was all delusions.

4:19 Horror film angle

@TheRealDahli

5 жыл бұрын

LMFAO

@user-gw1vi8cg6w

5 жыл бұрын

My mans about to get his cheeks clapped

@finngrant234

4 жыл бұрын

Haha

@professionalname5298

4 жыл бұрын

LMFAOO

@Soarinsky

4 жыл бұрын

Aahahahahhahaha xD

From a Celtic artist that suffered from psychosis my words on the game are short and sweet “ paranoid over previous attacks, losing his mind over unhealed wounds and trauma, but there was brightness ahead, the universe was testing him to see what kind of character he was or what kind of character he’ll become”! That’s my perception but everyone looks at the world through a different lense 👁️🇮🇪👊🏻☘️

David Bowie's long lost brother took a drastically different career path.

@nameohnezahlen

5 жыл бұрын

Austin Kuipers spot on haha

@ACEshredZ

4 жыл бұрын

came right to the comment section to look for "David Bowie"... of course I was not let down

@Israel_will_prevail

4 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this comment😂

@allloren7277

4 жыл бұрын

Funny this is brought up when his brother was lost to psychosis

@rosebulley4438

3 жыл бұрын

He looks like the goblin from the original live action spiderman movies

Omg is that what it feels like to have auditory hallucinations (a clip from the game at the end of the talk) ??? That is terrifying. I'm so sorry for anyone who has experienced that 😢

@MegaInfowars

4 жыл бұрын

It's not as accurate, I would say its weak compared to what it really is like

@loganconnally4361

3 жыл бұрын

It was more of a whisper for me, like someone didn't want to be heard but I could hear them, and always just missed finding them.

@B.M.1976

3 жыл бұрын

@@loganconnally4361 same here.

Had a psychotic episode years ago... had basically delusions. Can only describe it as a illness like in any other organ, where the brain malfunctioned and i was misinterpreting everything with uncontrolled imagination during that time.

@HighestNumberZero

5 жыл бұрын

What led you to have an episode?

@101quote

5 жыл бұрын

The exact cause is unknown. I was working as an internal medicine doctor at the time. I can only guess at the cause, a combination of high demanding job, emotional turmoil I was going through due to some personal issues and my brain's predisposition to the illness.

@leniamarkou3406

5 жыл бұрын

@@101quote Did you smoke weed?

@101quote

5 жыл бұрын

@@leniamarkou3406 no, never used any drugs

@nataashakhan2165

4 жыл бұрын

Please can you elaborate as my loved one is experiencing that now.

Reminds me of when I worked in a psychiatric facility. A patient with late stafe dementia kept saying the exact words Iwas thinking.

@MulhollandDr

4 жыл бұрын

What? Are you serious?

@roneckert9363

Ай бұрын

Telepathy

as someone who is recovering from my own psychosis, i think everyone should really focus on the auditory and visual examples he gave with the photo and the sentence. When u are amidst psychosis u subconsciously interpret everything (what people say, how people act, what media u ingest, [everything in ur visual/auditorial field of view]) as something with specific/great meaning. this can vary from person to person, but i can confidently say that your perception is completely warped because your "muscle memory" that helps u make sense of things (create ur perceptions) has been completely changed. some of the best insight i've seen on youtube about the subject, thanks!

@mxbj4364

2 жыл бұрын

Did you eventually have the need to take medication or is it all mental recovery?

@EmmettDerplin

2 жыл бұрын

@@mxbj4364 still not over and ive been medicated for most of these 6 months

@TheBatmanNerd

Жыл бұрын

This is very true to my experience with psychosis. It made every little thing very meaningful. I compare it to an almost spiritual experience.

as a person with much who has lived through 3 psychosis experiences -- I can say this is very encouraging research. I'm looking forward to the development of such games to come more into the mainstream. I believe it encourages normalization of the psychotic experience and can help to create a bridge in understanding. Thank you for sharing

Great basic communication on the concept of psychosis. It is also wonderful to see a TED talk on schizophrenia from the perspective of one who experiences its symptoms. I have suffered through months of a manic-psychotic state, and one day I would like to give my perspective on what the experience of full-blown mania, coupled with psychosis, is like.

@xJassix3

2 жыл бұрын

I also had month of a manic psychosis and I would love to hear your perspective on what it was like for you

@INFINITESYKOSIS

2 жыл бұрын

I can't say nothing cuz I will have the swat teams/bomb squads and Exorcists at my door

@dakotabusch7371

2 жыл бұрын

would you message me? I am nearing the end of my 2nd year in medical school and I am quite intrigued by both bipolar disorder and psychosis. It would be great to learn about your experience.

@mxbj4364

2 жыл бұрын

Did you eventually have to take medication?

@voice_from_pizza

2 жыл бұрын

@@dakotabusch7371 send me a message with your email, sure let’s talk

Nooo, that lecture didn't go nearly long enough. It was just an introduction. It was the most "rational" information on psychosis I've ever heard. Perhaps I need to consult a Neuro Scientist rather than a psychiatrist or neurologist for dealing with the psychosis, schizophrenia and temporal lobe epilepsy I live with. The most disenabling aspect of these conditions is coping with the stigma, prejudice and ignorance of others. This man is brilliant at what he does. Why do Poms make such good public speakers? I've been on a Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hutchins binge. I will have to watch this again to get this man's name to research his work to learn more from him. This would be the best TED presentation I've seen so far. Excellent!

@rangerkush7526

5 жыл бұрын

Your years of drug abuse coming to an end. Druggy

@andrewringo6794

5 жыл бұрын

fake comment lmao

@anomalousoddity

5 жыл бұрын

Love this and completely agree. Also love how you call us poms lol

@ayushro4

3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to know more about how you're dealing with the above!

Fantastic talk, and tbh I liked the camera angles. Far more interesting than focusing on one person lecturing on-stage. In particular, I like the shot at 7:00 of the random dude passed out in the audience

@jenss.3613

4 жыл бұрын

I laughed 😀

I too can summarize this in three seconds. "Perceptions aren't reality and neither are words." Thank you very much.

In altered consciousness i go to a different place entirely, i see thru the matrix, i see thru the lie that holds the masses in submission, in oppression, in fear and self hatred

@marciemartin5518

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly, that’s why they want to label it as mental illness - you are actually going sane and see the truth. Psychosis has very thin or any veils. It’s usually an awakening of sorts. It’s beautiful

@dwasd6951

3 жыл бұрын

Yep it’s the devils design only way outta this bs is through the Lord Jesus Christ

As a person who has suffered multiple episodes that last clip it quite accurate but also imagine it in a real life setting day in and out with no sleep. It's exhaustive and traumatic.

That's a really nice carpet

My gosh that video was terrifying! My sister has been in psychosis for a few months now and that video crushed me. Though her voices don’t seem mean at all. Mostly helpful in nature. My voice is the predominant voice she hears. Sometimes that voice tells her silly things like turn the A/C on or off or tells her she has to eat more. I just want her back to normal and I hope that happens some day.

I am someone who has suffered from serve drug phychosis self inflicted by on own doing, however I believe I should mention it was my own way of healing after a serve domestic violence relationship that left me with undigionesed ptsd . having now coming out the other side I truely appreciated your genuine and exceptional empathy approach to what is becoming a un digeniosed and deeply misunderstood way of society.. Thank you this exact presentation is what helps me see hope within my boundaries of a brighter happier and more forfulied life.

this lecture i believe relates deeply to the camera men & the editors haha

@alainbos717

6 жыл бұрын

Very observant of you, perhaps you can see what's around the corner when you 'follow the money', hm ? TED has banned multiple TED-talks that speak out against what society perceives as normal..... (yes, there are a whole lot of people living on this pancake ;-)

@devontecaples1993

6 жыл бұрын

+Alain Bos (albo) damn

@jessstanford6115

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@telana

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@katalincsikasz4243

2 жыл бұрын

The only reason why we we have a little little more more money that I I toto pay

rip camera man's job

@reesepeace8693

5 жыл бұрын

minty oreos lol

@shikamarunara8920

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao

I personally have experienced multiple psychoses. And found this video very reassuring and affirmative around the evidence around the evolvement of psychosis. Without going in on my personal story I agree that the game they are making CAN be triggering and should be observed with great caution for people that have been through these experiences. I've actually wanted to make a game myself to visually describe the experience so others could get a hint of how it was.But I did not have the resources to make that possible. Glad someone is making it happens. Tho it can be misleading since every psychosis is different from person to person. So I hope they are interviewing a broad spectrum of brave individuals to cover as much as possible. Personally, I found the little video he ended with triggering myself, so I'm ambivalently curious about the final product. All in all, Grateful for this progress we as a collective consciousness are making when it comes to psychology. And also grateful for my personal experience with psychosis - in retrospective tho. Would not give my worst enemy a psychosis if I could... Bless!

@SBecktacular

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you- I hope things are going well for you.. If only more people could have your strength- I think this world could be a better place.. Peace

@Yotaciv

5 жыл бұрын

Jung had it all figured out when he spoke of the anima possession. Seems you've clued into that though.

@vaporosoez

5 жыл бұрын

I agree with you. I have the same concerns regarding the game or how the knowledge is used.

I was diagnosed with bipolar in my senior year of high school. The key to full recovery is finding the right combination of medicines and not giving up until you do. My psychosis was caused by a chemical imbalance and my healing was a miracle of science. I have a good therapist. I go to AA three nights a week. I run four miles every morning. And I meditate every night. But without my medicine I get hospitalized four times a year. With it I never get hospitalized at all.

@DeeKz777

5 жыл бұрын

im glad you are coping, but that is not a full recovery. Your meds are stopping the process from completing. Try tapering off the meds and ramping up the meditiation? :)

@ravensteiner671

5 жыл бұрын

@@DeeKz777 DO NOT ever recommend someone go off their meds. This can lead to relapse and potentially life threatening resurgences of awful symptoms. THIS IS DANGEROUS. Do not go off any medications without pre planning with the trained professional who is providing them. If your provider is not listening to you are refusing to address your issues with your meds, seek a different health care provider.

@lbe

5 жыл бұрын

@@DeeKz777 OMG! This is such a dangerous piece of advice! Please remove it :( I know you might mean well, but for people with bipolar with psychosis or a schizophrenic disorder - this is the WORST and most dangerous advice you could give. Someone who has a mental illness with psychosis, diagnosis in early stages, who is resistant to medication or coming to terms with it and is experiencing side effects... this is the most dangerous advice for them to read. Certain mental illnesses are not like a common cold you can try treat with honey and lemon and a week of antibiotics! PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WRITE IN PUBLIC VIEW... you are potentially endangering people's lives, including caregivers. Please take it from a primary caregiver like me, who has a sibling with bipolar. It's a lifelong ailment - not a common cold. Sorry, but your advice is just so wreckless :(

@lbe

5 жыл бұрын

@@ravensteiner671 Thank you so very much for making your comment. Every bit of help is needed to educate the masses on mental illness and why medication is sometimes critical - especially for lifelong mental illness with psychosis. When my brother tried to take himself off meds, his psychosis was terrifying and horribly traumatic.

@finngrant234

4 жыл бұрын

Chemical imbalance...😂

As a person disabled with schizophrenia, I say that the video game footage at the end disappointed me but the talk itself was phenomenal and extremely extremely vitally important.

@fiatlux8792

6 жыл бұрын

fen labyrinth I also have scizophrenia I relate quite well to the game footage.

This is the best speech/Ted Talk/whatever 2022 🤔…. and most articulate (non diagnostic/stigmatizing) explanation of the complex and COMMON condition that is mental illness I have ever heard. I scrolled to educate myself on something tonight - but my story is irrelevant isn’t it? Thank you sir. Let’s look at the pain we hold inside from the outside world *first.* It is only then, that we can apply that experience to the inside being trying to conform and diagnose him or her. This I believe is the the base theorem you mention. Society is kinder to kittens no? Why can’t we be as kindly aware of humans, born as kittens without choice, who, tragically, but by the will of creation perceive the world in terrifying ways? Are we terrified of these “other” people or are we terrified if the possibility that what they see might mean affect us? Most humans, to me, are “insane” for having literally having no compassion for this PHYSICAL issue affecting our own kind. We must, and I mean must, accept that we are all born human and no one chooses pain and mental illness. Lastly, after years of education, practice, and my own human experience, I know that what is heard and seen by those who see the terrifying is more valuable than you or your neighbor acting properly-with silent dismissal and a rush to meds and judgment. It is a way for us evolve emotionally, scientifically and as a race of beings. Best

Scary, we all are under some level of psychosis at any given time based on our perception and prior knowledge.

Excellent talk really have to hand it to you this man should be heard far and wide.

Listen to his presentation... Spot ON!

Hellblade was a magnificent game, even experienced by someone not unfamiliar with psychosis. It has this way of stimulating your hearing and vision so that the game is all encompassing. Insistent is the best word I can use to describe it. It becomes less the mechanics of the game pulling you forward and more the voices, visual distortions and panic pushing from behind. It feels good to be represented. For the neurotypical to experience something very similar to what many of us have or continue to experience in a way that is not harmful. It is a very lonely thing to have to battle your own mind.

I had a dream about a man explaining reality to me in a hallway. There were gears on the walls and immediately when I “got it” and understood what he was saying, the gears started to turn and color filled the room. This may be psychosis, but I think that dream was telling the future as I now understand reality in a clearer view and-wait... I’m honestly not sure. The weird camera angles and shots really made this feel like a dream as well. Very interesting.

that bit with the game, hits the nail on the head.

This was really good and it brought to the awareness how tentative reality is.. And how I think most people take their brain’s Ability to make sense of Information coming in for granted. I have the utmost respect for people who deal with Psychosis on a day to day basis... I can only try to imagine the horror, fear, uncertainty and isolation.. But these people live with it everyday- never REALLY knowing or secure in their understanding of existence.. My heart breaks for them.

@USN23

Жыл бұрын

Gee thx!

I suffered delusions and hallucinations. I also suffered from bipolar. The church failed me. They demonized me. I dealt with spiritual abuse. I now have ptsd. I believe in doctors and medications. I thank God for my doctor and medications. I don’t go to church anymore. I’m into new age instead. I meditate a lot and it helps me.

@bigboss-qv7pe

4 жыл бұрын

I, I, I. Your sentences are subpar.

A great TED Talk... extremely well thought out.

I have been in horrifying states of psychosis. I have also been in wonderful states of psychosis. I have had states that were at once terrifying and beautiful. I think when the experiences are positive we label them differently. (Powerful religious experiences. Spiritual breakthroughs. Visitations by lost loved ones.) The scary/paranoid experiences are considered illness and the perceptions insanity. The positive ones are often welcomed and accepted as god or the universe or your higher mind telling you something deeply true. I believe that both types can be valuable for growth. I’ve done trauma work to address the horror of some of my psychotic states and my experience has always been that those dark episodes were me desperately trying to confront really important issues I was unable/unwilling to acknowledge in my ‘sane’ state. Some of my experiences were terrible and included a lot of physical selfharm - but I value all those experiences because they were mine and because I often found a deep wisdom trying to express itself in these psychotic states.

SO IMPRESSED TY

I love this so much! I was just thinking that spirituality and psychosis were one in the same, but this is taking it one step further, and I love it!

@brianmcnary3960

2 жыл бұрын

Agree , we have the capability to tap into other realms. Some just have abilities to do so . I had died before and after that experience I was able to do so . I could play the drums and was never able to do so before. I could predict things too . It faded after time .

@sutapagoswami116

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianmcnary3960 In the non-western world, you would be called to have the gifts of shamanism. I would say look into the ted talk 'psychosis or spiritual awakening' by Phil Borges.

I liked the camera work. And the ideas were very important to me. Well said, well done.

I had thyroid storms and I would have psychosis for 6 years and I was aware of what was going on around me and it definitely wasn't what you see when you don't have psychosis and it very much feels like the time is extremely different and for some reason you can't communicate with the people around you even if you can hear your own mind saying the correct word

this needs to be understood around the world i feel this man will change the world

This is an excellent video, Paul. Should have at least 500k views and growing. For me, you delivered the content in a confident yet relaxed manner that made the video a compelling and gripping watch. Informative and insightful stuff. Nice one, fella.

@GHETTOspiri

Жыл бұрын

almost 500k ;)

This was extremely useful for me. I suffer from psychosis and i pick up voices when people talk and feel they talk about me. I know some of it, if not all is delusion.. but it is stressful..

@MerlinusAmbrosius

2 жыл бұрын

check steve nobel channel.

@USN23

Жыл бұрын

Isn't it though. It's like trying to convince your brain that somethings not going on or is it just trying to ignore something that may very well be going on

@sirmonkey3215

Жыл бұрын

@@USN23 yep that pretty much sums it up

@USN23

Жыл бұрын

@Sir Monkey I try to clock how long I'm wrestling with my own brain to find clarity. It seems the more I argue w/ myself the more it "amps" it up. I'm now attempting to time how long it lasts when I let it kinda' of just stream through my head. . .along w/ all the other mental health coping mechanisms that I've in place. I really am trying to avoid medication when deep down I really don't feel I'm the one w/ the problem.

@sirmonkey3215

Жыл бұрын

@@USN23 I am pretty okay as long as i stay away from caffeine.. because that is a huge trigger for me. I do take a med in the evening tho.. kind of a low dose of antipsychotic.

One of the few people i have listened to in this world whom doesn't try to impose a false sense of perception in order to receive validation from those around them... I could learn something from this guy

Brilliant seeing early footage of Senuas Sacrifice like that, how far its come

just realized he's talking about Hellblade(the video game part). I was curious about psychosis since playing the game and i never would have imagined I'd run into a video with one of the people who collaborated with the creators to make such a haunting experience of a game

Thanks a lot for this wonderful explanation, i experience two years ago a psychotic episode that lasted two and a half months and I'm still trying to understand it fully but the more time passes the more clarity i get on what happened , part of it was definitely from vitamin mineral deficiencies, including especially omega 3s.

@lindaperez2750

Жыл бұрын

How did you get over it if u don’t mind me asking

I think the editing is trying to suggest that language (of film, say) or perception is based on expectation, and when you get inputs that defy that expectation, they can seem bizarre or meaningless or misplaced without that supporting framework of experience to make sense out of them. But they drawing attention away from the speaker and so maybe doing him a disservice.

Great presentation. Very deep, profound ideas... and when he brought up Hellblade, I lost it. I loved that game, and forgot he was the one who helped them make it. Awesome video.

@Gemosiku

2 жыл бұрын

Bro I was shocked when he mentioned about a female celtic warrior who suffers from psychosis and hallucinations. Really enjoyed that game

very well explained 👍

thank you!!!

I've experienced drug-induced psychosis before. While playing Hellblade it really felt like I was experiencing the same. It's pretty accurate.

Everything has an infinite number of interpretations and a very finite number of viable ones; inference isn't poorly effective, it's the most viable method, hence it evolving.

great talk. thanks

I didn't know this guy was involved with Senua's Sacrifice! That's awesome.

@LegitAndy360

3 жыл бұрын

I did

6:18, very fascinating

Brilliant!

Thank you

Great talk. Neuroscience is so interesting.

I don't think its still in print, but I recommend "Madness and Modernism: Insanity in the light of modern art, literature, and thought" By Louis A, Sass Ph.D. Harvard University Press

Hellblade : senua's sacrifice! That game gets me so emotional I am still finding courage to complete it. 10/10

1:03 is where i started to take more note of the filming than the lecture. concentration is key for this one.

That demo gave me the chills, good ambiance and transfer of experience. Good talk, makes sekse.

I had headphones in and that game clip scared the complete hell out of me. 10/10

@e.c.winner7252

6 жыл бұрын

The nanosecond that clip started, I ripped the headphones off and threw them on the floor -- before I even realized I had done it. This does not bode well.... I just bought the game, but haven't played any of it yet. ;-;

@harveypurnell3660

6 жыл бұрын

U are soooo right...like two seconds in I was about to light a cigarette and u threw it and the light down and hurry up and reached for the mute button on the remote..LMFAO....funny in retrospect but not funny for real!!

@Kochou00

5 жыл бұрын

I had headphones in as well and had to rip them off cause that mimics what I already experience daily in the back of my mind and could very well pull it to forefront of my attention and send me into a psychotic episode.. I'm glad it was short but that was a huge nope!

@ginavega1892

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to my reality

The Monty P reference was awesome.

Seriously when the voice vispered they're comming I freaked! Ive heard that before, exept it said its comming. It was right after banging on the wall and I sat up fast and saw a little dark creature(child size) in my hallway. It ran when I saw it.. I was utterly terrified.. I hope that never happens again. Messed me up..

Good insights into HOW some hallucinations are generated, but not much about WHY some people perceive things so differently. Another thing......the voices in the video game are not just a unique interpretation of auditory sensory input; they are created out of dead silence.

@mousynco

7 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking, could they be created by an intense fear? Perhaps from the other sensory inputs? Like a defense mechanism?

@RaysDad

7 жыл бұрын

+Margit I think you are right. There is much to be fearful of in our lives, yet most people learn to live with a certain amount of confidence. But if the environment isn't supportive (bad parents, bullies at school, etc.) a person will probably develop defenses, either hallucinations or something else.

@gaganjangle2276

7 жыл бұрын

Ray's Dad Ray's Dad it can't be a defense mechanism bc everyone uses defense mechanisms so why don't we all hallucinate now and then? There's periods in everyone's lives where they been neglected or bullied. Maybe it's underlying genetics and environment

@mousynco

7 жыл бұрын

Gagan Jangle partially genetics, but definitely a combi of nature and nurture, I think. Everybody and their psyches handles things, trauma, differently. Everybody's sensitivity is different.

@gaganjangle2276

7 жыл бұрын

Margit yeah true there is a combination of both but if you don't have the underlying vulnerability you won't develop it in my opinion. Like not sleeping for days can make everyone hallucinate but won't get them a illness diagnosis. It may trigger episode for those with diff genetics. i believe

I only just finished the game Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice the other day. It was really, really good!

Very interesting.

Profound!

Its pretty clear to me...think about it everyone!!!

Great talk. I will be interested to see the film mentioned.

@LegitAndy360

3 жыл бұрын

It's a video game based off psychosis

So good ❤️😢 truely so good ❤️❤️❤️

3:42 - 4:08 I can see how losing the ability to do this accurately is essentially the backbone of psychosis. I have lost my ability to do this on LSD before, although instead of delusion it resulted in slight confusion and giggling as I tried to figure out what I was looking at.

I have the same carpet, it's from IKEA lol

@mokilechat

5 жыл бұрын

hi St. Dymphna! good to see you after so many years

I am the way to the ressurection

great content. think it was the weird camera angles throughout might have put ppl off

@yfoog

7 жыл бұрын

lol

@sunwolf87

5 жыл бұрын

I think the camera angles were part of the presentation. It WAS about psychosis after all...

@shikamarunara8920

5 жыл бұрын

Camera man had psychosis and was hallucinating

Your perception is your personal reality

Cool talk

best video ever

I have psychosis.. Or one of the variations of it. Not as bad as some.. But not as good as other.. The clip from the game at the end is a good way to discribe my condition.. Just with out the visual effect.. But like those voices were calling him a coward.. Or telling him to run away.. Fits well.

The game he's talking about is Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, and it is a work of art. Fletcher is the keystone of building Senua's broken mind. I think the reviews have covered it enough, but Id personally give this game a 9/10

Legendary

Hellblade was so well done, thank you all for that. Can't wait for the sequel ;)

I've got schizophrenia after a head injury and drug assault. My psychosis feels like a nightmare, although I'm awake and I don't know I'm having a nightmare.

I can relate to this so well! But the close minded psychiatrics prescribe harmful drugs without even knowing how to fix themselves. SUCH IGNORANCE!

I had a pschosis episode brought on by sudden depression and stress i suffered my 1st year of college. Its so odd looking back on how i felt at that time. I was noticing things that all were connected and to me seemed more than coincidence. I thought food was poisoned so i lost a bunch of weight. I suffered extreme chest pain in the night 1 night so then i was afraid to sleep and when i did sleep i had nightmares relating to the scientology building down the street that led me to briefly believe they had done something to me that was causing these delusions. I also feared cars were following me etc. Idk how i overcame it...i came out of the other side with no medication. I think what helped was talking to people i trusted and asking them if they thought we were being followed or to test a food for me b4 i ate it. It was embarrassing but i would tell them "i know what im asking seems absurd but its real to me so just answer me like its a normal question" it did help a lot and im much better now although randomly ill get a small bit of paranoia but i can talk myself down

Great talk BTW

I have often said, we're all crazy, the only difference is some of us realise it

So for those of us who have experienced psychosis, we are in a fairly privileged position. I can tell those of you who haven't experience of it, after this talk you will still know nothing about it 😄😄😄

@mrg2584

10 ай бұрын

Could you please give more detail to the actual experience of having psychosis, of course if you feel comfortable doing so

That last clip is literally my brain

my own problem with the game is that the voices are so articulate whereas psychosis doesn't really give that coherent of a sentence

@imagin.e.ternity

4 жыл бұрын

What game?

@reducedtoatoms327

3 жыл бұрын

@@imagin.e.ternity Hellblade, the game that he were talking about in the video

@imagin.e.ternity

3 жыл бұрын

@@reducedtoatoms327 oh, gotcha

I had psychosis for a time and nearly kms for it. Some of the things ive hallucinated will marr my conscience for the rest of my life.

thoughts and emotions create our realities! Raising our frequency opens up higher consciousness and infinite wisdom

@B.M.1976

3 жыл бұрын

Don't eat for days, lay in your bed. Higher state will appear. At least with me.

@B.M.1976

3 жыл бұрын

@Puggelicious yes.