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Psychosis - expanding comfort zone

arfie
arfie

Varients of the word, "Psychosis" have been popping up all over my life lately. Most shocking of all, nobody seems to be talking about me when they are using the word. At least. . . Well. . . Ya never can tell when folks are dropping hints instead of just speaking their minds. . .Whatever those whatevers, I find myself wanting (?needing?) to be more comfortable with the word. I sure feel stiff, confused and dirty when I use it. Language freak that I am, I am starting with the etymology (word origin). Hope my copy and paste works here. . . Root word: "Psyche."psy·che1ˈsīkē/nounnoun: psyche; plural noun: psychesthe human soul, mind, or spirit."I will never really fathom the female psyche"synonyms:soul, spirit, (inner) self, ego, true being, inner man/woman, persona, subconscious, mind, intellect; technicalanima "getting in touch with your own psyche"antonyms:bodyOriginmid 17th century: via Latin from Greek psukhē ‘breath, life, soul.----------end of copy/paste-----------Not at all sure what I am reaching for here. Just reaching. . . Anything goes. . .

arfie
arfie
Oops. . . That sure did come out messy. . . Guess I was really just testing the limits of the new DS Interface. . .

;-0
Community LeaderLeo
Leo
The new DS has interface?! ... OK, so we have psyche and -osis.

Suffix meaning a process, condition, or state, usually abnormal or diseased; production or increase, physiologic or pathologic; an invasion or infestation; in the latter sense, it is similar to and often interchangeable with Greek -iasis, as seen in trichinosis, trichiniasis (courtesy some online pasting).

So... is it infestation, is it abnormal, I have no idea.... but I think "disrupted" works for me. B/c the abuse sure as heck disrupted my life and inner self.... My odd ramble in reply. Much support, Arfie.
johnnycake
johnnycake
"Psychotic" basically means "under the influence of psychosis," "psychologically too warped to be able to pass as normal, generally due to inability to percieve or correctly comprehend reality, as it is commonly experienced," and is the psycho-babble replacement for "possessed by demons". It is a door wide enough to fly through in a jumbo jet. There are many paths going and coming. It is a diagnosis with vague criteria, suggesting an undesirable condition but no definite treatment.

I just came to chat. What's going on, brother?
arfie
arfie
"Psyche" and "-Osis." Hm-m-m-m. . . Could "Psych-y-osis" be a new diagnosis? Especially when applied to computer interface bugs?

I always took "Psycho-babble" to be the latest psychology theories. By my second decade of Self-help book obsession, I was often accused of "Psycho-babbling." Several of my pro therapists were in that choir. I think I am beginning to agree with them.
Doo
Doo
I have been reading an interesting book by Malidoma Somé who talks about how western culture views these things as mental 'illness' but in his culture, the Dagara, they are spiritual emergencies, "These disturbances result when the person does not get assistance in dealing with the presence of the energy from the spirit realm." “Mental disorder, behavioral disorder of all kinds, signal the fact that two obviously incompatible energies have merged into the same field,”

Just my thoughts here... setting aside spirituality and physics, i have always wondered if our brain is not breaking down into psychosis but rather it is opening up another path into a part of the brain most people never access. Like johnycake says, too warped to pass as normal? Normal being the key word here. I think it is sad society dictates what is normal or not. Meh, babble away and call it what you like to call it ;)
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
Interesting stuff, Doo, as that Netflix Russell Brand film I posted about was approaching psychological issues as being spiritual at the same time, too. In the film's case it was addiction recovery through twelve step programs. But as I said in that post, it made me imagine parallels to our PTSD recovery and a way to draw strength from overlapping psychological and spiritual tools for greater effect.
arfie
arfie
I still think that "mental," "psychic" and "spiritual" are all synonyms. Just three of many. If you use the wrong word with the Right crowd, you just might end up being burned at the stake, or some such. Is there anything more frightening than A Righteous Club? Doesn't seem to matter what it is they are getting Righteous about.

On the physical end, I am quite enchanted with the "Brain Plasticity" theories coming out of Stockholm. They disagree with the notions that the brain is inflexibly structured and are working on ways to route new neural pathways around damaged brain centers. They agree with the notion that "dementia" and "psychosis" are a natural part of that physical process. I think. It is a massive chunk of comparatively new theory/research I am attempting to summarize. The Stockholm Brain Institute is a brainy collective by any definition of the word, "brainy."
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
I think that stigma does such harm to so many and this is another example unfortunately....

I had a good friend who has schizophrenia and we used to joke that of all of the disorders this is the one that no one wants to have
Sadly enough I said 'had' because he has schizophrenia of the paranoid type and he decided that he didn't like me or want to be my friend anymore out of the blue and it was later determined that he'd gone off of his medication

Psychosis is scary because we don't feel in control... I remember going through seeing 'shadow people' and hearing voices and feeling terror... Bloody awful stuff

So it's understanding that this word can conjure up unpleasant feelings I think for a number of reasons... Perhaps a trigger do you think Arf?

Big hug for you and a blessing...xo
arfie
arfie
The stigma is definitely the part that has me word-picking. In my own strictly personals, launching from a platform of child sex trafficking, "Psychotic," etc., never did feel like the nastiest stigmas ever thrown at me. Accepting that I had experienced "Psychotic Breaks," etc., and talking about the components within felt like hope that I can heal. The White Trash Whore stigmas never offered that hope. Still don't.

The folks who have been bringing that body of words into my life lately are far more word sensitive than I am. I am looking for ways to take the sting out of the stigmata while we discuss healing hopes and strategies. It helps to have freedom of speech while we discuss it.

Just hoping. . . The healing of one is the healing of us all.
johnnycake
johnnycake
I find hard topics easier to discuss here on DS because it is easy to step away. Even so, I try to avoid the trolls and the judgemental types.
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
The world is a better place because you're in it sweetie... .xo
arfie
arfie
Nose between paws. . . Blushing furiously. . .
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
Yeah, arfie, this is another one of your really good threads!
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