Psychosis: Bending Reality to See Around the Corners | Paul Fletcher | TEDxCambridgeUniversity

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  • Psychosis is a highly misunderstood condition. In this talk, Paul illustrates the condition's complexity, taking apart how our brains perceive reality by reinventing illusions around us. If perception is just a form of controlled hallucination, what does that make hallucination?
    Paul Fletcher is the Bernard Wolfe Professor of Health Neuroscience at the Department of Psychiatry in Cambridge, and works at the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute.
    This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

Komentáře • 740

  • @knottyinks1
    @knottyinks1 Před 7 měsíci +10

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

  • @hugoq2511
    @hugoq2511 Před 3 lety +212

    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
      @kylescott169 Před 2 lety +7

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

    • @aperson9245
      @aperson9245 Před 2 lety +14

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

    • @nicoletirado178
      @nicoletirado178 Před 2 lety +2

      How did it go away?

    • @murraybalkwell9579
      @murraybalkwell9579 Před 2 lety +5

      @@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
      @hugoq2511 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @jenniferrossiter7072
    @jenniferrossiter7072 Před 5 lety +374

    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
      @Jerusha.b_creations Před 4 lety +32

      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
      @fanOM1000 Před 4 lety +8

      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
      @mileslandry5359 Před 4 lety +20

      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
      @tomwright9904 Před 4 lety +6

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

    • @tomwright9904
      @tomwright9904 Před 4 lety +5

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

  • @dean7301
    @dean7301 Před 6 lety +521

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

  • @DdotTindall
    @DdotTindall Před 7 lety +940

    I think the camera man is trying to give me psychosis

    • @coprographia
      @coprographia Před 6 lety +12

      Shanghai Qatar EXACTLY what the hell

    • @Sanela1
      @Sanela1 Před 6 lety +2

      :D

    • @dodoburner
      @dodoburner Před 6 lety +2

      hahahaha bože

    • @judygrey3024
      @judygrey3024 Před 5 lety

      Shanghai Qatar youre a dork lol

    • @nigelbiney2742
      @nigelbiney2742 Před 5 lety +13

      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.

  • @lunamoran2463
    @lunamoran2463 Před rokem +38

    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
      @gemg5871 Před rokem +2

      It gets better bro... Trust me.

    • @Jabafish
      @Jabafish Před rokem

      Do you still take medication?

  • @michael_se_music
    @michael_se_music Před 7 lety +857

    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
      @dannygoldsmithmagic Před 7 lety +25

      Kelowna Busker this made me laugh :)

    • @otisobl
      @otisobl Před 7 lety +25

      Thanks, I thought I was hallucinating for a moment.

    • @alainbos717
      @alainbos717 Před 7 lety +15

      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
      @mikeyoutube9233 Před 7 lety +16

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

    • @justineelectra
      @justineelectra Před 7 lety +39

      maybe the film editor was having a psychosis

  • @brianmcnary3960
    @brianmcnary3960 Před 2 lety +51

    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
      @howsway2790 Před 2 lety +12

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

    • @brianmcnary3960
      @brianmcnary3960 Před 2 lety +1

      @@howsway2790 totally.

    • @brianmcnary3960
      @brianmcnary3960 Před 2 lety +2

      @Christine - Flylike92 so cool , hard to handle for most . It’s an amazing ride .

    • @markusmeyer6391
      @markusmeyer6391 Před rokem +1

      No, Brian. It was all delusions.

    • @Naveed123abc
      @Naveed123abc Před 7 měsíci

      How did your psychosis end? I’d love to learn about your experience.

  • @christoskalisperatis4808
    @christoskalisperatis4808 Před 5 lety +37

    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.

  • @locallion1218
    @locallion1218 Před 6 lety +175

    4:19 Horror film angle

  • @rb26s15
    @rb26s15 Před 11 měsíci +5

    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 👁️🇮🇪👊🏻☘️

  • @101quote
    @101quote Před 5 lety +133

    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
      @HighestNumberZero Před 5 lety +2

      What led you to have an episode?

    • @101quote
      @101quote Před 5 lety +23

      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
      @leniamarkou3406 Před 5 lety +5

      @@101quote Did you smoke weed?

    • @101quote
      @101quote Před 5 lety +12

      @@leniamarkou3406 no, never used any drugs

    • @nataashakhan2165
      @nataashakhan2165 Před 4 lety +2

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

  • @Twirble
    @Twirble Před 6 lety +14

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

  • @hssu9076
    @hssu9076 Před 4 lety +26

    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
      @MegaInfowars Před 4 lety +9

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

    • @loganconnally4361
      @loganconnally4361 Před 3 lety +7

      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
      @B.M.1976 Před 3 lety +1

      @@loganconnally4361 same here.

  • @EmmettDerplin
    @EmmettDerplin Před 2 lety +35

    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
      @mxbj4364 Před 2 lety

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

    • @EmmettDerplin
      @EmmettDerplin Před 2 lety

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

    • @TheBatmanNerd
      @TheBatmanNerd Před rokem +4

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

  • @austinkuipers6087
    @austinkuipers6087 Před 6 lety +141

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

    • @nameohnezahlen
      @nameohnezahlen Před 5 lety +3

      Austin Kuipers spot on haha

    • @ACEshredZ
      @ACEshredZ Před 4 lety +1

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

    • @Israel_will_prevail
      @Israel_will_prevail Před 4 lety

      I was looking for this comment😂

    • @allloren7277
      @allloren7277 Před 4 lety

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

    • @rosebulley4438
      @rosebulley4438 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @hannahmerchant7268
    @hannahmerchant7268 Před 3 lety +51

    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

  • @ngdukic
    @ngdukic Před 6 lety +68

    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
      @rangerkush7526 Před 5 lety

      Your years of drug abuse coming to an end. Druggy

    • @LavontariusDudnahakla
      @LavontariusDudnahakla Před 5 lety

      fake comment lmao

    • @anomalousoddity
      @anomalousoddity Před 5 lety

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

    • @ayushro4
      @ayushro4 Před 3 lety

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

  • @voice_from_pizza
    @voice_from_pizza Před 5 lety +55

    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
      @xJassix3 Před 2 lety +3

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

    • @INFINITESYKOSIS
      @INFINITESYKOSIS Před 2 lety +4

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

    • @dakotabusch7371
      @dakotabusch7371 Před 2 lety +1

      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
      @mxbj4364 Před 2 lety +1

      Did you eventually have to take medication?

    • @voice_from_pizza
      @voice_from_pizza Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @sprklsht5488
    @sprklsht5488 Před 6 lety +72

    That's a really nice carpet

  • @joshuaamy3010
    @joshuaamy3010 Před 7 lety +66

    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

  • @user-bl9cz5fd2b
    @user-bl9cz5fd2b Před 5 lety +14

    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
      @marciemartin5518 Před 5 lety +8

      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
      @dwasd6951 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @selinafin
    @selinafin Před 6 lety +7

    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.

  • @sharonannebrowning1942
    @sharonannebrowning1942 Před 7 lety +21

    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.

  • @TommyThor9909
    @TommyThor9909 Před 6 lety +29

    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
      @DeeKz777 Před 5 lety +3

      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
      @ravensteiner671 Před 5 lety +18

      @@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
      @lbe Před 5 lety +4

      @@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
      @lbe Před 5 lety +2

      @@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
      @finngrant234 Před 4 lety

      Chemical imbalance...😂

  • @johnpfmcguire
    @johnpfmcguire Před 5 lety +3

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

  • @simengeorg
    @simengeorg Před 7 lety +85

    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
      @SBecktacular Před 6 lety

      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
      @Yotaciv Před 5 lety

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

    • @vaporosoez
      @vaporosoez Před 5 lety

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

  • @dasociety129113
    @dasociety129113 Před 7 lety +168

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

    • @alainbos717
      @alainbos717 Před 7 lety +4

      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
      @devontecaples1993 Před 6 lety

      +Alain Bos (albo) damn

    • @jessstanford6115
      @jessstanford6115 Před 3 lety

      🤣🤣

    • @telana
      @telana Před 3 lety +1

      😂

    • @katalincsikasz4243
      @katalincsikasz4243 Před 3 lety

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

  • @kookykreek
    @kookykreek Před rokem +1

    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.

  • @fenlabyrinth
    @fenlabyrinth Před 6 lety +3

    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
      @fiatlux8792 Před 6 lety +1

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

  • @Bonesy
    @Bonesy Před 6 lety +163

    rip camera man's job

  • @bloodfluke7530
    @bloodfluke7530 Před 6 lety +8

    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.

  • @playerj8574
    @playerj8574 Před 7 lety +1

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

  • @shawnmartin4514
    @shawnmartin4514 Před 6 lety

    Listen to his presentation... Spot ON!

  • @carfincap
    @carfincap Před 2 lety +3

    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

  • @speculesgorgoth4055
    @speculesgorgoth4055 Před 4 lety

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

  • @jason4547
    @jason4547 Před 5 lety +1

    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

  • @maxfilippini4288
    @maxfilippini4288 Před 6 lety +2

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

  • @clivecarter2833
    @clivecarter2833 Před 6 lety +3

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

  • @skinnynick
    @skinnynick Před 4 lety +5

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

  • @kendallspinas605
    @kendallspinas605 Před 2 lety +2

    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.

  • @literaljones6712
    @literaljones6712 Před 4 lety +13

    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
      @brianmcnary3960 Před 2 lety +5

      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
      @sutapagoswami116 Před 2 lety +3

      @@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.

  • @SBecktacular
    @SBecktacular Před 6 lety +9

    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.

  • @daphnewallis
    @daphnewallis Před 5 lety

    SO IMPRESSED TY

  • @fluffyclouds4303
    @fluffyclouds4303 Před 5 lety

    great talk. thanks

  • @johnshrader1655
    @johnshrader1655 Před 6 lety

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

  • @bogusidentification
    @bogusidentification Před 7 lety +1

    very well explained 👍

  • @sirmonkey3215
    @sirmonkey3215 Před 3 lety +7

    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
      @MerlinusAmbrosius Před 3 lety

      check steve nobel channel.

    • @USN23
      @USN23 Před rokem +1

      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
      @sirmonkey3215 Před rokem +1

      @@USN23 yep that pretty much sums it up

    • @USN23
      @USN23 Před rokem +1

      @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
      @sirmonkey3215 Před rokem +2

      @@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.

  • @OliveiraUriel
    @OliveiraUriel Před 7 dny

    HellBlade, the game from NinjaStudio he mentions, is the best depiction of psychosis I've ever seen. It's just genius

  • @matiasbascunan8051
    @matiasbascunan8051 Před 2 lety +7

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

  • @johnmcdevitt4750
    @johnmcdevitt4750 Před rokem +1

    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.

  • @nofapSally
    @nofapSally Před 5 lety +1

    Great talk. Neuroscience is so interesting.

  • @Motivationlife-cz9fk
    @Motivationlife-cz9fk Před 6 lety

    thank you!!!

  • @BaronPowerTraining
    @BaronPowerTraining Před 5 lety +6

    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
      @Gemosiku Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @merlinaramirez7271
    @merlinaramirez7271 Před 5 lety +5

    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

  • @gaiainanna9069
    @gaiainanna9069 Před 5 lety +13

    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
      @lindaperez2750 Před rokem

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

  • @r.balasubramaniam682
    @r.balasubramaniam682 Před 5 lety

    Thank you

  • @JanCarol11
    @JanCarol11 Před 7 lety

    Brilliant!

  • @jesseorth8244
    @jesseorth8244 Před 4 lety

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

  • @delta-9969
    @delta-9969 Před 6 lety +31

    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.

  • @themoffitdunsterconnection7605

    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

  • @guestandsons
    @guestandsons Před 7 lety

    Very interesting.

  • @waves9832
    @waves9832 Před 2 lety

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

  • @TheJacklikesvideos
    @TheJacklikesvideos Před 2 lety +3

    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.

  • @wcatholic1
    @wcatholic1 Před 6 lety +5

    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

  •  Před 6 lety

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

  • @jefferson878
    @jefferson878 Před 3 lety

    So good ❤️😢 truely so good ❤️❤️❤️

  • @aragorntheranger
    @aragorntheranger Před 5 lety +6

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

  • @Redstar2613
    @Redstar2613 Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @JustinSleiman
    @JustinSleiman Před 4 lety

    6:18, very fascinating

  • @thebestever1795
    @thebestever1795 Před 5 lety

    Cool talk

  • @michaelbennett5848
    @michaelbennett5848 Před 3 měsíci

    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.

  • @jennifersmith2497
    @jennifersmith2497 Před 5 lety

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

  • @zeusamplification4245
    @zeusamplification4245 Před 7 lety +1

    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.

  • @RaysDad
    @RaysDad Před 7 lety +18

    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
      @mousynco Před 7 lety +3

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

    • @RaysDad
      @RaysDad Před 7 lety +5

      +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
      @gaganjangle2276 Před 7 lety +2

      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
      @mousynco Před 7 lety +2

      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
      @gaganjangle2276 Před 7 lety +2

      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

  • @Brainscrawler
    @Brainscrawler Před 3 lety +3

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

  • @burgundyyearwood7376
    @burgundyyearwood7376 Před 2 lety +1

    The Monty P reference was awesome.

  • @technomage6736
    @technomage6736 Před 2 lety

    Profound!

  • @clairewheeler2937
    @clairewheeler2937 Před 5 lety

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

    • @LegitAndy360
      @LegitAndy360 Před 3 lety

      It's a video game based off psychosis

  • @jiteshasman6759
    @jiteshasman6759 Před 6 lety

    best video ever

  • @joycevrenken8475
    @joycevrenken8475 Před 6 lety +32

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

    • @mokilechat
      @mokilechat Před 5 lety

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

  • @michellejensen8424
    @michellejensen8424 Před 3 lety +1

    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..

  • @Aj-io7hp
    @Aj-io7hp Před rokem

    Great talk BTW

  • @OpressXtheXmachine
    @OpressXtheXmachine Před 6 lety +12

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

    • @e.c.winner7252
      @e.c.winner7252 Před 6 lety

      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
      @harveypurnell3660 Před 6 lety +1

      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
      @Kochou00 Před 5 lety

      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
      @ginavega1892 Před 4 lety

      Welcome to my reality

  • @ministerofjoy
    @ministerofjoy Před 3 dny

    Thank you👁️🙌✨👏🏽👏🏼

  • @Tidvel
    @Tidvel Před 3 lety

    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.

  • @arabellacox
    @arabellacox Před 3 lety +12

    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
      @mrg2584 Před 10 měsíci

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

  • @tjwadsworth7413
    @tjwadsworth7413 Před 2 lety

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

  • @Raamooooo
    @Raamooooo Před 2 lety

    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

  • @erinwest-ogilvie8974
    @erinwest-ogilvie8974 Před 6 lety +27

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

    • @B.M.1976
      @B.M.1976 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @B.M.1976
      @B.M.1976 Před 3 lety

      @Puggelicious yes.

  • @libbyhyett6625
    @libbyhyett6625 Před 2 lety +1

    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.

  • @1004cheonsagateun
    @1004cheonsagateun Před 9 měsíci

    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

  • @jacobtiffany6982
    @jacobtiffany6982 Před 6 lety +2

    Your perception is your personal reality

  • @jaydenlee37
    @jaydenlee37 Před 4 lety

    Legendary

  • @crazysquirrelboy
    @crazysquirrelboy Před 4 lety +4

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

  • @carolkology4202
    @carolkology4202 Před 7 lety +1

    eWorld, thank you. I have several friends / clients in my life practice doing hair that are experiencing this . I also have walked with my dad during his passing and again thank you.
    Sincerely
    Carol k

  • @peterzammit3521
    @peterzammit3521 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @AnaRalove
    @AnaRalove Před 7 lety +79

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

    • @yfoog
      @yfoog Před 7 lety

      lol

    • @sunwolf87
      @sunwolf87 Před 5 lety +2

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

    • @shikamarunara8920
      @shikamarunara8920 Před 5 lety +1

      Camera man had psychosis and was hallucinating

  • @immanuelgodson7156
    @immanuelgodson7156 Před 3 lety

    I am here....i am listening....i am waiting

  • @placeholdername3907
    @placeholdername3907 Před 10 měsíci

    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.