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symptoms of phsycosis?

broken down into understandable terms please

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http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/p/psychosi...

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Symptoms

The early symptoms of psychosis are often very mild, gradually worsening over months or years. Day-to-day thoughts become confused. People with psychosis might believe their thoughts are being interfered with, or think other people can read their thoughts or they can influence the thoughts of others.

People may have delusions, or false beliefs. There are various types of delusions:

Paranoid delusions: for example, the person believes they are being watched and singled out for some harmful purpose.

Grandiose delusions: for example, the person believes they have special powers or that they are an important religious or political figure.

Depressive delusions: for example, the person believes they are guilty of some terrible crime.

They may also have hallucinations, for example, hearing voices (auditory hallucinations), or seeing things that aren&#039;t there (visual hallucinations – though these are less common).

They may have difficulty expressing their emotions, or have no emotions or very flat emotions. They may become very lethargic, so that even small tasks like getting up in the morning or doing the dishes may seem impossible. They may lack motivation and become socially withdrawn.

Psychosis is usually classified into different types:

Brief reactive psychosis: psychotic symptoms lasting less than a month and due to a stressful event.

Drug-induced psychosis: caused by drugs like speed, LSD, marijuana, ecstasy or magic mushrooms. The symptoms last until the effects of the drug wear off (hours or days).

Schizophrenia: the most well known of the psychotic illnesses. A person affected by schizophrenia experiences a range of psychotic symptoms and commonly has difficulty organising their thoughts. (Schizophrenia doesn&#039;t mean more than one personality or a &#039;split&#039; personality: this is a myth created by movies.)

Bipolar disorder: also known as manic depression. Bipolar disorder involves very extreme moods (either very high or very low). People with this condition may also develop psychotic symptoms both in the high or low mood phases.

Severe depression: depression can be so intense that it causes psychotic symptoms.