Sentences with phrase «psychotic states of»

Ramsay already made it clear, in the dreadful We Need to Talk About Kevin, that she was too lazy or too indifferent to explain psychotic states of mind.

In terms of sheer talent this is a seducing role from Theron who raises the psychotic state of this classic character to something chilling.

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Full Definition of DELUSION 1: the act of deluding: the state of being deluded 2 a: something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated b: a persistent false psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that is maintained despite indisputable evidence to the contrary; also: the abnormal state marked by such beliefs

It is obvious to me that I altered my brain significantly after years of intense / deep prayer and meditation and that as a result of these contributory experiences I was a high - functioning schizophrenic for a good portion of my life — there were things going on in my biology which predisposed me to being a depressive and a high - functioning schizophrenic but engaging in intense / deep prayer and meditation was only exacerbating this problem by altering my state of consciousness which precipitated the psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena which I experienced.

It seems the world is made up of: — persons who enter a mystical state and experience oneness and tranquility — persons who have adverse reactions as their minds dissociate resulting in their experiencing psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena

So for example, in my case and that of other persons whose minds dissociate when we engage in intense / deep spiritual practices like intense / deep prayer, meditation, fasting etc and we hear voices, hallucinate, see visions, experience thought insertions, automatic channelling just like a spirit medium as well as other psychic phenomena (clairvoyance etc), and the mind dissociation makes some persons mentally and emotionally unstable; our minds enter an altered state of consciousness just like those of the Buddhist monks but in our case the altered state of our brains results in psychotic and psychic symptoms being induced (interestingly, some persons who are ignorant of how the human brain functions chalk up these experiences to demonic attack)......... are these psychotic, psychic experiences which persons like myself experience a gift from God as well?

The question of course is: how does a person like me who is experiencing psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena while in an altered state of consciousness know whether or not it is god who is communicating with them?

Psychotic states can be so severe that the person completely loses his grasp on reality and is completely unable to appreciate whether what he is doing is right or wrong, or even the nature of his own actions.

In our input to the committee we wrote: We continue to support the recommended addition of a specifier, as it is stated on the DSM 5 website, «With Postpartum Onset,» that can be applied to a current or most recent Major Depressive Episode, Manic, or Mixed Features in Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar I Disorder, or Bipolar II Disorder, or to Brief Psychotic Disorder, and that the onset of the episode be extended to within 6 months postpartum.

I must declare from the outset that whoever insults General Buhari, a former Head of State must be psychotic; and whoever attacks President Jonathan of non-performance must be a prevaricator.

The participants who reported the psychotic - like experiences (PLEs)-- considered to be at the low end of the psychosis spectrum — spent less time in a brain state reflecting healthier brain network activity.

Calling for better regulation and oversight of marijuana edibles, Vandrey and his team say patients who consume underlabeled products — meaning more THC is in the product than is stated on the label — could suffer from overdosing side effects, including extreme anxiety and psychotic reactions.

Given the demands placed on the actors, it would have been surprising if at least some of them hadn't been in as much a state of revolt as Fitzgerald, the surly and psychotic fur trapper played here by Tom Hardy.

The original isn't quite Plato, of course, but back then a car chase usually stood for a rebellion against the establishment, and that's precisely how one would characterize insurance investigator Maindrian Pace's evasion of the police in a stolen vehicle across state lines; a cigar is just a cigar in the remake, despite the ludicrous, if funny, suggestion that Cage's «Memphis» Raines drives fast selflessly — that is, to keep an unaccountably psychotic gangster (Christopher Eccleston) from executing Ma Raines's other son, Kip (Giovanni Ribisi, in full greaseball mode).

Today I think we'd term her state a psychotic form of severe postpartum depression, but apart from lacking modern medicine to save her and her child, she probably lacked everything else as well - ample space, adequate food, any sort of safety net whatsoever.

However, since total submission to the terror of consumption is indeed the governing stratum of collective object relations, that psychotic state may well become the only position and practice the sculptor of the future can articulate.»

However, if one really wants to know what it means to, as they state, be «constantly watched (in) public space without anonymity», one need look no further than Oni Timoner's We Live In Public (2009) to really understand the implications of constant surveillance in real life — including the psychotic breaks inflicted on more unstable individuals.

The influence of psychotic states on the autonomic nervous system in schizophrenia.

In any case, findings on both trait and state variables relevant to stress responsiveness of symptoms support the idea that anxiety is associated with greater vulnerability to psychotic decompensation in the face of life stressors.