...is what one of the patients said today. She was convinced that her ex-husband was the anti-Christ and that her cousin was shot, her husband is cute, she doesn't need anti-psychotic medications, her 401k wasn't being adequately maintained, there is going to be a war in California, etc. She mentioned the above things in that order when most of those things were not associated with one another at all. She at least stuck by her guns though. When I spoke to her a few hours later, she was very sure and could not be convinced otherwise about her beliefs mentioned previously.
Psychosis isn't what media outlet has led people to believe. It's not usually the desire to kill people and wear their skins or something gruesome like that, but it is simply being unable to function correctly due to the lack of control over our own minds.
With some of the patients being around my parents' age, I got to thinking, "this isn't just interesting, it's extremely sad, especially to the people who are in that person's life". And so I was reminded yet again that patients are much like myself, human. I wonder how many times I'll forget and remember again before I have the association down completely.
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