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Sounds like a manic episode. Symptoms include extreme grandiosity and hallucinations. Often a manic person will believe he is God, is in contact with God, or ha

by slibhb 3y ago

Sounds like a manic episode. Symptoms include extreme grandiosity and hallucinations. Often a manic person will believe he is God, is in contact with God, or has a special part to play in history.

grugagag 3y ago
Although it sounds somewhat similar to manic episodes keep in mind that they come with a depressive crash afterwards. The brain is more complex than a mere mental condition which we still don’t fully understand.
- nick7376182 3y ago
  Not always. Unipolar mania used to be in previous revisions of the DSM and bipolar type 1 can exhibit as mania without intervening depression.
- sandspar 3y ago
  There are "nervous breakdowns" which only happen once. Many historical figures have had them. But on your larger point about fuzzy diagnoses I agree with you. In my experience, diseases like schizophrenia are better understood as a large number of unique diseases under a single heading. Saying "I have schizophrenia" is like saying "I own a dog". While an accurate statement, there are many different kinds of dogs, and their behavior varies widely. Schizophrenia is the same. If you've spent time with groups of people with schizophrenia, you'll see that there's an extremely wide range of outcomes. I think the wide range of outcomes may be explained by there being a number of different diseases.
shrimp_emoji 3y ago
God, Government, and Aliens: the schizo trinity And talking donkeys if you're Muhammad! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya%CA%BDf%C5%ABr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya%CA%BDf%C5%ABr
- iraqmtpizza 3y ago
  These days it's definitely atheists which are the most schizo w.r.t. searching for, or at least ruminating about, aliens, despite all evidence against it. Another very schizo atheist topic is AI (basilisks etc). Could be their affinity for strong weed.
nick7376182 3y ago
Having been through manic episodes, I concur.

by slibhb 3y ago

Sounds like a manic episode. Symptoms include extreme grandiosity and hallucinations. Often a manic person will believe he is God, is in contact with God, or has a special part to play in history.

grugagag 3y ago

Although it sounds somewhat similar to manic episodes keep in mind that they come with a depressive crash afterwards. The brain is more complex than a mere mental condition which we still don’t fully understand.

nick7376182 3y ago
Not always. Unipolar mania used to be in previous revisions of the DSM and bipolar type 1 can exhibit as mania without intervening depression.
sandspar 3y ago
There are "nervous breakdowns" which only happen once. Many historical figures have had them. But on your larger point about fuzzy diagnoses I agree with you. In my experience, diseases like schizophrenia are better understood as a large number of unique diseases under a single heading. Saying "I have schizophrenia" is like saying "I own a dog". While an accurate statement, there are many different kinds of dogs, and their behavior varies widely. Schizophrenia is the same. If you've spent time with groups of people with schizophrenia, you'll see that there's an extremely wide range of outcomes. I think the wide range of outcomes may be explained by there being a number of different diseases.

shrimp_emoji 3y ago

God, Government, and Aliens: the schizo trinity And talking donkeys if you're Muhammad! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya%CA%BDf%C5%ABr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya%CA%BDf%C5%ABr

iraqmtpizza 3y ago
These days it's definitely atheists which are the most schizo w.r.t. searching for, or at least ruminating about, aliens, despite all evidence against it. Another very schizo atheist topic is AI (basilisks etc). Could be their affinity for strong weed.

nick7376182 3y ago

Having been through manic episodes, I concur.