My experience with psychosis
By Alfy
I was a bright student studying for a masters degree in a computing field. Fate had other plans for me though, and I began to suffer from a thought disordering psychosis. I had theories, about communications from outside the simulation, about numbers having special meaning, about how the universe promoted stability for the animal and human mind. I published a statistically insignificant paper in artificial intelligence. Then, after struggling with my degree and dropping out, I was diagnosed with unspecified nonorganic psychosis, something more severe. These years of my life felt like an uncontrollable storm. The walls were made of cardboard and I just kept crashing through them. Now the waters have calmed, and I can see the sun reflecting. I am currently writing a novel, as well as co-founding a social enterprise, and things are looking hopeful. Life, as it turns out, is what you make of it.
This story inspires hope
If you're going through something similar, know that recovery is possible.