Psychosis.

Just a little note here that I wrote a few months back about psychosis.

It all starts with an innocent thought.
A naive, half-formed notion misplaced,
Mis-appropriated,
Misguided in its quest for resolution.


It's how delusions start, I believe. A mis-reading of actions by others, where gradually the usual mechanisms that keep our wild thoughts in check get eroded, re-programmed, if you like, sometimes knowingly, sometimes not. Then layer upon layer the mistakes accrue, till you get something so barmy nobody can understand - it's that little disconnect, that differentiates an odd but comprehensible thought process, and a pathological one.

For those of you in the know I know psychosis is much more than delusions, but note I'm just trying to demonstrate how delusions can be explained in a biochemical model (imagine thoughts as neurons 'aligning' and firing in synchronicity) here, just as how the occipital cortex gets activated in auditory hallucinations.

Fascinating aren't they, our brains.

Power!

Apologies for the lack of posts, life's been just a plodding journey of baby-steps so far.

Once in a while though, you get re-energised by songs such as these. Check out Vintage Trouble on Jools Holland, if you're in the UK - preferably on iplayer; the youtube one just doesn't do it justice. Marvellous album, btw.