Psychosis affects a person's mind and disrupts their thoughts and perceptions, making it difficult for them to recognize what is real and what is not.
Psychosis includes two major experiences:
- Hallucinations - seeing, hearing or feeling things that others do not
- Delusions - false beliefs
A person in a psychotic episode may also experience:
- Incoherent or nonsense speech
- Odd behaviors
- Sleep problems
- Social withdrawal
- Lack of motivation
- Paranoia
- Difficulty functioning overall