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Originally Posted by pgrundy
My current therapist says that women with PTSD are at much higher risk for postpartum psychosis, so perhaps she is right.
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That is really interesting, and it feeds into my own theory which is that psychosis has trauma at its heart. The person may be biologically susceptical in some unspecified way. I don't know. But ultimately it's a reaction to trauma.
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It still fascinates me. Like, how does the brain do this stuff and why? When it happens to you, you have a much more driving need to understand. It's hard to explain, but it's always there, hanging over me, the questions.
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It fascinates me too - mostly because of my son. I believe that if I'd had such an experience, I'd definitely want to understand the whys and wherefores.
It seems like psychosis has to be experienced to be truly understood. My son tries to explain it to me, but I never quite get a handle on it apparently. I try to repeat back to him what I understood him to say, but I mostly get it wrong.
I imagine it would be like explaining the color blue to a blind person.
Sometimes I wish I could have a short-term limited psychotic experience so that I could understand. Maybe your experience was meant to give you insights into psychosis for some reason. Maybe it was a gift that you'll be called upon to use sometime.