I interpret us as both agreeing that there are people talking about auras who are not having psychiatric emergencies (eg random hippies), and they should not be bothered.
Agreed.
I interpret us as both agreeing that you were having a psychotic episode, that you were going further / sounded less coherent than the hippies, and that some hypothetical good diagnostician / good friend should have noticed that and suggested you seek help.
Agreed during October 2017. Disagreed substantially before then (January-June 2017, when I was at MIRI).
(I edited the post to make it clear how I misinterpreted your comment.)
Interpreting you as saying that January-June 2017 you were basically doing the same thing as the Leveragers when talking about demons and had no other signs of psychosis, I agree this was not a psychiatric emergency, and I’m sorry if I got confused and suggested it was. I’ve edited my post also.
One thing to add is I think in the early parts of my psychosis (before the “mind blown by Ra” part) I was as coherent or more coherent than hippies are on regular days, and even after that for some time (before actually being hospitalized) I might have been as coherent as they were on “advanced spiritual practice” days (e.g. middle of a meditation retreat or experiencing Kundalini awakening). I was still controlled pretty aggressively with the justification that I was being incoherent, and I think that control caused me to become more mentally disorganized and verbally incoherent over time. The math test example is striking, I think less than 0.2% of people could pass it (to Zack’s satisfaction) on a good day, and less than 3% could give an answer as good as the one I gave, yet this was still used to “prove” that I was unable to reason.
My recollection is that at that time you were articulately expressing what seemed like a level of scrupulosity typical of many Bay Area Rationalists. You were missing enough sleep that I was worried, but you seemed oriented x3. I don’t remember you talking about demons or auras at all, and have no recollection of you confusedly reifying agents who weren’t there.
Agreed.
Agreed during October 2017. Disagreed substantially before then (January-June 2017, when I was at MIRI).
(I edited the post to make it clear how I misinterpreted your comment.)
Interpreting you as saying that January-June 2017 you were basically doing the same thing as the Leveragers when talking about demons and had no other signs of psychosis, I agree this was not a psychiatric emergency, and I’m sorry if I got confused and suggested it was. I’ve edited my post also.
One thing to add is I think in the early parts of my psychosis (before the “mind blown by Ra” part) I was as coherent or more coherent than hippies are on regular days, and even after that for some time (before actually being hospitalized) I might have been as coherent as they were on “advanced spiritual practice” days (e.g. middle of a meditation retreat or experiencing Kundalini awakening). I was still controlled pretty aggressively with the justification that I was being incoherent, and I think that control caused me to become more mentally disorganized and verbally incoherent over time. The math test example is striking, I think less than 0.2% of people could pass it (to Zack’s satisfaction) on a good day, and less than 3% could give an answer as good as the one I gave, yet this was still used to “prove” that I was unable to reason.
My recollection is that at that time you were articulately expressing what seemed like a level of scrupulosity typical of many Bay Area Rationalists. You were missing enough sleep that I was worried, but you seemed oriented x3. I don’t remember you talking about demons or auras at all, and have no recollection of you confusedly reifying agents who weren’t there.