Delusion: Becoming the Thought Leader
In the past, I’ve argued that one mechanism for delusion involves forgetting key “fact points” that would normally cause us … Continue reading Delusion: Becoming the Thought Leader
Category: schizophrenia
Social Pharmacology
This post connects dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin to schizophrenia and psychedelics, particularly in relation to social behavior. Being targeted by … Continue reading Social Pharmacology
Making Sense of Madness: Stress-Induced Hallucinogenesis
ABSTRACT A hypothesis of schizophrenia is presented that proposes a psychopharmacological model as an addition to the diathesis-stress model. The … Continue reading Making Sense of Madness: Stress-Induced Hallucinogenesis
Attention as the Mechanism of Dissociation
We often view dissociation as a sort of state in which we lose connection to things we are usually aware … Continue reading Attention as the Mechanism of Dissociation
Is Delusion Ordinary?
There are two areas of research that have similarities but aren’t often merged. Specifically, ordinary cognitive biases and schizophrenic cognition. … Continue reading Is Delusion Ordinary?
A Twisted Mystery: Dynorphin and Cognition
I’ve found a possible solution to explain the paradoxical effects of dynorphins on cognition. It seems that dynorphins both impair … Continue reading A Twisted Mystery: Dynorphin and Cognition
The Polarized Mind
Polarization seems to play an underestimated role in the psychological processes underlying cluster B personality traits, such as narcissism and … Continue reading The Polarized Mind
Idea Seeding
The concept of idea seeding is about the common notion of suggestibility. It refers to one’s propensity to be influenced … Continue reading Idea Seeding
Schizodelic Nonsense
There is a pervasive issue in the way that animal research is applied to humans, especially with schizophrenia and psychedelics. … Continue reading Schizodelic Nonsense
A Mad Society
Why might the internet turn society psychotic? How does disagreement lead to madness? Collision, Division, and Isolation I have been … Continue reading A Mad Society
Desummation
This is an expansion of the Cognitive Atomization concept. In essence, this essay argues that conditioned memory frameworks guide the … Continue reading Desummation
Chemical Exorcism
There has been a lot of praise for psychedelic and dissociative antidepressant treatments as they seem to work by inducing … Continue reading Chemical Exorcism
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