HA yeah no. It’s definitely possible to be oblivious or not really paying attention enough to someone else’s mental state such that you don’t notice acute psychosis.
It can be especially tricky if they’re someone for whom some outward symptoms are somewhat normal (eg. You might dismiss some signs as being a panic attack and then not think about it the next day) or if they’re self medicating or otherwise effectively masking in some scenarios.
Absolutely, yeah. It’s actually pretty easy to not notice someone is in acute mental distress.
I think there’s a perception that mental health crises like this are cartoonishly hypervisible, that everyone in psychosis is babbling incoherently, stumbling around, and screaming at voices in their head. Or that if someone’s manic, they’ll act like early Daffy Duck.
HA yeah no. It’s definitely possible to be oblivious or not really paying attention enough to someone else’s mental state such that you don’t notice acute psychosis.
It can be especially tricky if they’re someone for whom some outward symptoms are somewhat normal (eg. You might dismiss some signs as being a panic attack and then not think about it the next day) or if they’re self medicating or otherwise effectively masking in some scenarios.
It’s possible to mask psychosis, sometimes you’re able to have a psychosis episode and not realize it until it’s over.
Absolutely, yeah. It’s actually pretty easy to not notice someone is in acute mental distress.
I think there’s a perception that mental health crises like this are cartoonishly hypervisible, that everyone in psychosis is babbling incoherently, stumbling around, and screaming at voices in their head. Or that if someone’s manic, they’ll act like early Daffy Duck.