What is "psychosis" in the most simplest of laymen's term?

Answer 1

The medical term psychosis as broken down according to medical terminology is as such:

psycho--meaning mind or soul
-osis--meaning abnormal disease

psychosis
Type: Term

Pronunciation: sī-kō′sis, -sēz

Definitions:
1. A mental and behavioral disorder causing gross distortion or disorganization of a person's mental capacity, affective response, and capacity to recognize reality, communicate, and relate to others to the degree of interfering with that person's capacity to cope with the ordinary demands of everyday life. The psychoses are divided into two major classifications according to their origins: those associated with organic brain syndromes (Korsakoff syndrome); and those less clearly organic and having some functional component(s) (the schizophrenias, bipolar disorder).
2. Generic term for any of the so-called insanities, the most common forms of which are the schizophrenias.
3. A severe emotional and behavioral disorder.


Synonyms: psychotic disorder

Answer 2

Well, I can tell you how it was for me.I have had six.The last time, it started out of the blue with high energy.Then came confused thinking( thinking, believing, things that were not true).Then racing thoughts, fast and faster, till madness sets in.Then "Voices" clear as day, telling me this and that ,convincing me of insane things.Lastly, visual hallucination.I truly thought I would disappear if I stopped moving.I actually saw myself dissolve.

Answer 3

I'm sorry but I just have to say....doesn't anyone ever use a dictionary anymore? Are you so incredibly lazy that you want someone else to look up a word for you?

Answer 4

it's when the brain perceives (sees, hears, feels) things that are generated from WITHIN the brain, as opposed to OUTSIDE from the senses. the person may or may not be aware that these perceptions are false.

Answer 5

It's the loss of contact with reality

Answer 6

Experiencing a reality independant of every one's else.