March Madness — Psychosis
I usually let the muse move me whenever figuring out a topic for these YouTube Digger blogposts. But I thught I should be a little more focused for this month. If you live in America, you hear a lot about March Madness. You hear about March Madness in basketball and you hear about March Madness in retail and car sales. But what about actual madness in March Madness?
So, I’ve decided that for the entire month of March, I’ll find the best or at least most amusing You Tube clips pertaining to the many facets of human insanity. Today, we’ll look at symptoms of psychosis. We use the word “psychotic” all of the time, but do we really know what it means? (Let me add that nowhere in the DSM-IV is the word “psychopath”):
This is a short film bopping about that neatly sums up the symptoms of psychosis. This was made in Cornwall, so the film is centered on help for UK psychotics, but the beginning will help clarify what psychosis is. Also, you can enjoy one of the many covers of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” done by Jeff Buckley:
This is another self-made film of a series of slideshows by another psychosis patient in the UK. I highly doubt that the UK has a higher percentage of psychosis patients than in other countries, but they may be more interested in getting help for others with the same problem. The voice-over is far more informative than the visuals:
And this one is getting a lot of hits on YouTube, so I’ll include it for all of my non-existent right wing Christian Republican readers (as if):
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