What is psychosis?
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| Psychotic people find it hard to _______ sense of the _________ around them. | Psychotic people find it hard to make sense of the world around them. |
| A person experiencing psychosis may lose touch with ________. They find it hard to make sense of their own internal w________, their thoughts and fee________. Their per_________ can be severely altered. (=changed) | A person experiencing psychosis may lose touch with reality. They find it hard to make sense of their own internal world, their thoughts and feelings. Their perceptions can be severely altered. |
| It is common for psychotic patients to have extreme m_______ swings, behave stran______, have jumbled (mixed up) tho______ and muddled (=unclear, confused) speech. | It is common for psychotic patients to have extreme mood swings, behave strangely, have jumbled thoughts and muddled speech. |
| People experiencing acute psychosis will sometimes talk and respond to vo_______ and other ha__________ that only they can s_____ or hear. | People experiencing acute psychosis will sometimes talk and respond to voices and other hallucinations that only they can see or hear. |
| Psychotic people may feel afraid and par_________. They may be guarded (=not telling others about their thoughts and feelings / secretive) and suspicious of other people. | Psychotic people may feel afraid and paranoid. They may be guarded (=not telling others about their thoughts and feelings / secretive) and suspicious of other people. |
| Sometimes people with psychosis turn to al_________ and other drugs to manage their fe________. This may disguise (=hide) their symptoms and in the long term make their symptoms wo________. | Sometimes people with psychosis turn to alcohol and other drugs to manage their feelings. This may disguise (=hide) their symptoms and in the long term make their symptoms worse. |
| Psychotic people may experience a psychotic e_________ when using or withdrawing from alcohol or other d_____. | Psychotic people may experience a psychotic episode when using or withdrawing from alcohol or other drugs. |
| P___________ can be a severely debilitating (=making you physically and mentally weak) mental health dis______ but there are eff________ treatments available for psychosis and people can and do get better. | Psychosis can be a severely debilitating mental health disorder but there are effective treatments available for psychosis and people can and do get better. |