A phenomenon that rattles one's belief system (usually through his/her sleep) where their subconscious self contradicts their known facts surrounding a disturbing incident / event causing them to wake up fairly discombobulated the next day with delusions of happiness, only to succumb to a state much depressing a while after.
Guy 1: "So how is your Project 'Ignore Paulanzki' going?
Guy 2: "Donkey balls, bro. My brain pulled a tschalein last night - woke up almost convinced that She loves me back; that I needn't ignore her. Cried for a whole ten minutes."

Guy 1: "Did he just try to Parkour that ledge??"
Guy 2: "Yeah... I think he tschaleined himself there..."
by zseijin January 22, 2014
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