Giving psychotic

Anything which gives extreme mental distress. Meant to be a stronger form of "driving me crazy".

This traffic is giving psychotic. This website signup process is giving psychotic.

by Zippy Wonder Monkey October 18, 2024

A Psychosomatic Xylephone Inserting Pears In Horoscope-Based Ornaments To Destroy Döppelganger (Xiphoid): The First Juvenile Release

What I call homo-sapiens who are addicted to perianal abscesses.

Person 1: Are you addicted to perianal abscesses?
Person 2: Yes.
Person 1: A Psychosomatic Xylephone Inserting Pears In Horoscope-Based Ornaments To Destroy Döppelganger (Xiphoid): The First Juvenile Release

by LeSouffleDeVersailles January 30, 2025

Internet Psychosis

A severe dissociative condition fueled by the total absorption into the online realm, leading to the atrophy of offline social cues, the blurring of digital and physical personas, and the adoption of hypertrophic online conspiracy theories or subcultural beliefs as literal truth. It is marked by the conviction that the "real" world is the digital one—that forums, game worlds, or social media platforms are the primary plane of existence, and physical reality is either irrelevant or a deceptive interface. This can manifest as neglecting basic biological needs, believing one has a "true" self only online, or acting out online conflicts with physical violence.

Example: A person lives 18 hours a day in a niche online forum, adopting its obscure slang and extremist worldview. They start believing their physical body is a "meat prison," that their forum friends are their only real family, and that offline society is a conspiracy run by their online enemies. They may stop eating regularly, lose their job, and eventually attempt violence against someone they've only known as an avatar, believing it's a justified act in a war that only exists on their Discord server. Their psychosis is the internet swallowing the self whole. Internet Psychosis.

by Dumu The Void January 27, 2026

Secular Psychosis

A rare, extreme break from reality precipitated by the total collapse of a religious worldview without an alternative structure to contain existential anxiety. It can manifest as a nihilistic delusion that nothing is real, a solipsistic conviction that the individual is the only conscious being in a dead universe, or a desperate, personal mythology constructed from scientific or political concepts elevated to delirious, salvific proportions (e.g., believing one must literally "merge with the Singularity" to escape the horror of mortality). It is the mind's catastrophic failure to cope with the sheer scale and indifference of a genuinely godless cosmos.

Example: After a lifelong crisis of faith, a person becomes convinced that consciousness is a curse and that the material universe is a "cancer of nothingness." They believe they have a mission to "un-think" reality into oblivion, and stop speaking because they think language perpetuates the illusion. This is secular psychosis: the metaphysical terror of a purely physical, purposeless universe, unmet by any cultural or psychological container, causing a complete psychotic decompensation where the mind fabricates a terrifying, personal cosmology to explain the abyss it perceives.

by Dumu The Void January 27, 2026

Videogame Psychosis

A dissociative break where the logic, rules, and perceptual framework of a video game become the operating model for reality. The individual may perceive life through a HUD (Heads-Up Display), believe they possess "save points" or extra lives, interpret social interactions as quest dialogues with binary choices, or view people as NPCs (Non-Player Characters) with limited utility. This is an extreme absorption of the gamified lens, often fueled by excessive immersion in immersive sims, VR, or augmented reality games, leading to a loss of the fundamental boundary between simulated and consensual reality.

Example: A person deep in a Elder Scrolls VR marathon begins to believe they can "quick save" before risky real-world actions. They attempt a dangerous stunt, genuinely believing they can reload. They start "level-grinding" by performing repetitive tasks to "increase stats," and talk to strangers using stilted, menu-based dialogue they think will unlock "quests." This is videogame psychosis: the architecture of the game has overwritten their understanding of physics, social interaction, and mortality.

by Dumu The Void January 27, 2026

Political Psychosis

A break from shared reality centered on political ideology, where conspiracy theories and partisan narratives form a completely self-referential, airtight delusional system. It is characterized by the belief that one is a central actor in a grand historical struggle, that political opponents are literal demons or subhuman agents of evil, and that all contradictory information is proof of the conspiracy's depth. This psychosis often manifests as messianic or persecutory delusions woven from news fragments, online propaganda, and the mythos of a political movement, severing the individual from any common epistemic ground.

Example: A person becomes convinced they are a "digital soldier" for a political leader. They believe mainstream news anchors send them coded signals through eye blinks, that their neighbor's lawn sign is a threat against their family, and that they must stockpile weapons for an impending "Storm." They lose their job for ranting about these beliefs at work. This is political psychosis: their grasp on reality has been hijacked by an ideological narrative, transforming the world into a personalized, paranoid political thriller where they are the protagonist.

by Dumu The Void January 27, 2026

Legal Psychosis

A psychotic state triggered by protracted, overwhelming involvement with the legal system, where the individual's mind fractures under the absurdity, ambiguity, and oppressive power of the law. It manifests as delusions of grand legal significance (e.g., believing one has discovered a secret clause that nullifies all law), persecutory beliefs about every legal professional being part of a unified cartel, or a catatonic withdrawal from society for fear of any action being deemed criminal. The law's Byzantine nature becomes a hall of mirrors from which the mind cannot escape.

Example: A pro se litigant, after years of losing a complex civil case, begins filing incoherent motions written in a self-invented legal language. They believe the judge is using "psychotronic waves" to influence the jury, and that they must "file a writ of habeus corpus against the state's fictional persona." They stand on street corners "serving process" to passing cars. This is legal psychosis: the system's gaslighting complexity and raw power have broken their ability to distinguish legal procedure from reality, consuming their mind in a feedback loop of legalistic paranoia.

by Dumu The Void January 27, 2026