@retalien

In psychiatry, we’re taught that one of the key presenting complaints is the dissonant thoughts patients experience — the major symptom most people know as third-person auditory hallucinations. My last patient in psychiatry was a textbook case. This person genuinely believed they were ‘God’. Not part of the Trinity, but the fourth — the one who “completed the seat.” Alongside that, they were convinced they were a superhero. The thoughts were so *dissonant* and incoherent that I couldn’t piece any of it together. It was a stark reminder of how poor the prognosis can become at that level. I really hope something changes for them soon, because they can’t keep going like this.

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