For the third sentence (nicotine), it seems a natural consequence of nicotine creating strong feelings, which would be appealing to schizophrenics who have blunted affect in general (see discussion of “Negative symptoms” above), and aversive to autistic people who are feeling overstimulated in general (see my autism post).
this feels precisely backwards to me. I use nicotine because it reduces hypersensitivity and the downstream effect of reducing that hypersensitivity is that it reduces my psychotic symptoms. Nicotine doesn’t seem at all to “create strong feelings” to me, it does the reverse and blunts strong feelings, it makes the world less intense and more tolerable. So, I really don’t think it’s acting on the negative symptoms of schizophrenia, I think it’s acting on the positive symptoms.
(It’s now on my to-do list to look into / think about the nicotine connection more carefully. Meanwhile, I have added a warning to that part of the OP. )
Hi, Steve passed me this interesting link. Take a look at my explanation videos for schizophrenia and see if they relate to you. I cover this hypersensitivity in depth as it relates to my “theory”.
My thesis is this: The model conceptualizes the brain’s processing ability and capacity in terms of IT processing loads. Chronic trauma and stress degrade the brain’s processing capacity, leading to systemic neural overload. This sustained overload diminishes the brain’s ability to process information and sensory data effectively, resulting in the hallucinations, delusions, and psychosis characteristic of schizophrenia.
My video links covering the theory are on my channel, here is the main one—if you don’t like the AI images or audio, I also recorded a similar explanation just of myself which is below:
this feels precisely backwards to me. I use nicotine because it reduces hypersensitivity and the downstream effect of reducing that hypersensitivity is that it reduces my psychotic symptoms. Nicotine doesn’t seem at all to “create strong feelings” to me, it does the reverse and blunts strong feelings, it makes the world less intense and more tolerable. So, I really don’t think it’s acting on the negative symptoms of schizophrenia, I think it’s acting on the positive symptoms.
Interesting!! Thanks for sharing!!
(It’s now on my to-do list to look into / think about the nicotine connection more carefully. Meanwhile, I have added a warning to that part of the OP. )
Hi, Steve passed me this interesting link. Take a look at my explanation videos for schizophrenia and see if they relate to you. I cover this hypersensitivity in depth as it relates to my “theory”.
My thesis is this:
The model conceptualizes the brain’s processing ability and capacity in terms of IT processing loads. Chronic trauma and stress degrade the brain’s processing capacity, leading to systemic neural overload. This sustained overload diminishes the brain’s ability to process information and sensory data effectively, resulting in the hallucinations, delusions, and psychosis characteristic of schizophrenia.
My video links covering the theory are on my channel, here is the main one—if you don’t like the AI images or audio, I also recorded a similar explanation just of myself which is below: