Speaking as someone who’s been there, I would actually recommend avoiding this website while having or recovering from a psychotic break. Not for our sake, but for yours: I’ve found that contemplating some of the more far-out ideas here (the superintelligence/anthropics/utilitarianism/mathematical-multiverse stuff) can make a fragile mental state worse.
Much better to think about things in your local environment, get some sleep (sleep is very important!), and come back to the website in a few weeks when you’re feeling more grounded. I’m more skeptical of psychiatry than most people, and recommend avoiding getting committed if at all possible, but if you have an outpatient psychiatrist you trust (someone who just gives you advice and drugs, and doesn’t seem likely to get you committed), taking their advice and drugs is probably a good idea for now. (Though I wouldn’t be shy about defying the medical establishment later, after the superintelligence-themed delusions of grandeur have faded.)
Speaking as someone who’s been there, I would actually recommend avoiding this website while having or recovering from a psychotic break. Not for our sake, but for yours: I’ve found that contemplating some of the more far-out ideas here (the superintelligence/anthropics/utilitarianism/mathematical-multiverse stuff) can make a fragile mental state worse.
Much better to think about things in your local environment, get some sleep (sleep is very important!), and come back to the website in a few weeks when you’re feeling more grounded. I’m more skeptical of psychiatry than most people, and recommend avoiding getting committed if at all possible, but if you have an outpatient psychiatrist you trust (someone who just gives you advice and drugs, and doesn’t seem likely to get you committed), taking their advice and drugs is probably a good idea for now. (Though I wouldn’t be shy about defying the medical establishment later, after the superintelligence-themed delusions of grandeur have faded.)