One thing to add is I think in the early parts of my psychosis (before the “mind blown by Ra” part) I was as coherent or more coherent than hippies are on regular days, and even after that for some time (before actually being hospitalized) I might have been as coherent as they were on “advanced spiritual practice” days (e.g. middle of a meditation retreat or experiencing Kundalini awakening). I was still controlled pretty aggressively with the justification that I was being incoherent, and I think that control caused me to become more mentally disorganized and verbally incoherent over time. The math test example is striking, I think less than 0.2% of people could pass it (to Zack’s satisfaction) on a good day, and less than 3% could give an answer as good as the one I gave, yet this was still used to “prove” that I was unable to reason.
My recollection is that at that time you were articulately expressing what seemed like a level of scrupulosity typical of many Bay Area Rationalists. You were missing enough sleep that I was worried, but you seemed oriented x3. I don’t remember you talking about demons or auras at all, and have no recollection of you confusedly reifying agents who weren’t there.
One thing to add is I think in the early parts of my psychosis (before the “mind blown by Ra” part) I was as coherent or more coherent than hippies are on regular days, and even after that for some time (before actually being hospitalized) I might have been as coherent as they were on “advanced spiritual practice” days (e.g. middle of a meditation retreat or experiencing Kundalini awakening). I was still controlled pretty aggressively with the justification that I was being incoherent, and I think that control caused me to become more mentally disorganized and verbally incoherent over time. The math test example is striking, I think less than 0.2% of people could pass it (to Zack’s satisfaction) on a good day, and less than 3% could give an answer as good as the one I gave, yet this was still used to “prove” that I was unable to reason.
My recollection is that at that time you were articulately expressing what seemed like a level of scrupulosity typical of many Bay Area Rationalists. You were missing enough sleep that I was worried, but you seemed oriented x3. I don’t remember you talking about demons or auras at all, and have no recollection of you confusedly reifying agents who weren’t there.