There are many different schizophrenia simulation videos out there, but we feel that most tend to air on the side of exaggerated special effects and don't really hit what the experience of psychosis or schizophrenia actually feels like. We have been wracking our brains trying to come up with a better way to represent the experience for people who haven't experienced it, and we came across a wonderful analogy - dreaming is essentially a psychotic experience!

Are Schizophrenia Simulations Accurate?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60n7ZP3Cj-4&t=1s

Matthew Walker's Masterclass on sleep that introduced us to this concept of dreaming as a psychotic experience:
https://www.masterclass.com/classes/matthew-walker-teaches-the-science-of-better-sleep

Time Stamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:40 - The problem with schizophrenia simulation videos
01:17 - About sleep scientist Matthew Walker
01:52 - Why dreaming is like psychosis
03:06 - We've all been psychotic 
03:55 - How dreaming is different from schizophrenia
06:27 - Next time you dream


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