What Is a Psychotic Disorder?

Medically Reviewed by Jennifer Casarella, MD on September 04, 2022

Psychotic disorders are a group of serious illnesses that affect the mind. They make it hard for someone to think clearly, make good judgments, respond emotionally, communicate effectively, understand reality, and behave appropriately.

When symptoms are severe, people with psychotic disorders have trouble staying in touch with reality and often are unable to handle daily life. But even severe psychotic disorders usually can be treated.

Causes

Doctors don’t know the exact cause of psychotic disorders. Researchers believe that many things play a role. Some psychotic disorders tend to run in families, which means that the disorder may be partly inherited. Other things may also influence their development, including stress, drug abuse, and major life changes.

People with certain psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, may also have problems in parts of the brain that control thinking, perception, and motivation.

In schizophrenia, experts believe that nerve cell receptors that work with a brain chemical called glutamate may not work properly in specific brain regions. That glitch may contribute to problems with thinking and perception.

These conditions usually first appear when a person is in their late teens, 20s, or 30s. They tend to affect men and women about equally. more

Hilltop Hoods – Shredding the Balloon (Uncut) (Official Video)

SUBSTANCE/MEDICATION-INDUCED DEPRESSIVE DISORDER

What it is:

Substance/medication-induced depressive disorder is characterized by a
prominent and persistent change in mood, exhibiting clear signs of depression or
a marked decrease in interest or pleasure in daily activities and hobbies, and these
symptoms start during or soon after a certain substance/medication has been
taken, or during withdrawal from the substance/medication. The individual’s
mental health history, as well as the nature of the substance/medication taken
must be taken into account, to ensure that the depressive symptoms cannot be
better explained by a different diagnosis.

The symptoms of the depressive disorder must also be severe enough to cause
impairment in the day to day functionality of the individual. Withdrawal times for
various substances from the body vary, and so the depressive symptoms may
continue for some time after the individual has ceased taking the
substance/medication.

Common symptoms:

1. Constantly feeling sad, hopeless or empty
2. Constantly feeling irritated or agitated
3. Excessive weight gain or loss during a short period of time
4. Sleeping too much or too little
5. Low energy levels or fatigue
6. Low self-esteem
7. Poor levels of concentration
8. Decreased sex drive
9. Increased thoughts of death and dying, including suicidal thoughts and
behavior
10. The above symptoms must all have manifested during or after a specific
substance/medication was taken or during withdrawal read more

Evanescence – Call Me When You’re Sober (Official Music Video)

Harley Quinn – Insane like me halsey

GASOLINE

Lyrics

Are you insane like me?
Been in pain like me?
Bought a hundred dollar bottle of champagne like me?
Just to pour that motherfucker down the drain like me?
Would you use your water bill to dry the stain like me?

–

Are you high enough without the Mary Jane like me?
Do you tear yourself apart to entertain like me?
Do the people whisper ’bout you on the train like me?
Saying that you shouldn’t waste your pretty face like me?

–

And all the people say
You can’t wake up, this is not a dream
You’re part of a machine, you are not a human being
With your face all made up, living on a screen
Low on self-esteem, so you run on gasoline

–

I think there’s a flaw in my code
(Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, oh)
These voices won’t leave me alone
Well, my heart is gold and my hands are cold

–

Are you deranged like me?
Are you strange like me?
Lighting matches just to swallow up the flame like me?
Do you call yourself a fucking hurricane like me?
Pointing fingers ’cause you’ll never take the blame like me?

–

I think there’s a flaw in my code
(Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, oh)
These voices won’t leave me alone
Well, my heart is gold and my hands are cold

–

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Peder Losnegard / Ashley Frangipane

Gasoline lyrics © Sony/atv Music Publishing Allegro (scandinavi, 17 Black Music, Songs Of Universal Inc.

OT The Real – Addiction [Official Video]

Artist: OT The Real

Album: OT The Real

Released: 2019

Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap

Creed – My Own Prison (Official Video)

Album: My Own Prison (1997)

Charted: 54

Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti wrote the music to this song, and lead singer Scott Stapp composed the lyrics, which are about his struggles with life at a time when he was questioning his faith. He realized he had created a prison within his own mind.

After Creed became wildly popular (and at the same time, reviled), Stapp created another kind of prison for himself with drug addiction, alcoholism, and a series of unflattering incidents the tabloids lapped up.

Vin Jay – Addicted (Music Video)

Lyrics:

I just want the pain to fucking go away I swear to God they’ll probably never understand me Sick of just walking around, pretending I’m happy Feel like collapsing from all weight that I carry But I just keep it pushing and pop me another Xanny

Know it’s sad but I remember as a kid it was rough Always thought we had it all, what I was missing was love And always drowning in some waters that were thicker than blood

Still they wonder how the fuck I got addicted to drugs, damn But they don’t get that I’m avoiding feeling pain Only time I feel alive is when there’s poison in my veins

Momma telling me to look at what I’m doing to myself But I just wanna be fucking happy like everybody else They looking down on me like I’m the fucking villain I don’t wanna talk about it, I know they don’t wanna listen I was only tryna make up for the feeling I was missing If I’m only feeling pain, tell me, what’s the point of living Every day I’m waking up and tryna deal with the stress And I’ve been acting like I’m happy when my life is a mess

And all I know is that I got this fucking pain in my chest And I would love to get clean but I’m too fucking depressed, damn Momma’s panicking and losing her faith

Came to tell me ’bout a rehab in a beautiful place She said, “Just checking up if you was awake”

She broke down when she seen her son blue in the face and thought

No one ever told me it would be this hard Never really thought that it would take my life, though I just want the pain to fucking go away, eh, eh, eh-eh

Once upon a time we were the happiest couple Knew we always had each other, never had any trouble Always had each other’s backs if we happened to struggle

I left some people in the past and they were mad that I loved you

Said it’s only puppy love, I knew that wasn’t the case I remember getting nervous when I brought you on dates Conversations ’bout the future and copping our own place Talking ’bout the day you’d be sharing my last name I think I’d loved since the time that we met You had my heart and to be honest you was taking my breath All my homies said that I became a little obsessed Never thought that you would get up

And leave me fucking depressed, damn How could you leave me girl, I thought you were the one Treated you like a queen, never lied to you once Now I feel like I’m drowning and there’s water filling me lungs

I don’t wanna be alone, I’m afraid of who I’ve become You’re gone and I fucking hate it, I feel like I’m suffocating You ripped my fucking heart out and never tried to replace it Now when I think about you all I feel is disgust You were all I ever wanted, thanks for fucking it up Everybody that’s around me know that something is wrong They always try to tell me love is the strongest drug of ’em all You know what, huh, I’ma go and see for myself Let me pop a couple Xannys, I’ma see if it helps (it helps)

Oh my God, I think I finally feel alive again Oh my God, I tihnk I’m finally ’bout to smile again And I just started sleeping better at night I think I finally found the feeling of what heaven is like (heaven is like)

They’re getting rid of all my stress when I’m torn And I could tell that they’re relieving all my pressure for sure Soon my dealer told me that he couldn’t get me anymore Now I’m feeling way sicker than I ever did before Shit, I can’t even take a brief intermission Without me throwin’ up and feeling like a piece of me’s missing There was a time I needed love, now I need a perscription I’m done with living like this, I’d rather lethal injection ‘Cause all I think about is pills when I open my eyes

And every day I’m waking up and feeling broken inside When all I really wanted was to feel happy for once But now I’m losing myself and losing my family’s trust, damn I really think these drugs have taken my soul Probably pop ’em till they put me in the grave and I’m cold But I can’t point any fingers, I know the blame is my own I got addicted to a bitch and that’s the fate that I chose (fate that I chose)