SkiptomaincontentHomeMentalhealthMentalhealthconditionsPsychosisBacktoPsychosisSymptoms-PsychosisSomeonewhodevelopspsychosiswillhavetheirownuniquesetofsymptomsandexperiences,accordingto theirparticularcircumstances.Butingeneral,3mainsymptoms areassociatedwithapsychoticepisode:hallucinationsdelusionsconfusedanddisturbedthoughtsHallucinationsHallucinations arewheresomeonesees,hears,smells,tastesorfeelsthingsthatdonotexistoutsidetheirmind.sight – seeingcolours,shapesorpeoplesounds – hearingvoicesorothersoundstouch – feelingtouchedwhenthereisnobodytheresmell – anodourthatotherpeoplecannotsmelltaste –atastewhenthereisnothinginthemouthDelusionsAdelusioniswhereapersonhasanunshakeablebeliefinsomethinguntrue.Apersonwithpersecutory delusionsmaybelieveanindividualororganisationismakingplanstohurtorkillthem.Apersonwithgrandiosedelusionsmay believetheyhavepowerorauthority.Forexample,theymaythinkthey'rethepresidentofacountryortheyhavethepowertobringpeoplebackfromthedead.Peoplewhohavepsychoticepisodesareoftenunawarethattheirdelusionsorhallucinationsarenotreal,whichmayleadthemtofeelfrightenedordistressed.ConfusedanddisturbedthoughtsPeoplewithpsychosissometimeshavedisturbed,confused,anddisruptedpatternsofthought.Signsofthisinclude:rapidandconstantspeechdisturbedspeech – forexample,theymayswitchfromonetopictoanothermid-sentenceasuddenloss intheirtrainofthought,resultinginanabruptpauseinconversationoractivityPostnatalpsychosisPostnatalpsychosis,alsocalledpuerperalpsychosis,isasevereformofpostnataldepression,atypeofdepressionsomewomenexperienceafterhavingababy.It'sestimatedpostnatalpsychosisaffectsaround1inevery1,000womenwhogivebirth.Itmostcommonlyoccursduringthefirst fewweeks afterhavingababy.Postnatalpsychosisismorelikely toaffectwomenwhoalreadyhaveamentalhealthcondition,suchasbipolardisorderorschizophrenia.Aswellasthesymptomsofpsychosis,symptomsofpostnatalpsychosiscanalsoincludechangesinmood:ahighmood(mania) –forexample,feelingelated,talkingandthinking toomuchortooquicklyalowmood –f