also having strong beliefs that others do not hold. (which i always think is funny, because everyone believes something different). they say these beliefs are still held even when there is evidence to prove it's not true. they're called delusions. there again, it's hard to get evidence to totally disprove someone's belief. e.g. they wouldm't call people who believe in God delusional, even though we can't prove He exists - it's faith. however, they'd call someone delusional if they thought they WERE God.
there's also other things that suggest psychosis may be lurking. for example if your words get all jumbled up all the time, or sometimes you change rapidly from topic to topic in mid conversation, with no linking reason. or new words come out. also symptoms such as not expressing the expected emotion for a situation - maybe like laughing when someone dies or not laughing when something really funny happens. or just difficulty expressing emotion at all. or lack of motivation. things like that.
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