A psychotic break occurs when a person experiences an episode of acute primary psychosis - generally for the first time, though it may also be after a significant symptom-free period.
Some have suggested that (however disconcerting) such a break may be a form of psychological communication, opening the way for a less ego-bound and more emotionally grounded sense of personality.
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Famous quotes containing the words psychotic and/or break:
“This is not a psychotic episode. This is a cleansing moment of clarity.”
—Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981)
“There is a comfort in the strength of love;
‘Twill make a thing endurable, which else
Would overset the brain, or break the heart:”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)