#45 - A Psychotic Break Changed What I Think About Death
What happens when your mind stops feeling like a safe place to live?
In this episode an anonymous caller shares about experiencing a psychotic break in 2020 and what it changed about how they relate to death, reality, and their own sense of self. The conversation is careful and honest, partly because some of what they’re describing is genuinely hard to put into words from the inside.
They describe what psychosis felt like for them, including a kind of “movie logic” certainty and the struggle of figuring out what to trust. From there, we talk about what came after: how they tried to rebuild stability, and why grounding in logic and facts became a way to stay oriented again. Not as a debate. More like a foothold.
We also get into bigger questions around perception versus objective reality, identity, and the limits of what humans can really understand about “nothing” after death. It’s a rare perspective, shared with a lot of care.
Book recommendation: Into Thin Air — Jon Krakauer
If you’d like to watch this conversation instead of just listening, you can find the video version on YouTube.
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