An Oblique View of Mental Health.

I read a short piece this morning on the particular problems being experienced in treating mental health patients during lockdown. Of particular note are those suffering serious psychoses and being treated at home where many are in isolation. Instances of typical symptoms such as hallucinations and the hearing of voices is causing concern to doctors and patients alike.

And then I had a thought. Let’s suppose the Buddhists are right, and this material environment in which we live and which we think of as reality is actually an illusion. I suppose it would lead to a different way of seeing the issue of psychosis. While diagnosis and treatment would remain valid, it would be interesting to consider that psychosis is simply a shift in perception of what is illusory anyway. In other words, it could be argued that we’re all suffering psychosis in a manner of speaking.