Affect vs. Effect: Understanding Signs of Psychosis!
This is one of many signs indicative of negative symptoms of psychosis. Other signs you may notice are monotone speech and reduction in actual verbal communication, fewer gestures and decreased ability to initiate tasks, think or develop ideas. Further decreased motivation and lack of interest in people is evident. A psychotic person, therefore presents as isolated from family/friends/world with limited ability to motivate self with daily living activities or even facilitate interaction with people and complete steps required to arrange an outing/meet up. Alone the psychotic person finds it difficult to initiate conversation and communication is likely poor with monotone speech and limited facial expressions (flat affect) or hand gestures and an inability to engage or concentrate on extended and appropriate conversation!
This is one of many signs indicative of negative symptoms of psychosis. Other signs you may notice are monotone speech and reduction in actual verbal communication, fewer gestures and decreased ability to initiate tasks, think or develop ideas. Further decreased motivation and lack of interest in people is evident. A psychotic person, therefore presents as isolated from family/friends/world with limited ability to motivate self with daily living activities or even facilitate interaction with people and complete steps required to arrange an outing/meet up. Alone the psychotic person finds it difficult to initiate conversation and communication is likely poor with monotone speech and limited facial expressions (flat affect) or hand gestures and an inability to engage or concentrate on extended and appropriate conversation!
This is one of many signs indicative of negative symptoms of psychosis. Other signs you may notice are monotone speech and reduction in actual verbal communication, fewer gestures and decreased ability to initiate tasks, think or develop ideas. Further decreased motivation and lack of interest in people is evident. A psychotic person, therefore presents as isolated from family/friends/world with limited ability to motivate self with daily living activities or even facilitate interaction with people and complete steps required to arrange an outing/meet up. Alone the psychotic person finds it difficult to initiate conversation and communication is likely poor with monotone speech and limited facial expressions (flat affect) or hand gestures and an inability to engage or concentrate on extended and appropriate conversation!