Schizophrenia, as horrifying as it may be, has given me a glimpse into alternate realities and shown me a world that defies and transcends the physical world in which we live. Before contracting the illness, I considered myself to be a man of science, rationality and skepticism. My training and education within the sciences demanded it. It was during these studies that I became entrapped in my first psychotic fantasy.

It was here that I took my first look into the forbidden world of psychosis. The impossible now became possible and the highly questionable became undeniable. I had incredible importance now in this world of impossibility, unlike the one in which I lived. I was no longer an observer of the world, but a creator. The only problem was that I was unable to control my creations. My mind created CIA agents, thought manipulating aliens and a host of demons. Creations that had no scientific explanation. Keep reading »