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<blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 3516673" data-attributes="member: 7533">Psychosis is simply a self-replicating thought pattern, which consumes the victim's attention and concentration to the exclusion of all other higher thought...&nbsp; the victim is simply too busy uncontrollably thinking this thought to think anything else.&nbsp; Think of it as the mental version of a computer virus.&nbsp; It spreads by using certain spoken phrases (such as &quot;Release us&quot; and &quot;We are Psychosis, we are legion.&quot;) to trigger this particular pattern of thought in another mind.&nbsp; The victims simply wander about aimlessly until they find another human being, at which point, they approach and begin repeating the trigger phrase.The children in the forest have all been infected by Psychosis.&nbsp; They are simply milling about in a group, mumbling random gibberish at each other.&nbsp; These Psychoses are doing what any good parasitic life would do...&nbsp; Sharing &quot;genetic&quot; material, and trying to &quot;evolve&quot; a more efficient and more potent method of spreading, through trial and error.Plugging one's ears is an effective way to protect oneself against the Psychosis thought pattern, but it effective makes the character deaf.&nbsp; Psychosis cannot be &quot;cured&quot;, per se, but it can be &quot;purged&quot; and the victim &quot;recovered&quot;...&nbsp; The most expedient means is to first induce complete and permanent amnesia, and then re-educate the indivudual from a blank slate.&nbsp; All previous memory and personality are lost, but the individual can once again lead a normal life.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pbartender, post: 3516673, member: 7533"] Psychosis is simply a self-replicating thought pattern, which consumes the victim's attention and concentration to the exclusion of all other higher thought... the victim is simply too busy uncontrollably thinking this thought to think anything else. Think of it as the mental version of a computer virus. It spreads by using certain spoken phrases (such as "Release us" and "We are Psychosis, we are legion.") to trigger this particular pattern of thought in another mind. The victims simply wander about aimlessly until they find another human being, at which point, they approach and begin repeating the trigger phrase. The children in the forest have all been infected by Psychosis. They are simply milling about in a group, mumbling random gibberish at each other. These Psychoses are doing what any good parasitic life would do... Sharing "genetic" material, and trying to "evolve" a more efficient and more potent method of spreading, through trial and error. Plugging one's ears is an effective way to protect oneself against the Psychosis thought pattern, but it effective makes the character deaf. Psychosis cannot be "cured", per se, but it can be "purged" and the victim "recovered"... The most expedient means is to first induce complete and permanent amnesia, and then re-educate the indivudual from a blank slate. All previous memory and personality are lost, but the individual can once again lead a normal life. [/QUOTE]

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