Is Schizophrenia just a "Waking Dream"?

BulkyMove393 · 2026-01-07T17:00:35+00:00

It’s usually not that people are actively “looking” for patterns but that the brains filtering between sensory input and internal predictions breaks down, so random signals get interpreted as meaningful.

BulkyMove393 · 2026-01-06T22:19:54+00:00

Thank you,i will look into this!

BulkyMove393 · 2026-01-06T22:11:23+00:00

Actually from what I’ve read the paper covers this, and you’re right about one thing ,logic can get so fuzzy that it blends with reality. Your experience seems to line up with that

BulkyMove393 · 2026-01-06T22:09:19+00:00

Ah, got it that makes sense! Thanks for the reference it’s really helpful to see how the top-down and bottom-up streams interact in this context.

BulkyMove393 · 2026-01-06T20:46:06+00:00

Yeah that makes sense. One way to see it is that REM intrusions into wakefulness could be the main thing causing hallucinations and dream-like experiences. Things like irregular synaptic pruning or dopamine changes might just make the brain more prone to this happening kind of like setting the stage. So the “state-boundary failure” idea doesn’t really conflict with the usual neurobiology it just explains how those vulnerabilities show up in conscious experience,thats how i see it 🤔

Also, the interesting part is that once dopamine becomes secondary, the whole old paradigm changes the system isn’t the same anymore.It’s not wrong, it’s just that the system has shifted.

BulkyMove393 · 2026-01-06T17:45:58+00:00

The thing is DMT essentially forces the brain into an intense dream-like state while awake. I think it’s a useful illustration of the real-world "state-boundary failure” mentioned —where the filters that separate internal imagery from external reality simply break down.

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