Conceptual starting point
"AI psychosis" is not an independent, official diagnosis, but a new, descriptive, and as yet heuristic concept. It refers to the fact that certain psychotic or delusion-like experiences may appear, take on distinctive content, or intensify alongside intensive chatbot use. Current evidence does not establish that AI by itself causes psychosis; the combined role of vulnerability, stress, trauma, sleep deprivation, mood state, substance use, and social isolation must be weighed (NIMH, 2025; Hudon–Stip, 2025).
The communicative risk of self-representation. Self-representation is not a single, fixed inner image but a continuously reorganizing narrative: a person maintains their own experience by relating it to others' reactions, social norms, and the consequences of actions...