{"id":17839,"date":"2020-08-31T09:19:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T07:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/?p=17839"},"modified":"2026-09-03T07:04:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T05:04:38","slug":"addiction-poussee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/fr\/addiction-et-dependance\/sortir-de-la-dependance\/addiction-poussee\/","title":{"rendered":"Addiction : pouss\u00e9e"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On peut grosso modo distinguer deux formes de psychose. Les deux extr\u00eames sont la psychose affective et la psychose schizophr\u00e9nique.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dans la psychose affective, les troubles de l\u2019humeur occupent une place centrale : l\u2019humeur fluctue et peut \u00eatre gravement perturb\u00e9e. La forme la plus connue est le trouble <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bipolaire<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, avec ses extr\u00eames caract\u00e9ristiques de moments de profonde d\u00e9pression et de phases d\u2019exaltation d\u00e9bordante. Nous l\u2019aborderons s\u00e9par\u00e9ment dans un autre chapitre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dans la psychose schizophr\u00e9nique, la pens\u00e9e est beaucoup plus perturb\u00e9e et des id\u00e9es d\u00e9lirantes et des hallucinations apparaissent, parfois visuelles, lorsque la personne pense voir certaines choses, mais plus souvent auditives : elle entend des voix. Il existe \u00e9galement une forme mixte, la psychose schizo-affective. La distinction n\u2019est pas toujours facile \u00e0 \u00e9tablir, et nous laissons cela au psychiatre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La maladie mentale peut se manifester sous forme de crises. Dans les moments aigus, nous devons intervenir, en tant que m\u00e9decins g\u00e9n\u00e9ralistes, avec des m\u00e9dicaments psychiatriques puissants. Lorsqu\u2019une pouss\u00e9e psychotique s\u00e9v\u00e8re survient, par exemple, parce que nous ne pouvons pas attendre le psychiatre. Ces m\u00e9dicaments sont souvent extr\u00eamement efficaces, mais le patient doit accepter de les prendre. Et cela ne r\u00e9ussit pas toujours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Une pouss\u00e9e psychotique est souvent une exp\u00e9rience bouleversante qui soul\u00e8ve de nombreuses questions sur le sens de la vie et la place que l\u2019on occupe dans la soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Qu\u2019en est-il des relations, de la sexualit\u00e9, de l\u2019amour et de la mort ? La psychose remet tout en question, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019origine de sa propre existence, \u00e0 la signification du monde et \u00e0 la diff\u00e9rence entre d\u00e9lire et v\u00e9rit\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La crise psychotique peut sembler dramatique, mena\u00e7ante ou terrifiante, mais l\u2019inverse peut \u00e9galement se produire : elle devient alors l\u2019exp\u00e9rience la plus heureuse et la plus profonde de votre vie. Certains \u00e9prouvent alors un sentiment de r\u00e9v\u00e9lation bouleversant, qui peut tendre vers l\u2019extase et ouvrir une dimension spirituelle, au point que l\u2019on puisse parler de mystique.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lorsque des exp\u00e9riences m\u00e9taphysiques surviennent sous l\u2019influence de drogues, on peut naturellement se demander : \u00e9tait-ce d\u00fb aux substances consomm\u00e9es, ou bien s\u2019est-il r\u00e9ellement produit quelque chose d\u2019extraordinaire ? Nous pourrions en parler longuement, mais dans la pratique, il faut intervenir dans un contexte de crise, parce que quelque chose a d\u00e9rap\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Il faut alors commencer par r\u00e9soudre l\u2019urgence aigu\u00eb et examiner ensuite ce qui se passe apr\u00e8s la crise. La psychose perturbe la vie quotidienne et entrave l\u2019int\u00e9gration dans la soci\u00e9t\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On peut grosso modo distinguer deux formes de psychose. Les deux extr\u00eames sont la psychose affective et la psychose schizophr\u00e9nique. 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His research was informed by thinkers such as Heraclitus, Laozi, Leibniz, Iain McGilchrist, Paul Mus, and Tran Duc Thao, whose insights paved the way for an innovative synthesis. Iain McGilchrist's hypothesis of hemispheric asymmetry, in particular, offered the final key to unlocking an epistemological impasse that had fascinated him for decades. His work represents both a culmination and a continuation of this age-old dialogue. Lichtenberg's intellectual journey began with intimate exposure to cultural boundaries from childhood, fostering an early sensitivity to the relativity of worldviews. His extended residence in Asia\u2014particularly transformative years in Beijing and Hanoi\u2014provided direct encounter with alternative epistemological frameworks that challenged Western assumptions about knowledge and reality. This experiential foundation sparked systematic inquiry into the mechanics of epistemology, leading to investigation of how different civilizations construct and validate knowledge. The author's multilingual background enabled access to primary sources across traditions, while his economic training provided analytical tools for examining the practical implications of philosophical divergence. Key intellectual influences emerged through engagement with overlooked thinkers: Hans F\u00fcrstenberg's dialectical vision of the 21st century revealed possibilities for synthesis beyond binary opposition; Iain McGilchrist's hemispheric analysis provided neurological grounding for civilizational differences; Ernst Bloch's metaphorical interpretation of religion suggested pathways beyond literal dogmatism. Paul Mus's cross-cultural mediation and Albert Schweitzer's universal ethics demonstrated practical applications of philosophical integration. The synthesis of these insights, combined with direct observation of East-West dynamics in contemporary Asia, enabled recognition of the profound epistemological crisis underlying current global tensions, transforming personal cultural curiosity into systematic analysis of civilizational psychology and its practical implications for human development.","sameAs":["https:\/\/eastwestsharing.blogspot.com\/%20","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@OlivierLichtenberg"],"url":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/fr\/author\/olivier\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17841,"href":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17839\/revisions\/17841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}