CONSCIOUSNESS UNDER PRESSURE
D.K Abishek Lingam, Aadil Khan, Areeb Khan
JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL SYNERGY AND SCIENTIFIC HORIZON October 6, 2026 preprint DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23190295 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Argues that consciousness is fragile in two distinct ways: classic psychedelic compounds can rapidly rearrange it, and some illnesses entrench false beliefs resistant to argument. The author pairs hallucinogens, described as undergoing a clinical renaissance, with mixed delusions, characterized as clinically common but under-discussed, as parallel windows on how the mind's grip on reality can loosen. |
Abstract
Consciousness is the one thing each of us knows with absolute certainty — and the one thing science has the hardest time explaining. It is also fragile. Certain molecules, taken deliberately or by accident, can rearrange it within minutes; certain illnesses can entrench false beliefs so stubbornly that no argument can dislodge them. This article tells the story of two ways the mind's grip on reality can loosen: hallucinogens, the classic psychedelic compounds now undergoing a remarkable clinical renaissance, and mixed delusions, the clinically common but under discussed condition in which a person harbours two or more delusional themes at once.