Husky Jacks open thread [2020]

bananasnblondes said:

Just looking over some PFF tweets shit. Not 100% sure on ZTF but right now UW has
-the #1 and #7 highest rated CBs in the country (Molden and McDuffie)
-the #1 rated P5 linebacker (Eddie)
-im assuming the #1 defensive edge player (ztf)

That is insane. Im just gonna sit here and let my underwear get crispy

dnc said:

bananasnblondes said:

SubK also seemed to suggest at one point that his online presence led in some way to Pete quitting and that it was all part of some grand plan.

Grandiose delusions (GD), also known as delusions of grandeur or expansive delusions,[1] are a subtype of delusion that occur in patients suffering from a wide range of psychiatric diseases, including two-thirds of patients in manic state of bipolar disorder, half of those with schizophrenia, patients with the grandiose subtype of delusional disorder, and a substantial portion of those with substance abuse disorders.[2][3] GDs are characterized by fantastical beliefs that one is famous, omnipotent, wealthy, or otherwise very powerful. The delusions are generally fantastic and typically have a religious, science fictional, or supernatural theme. There is a relative lack of research into GD, in contrast to persecutory delusions and auditory hallucinations. About 10% of healthy people experience grandiose thoughts but do not meet full criteria for a diagnosis of GD.[3]


Contents
1 Signs and symptoms
1.1 Positive functions
1.2 Comorbidity
1.2.1 Schizophrenia
1.2.2 Bipolar disorder
2 Cause
3 Anatomical aspects
4 Diagnosis
5 Treatment
6 Epidemiology
6.1 Prevalence
7 See also
8 References
Signs and symptoms
According to the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for delusional disorders, grandiose-type symptoms include astronomically exaggerated beliefs of:

self-worth
power[4]
knowledge
identity
exceptional relationship to a deity or famous person.[5]
For example, a patient who has fictitious beliefs about his or her power or authority may believe himself or herself to be a ruling monarch who deserves to be treated like royalty.[6] There are substantial differences in the degree of grandiosity linked with grandiose delusions in different patients. Some patients believe they are God, the Queen of the United Kingdom, a president's son, a famous rock star, and so on. Others are not as expansive and think they are skilled athletes or great inventors.[7]

Expansive delusions may be maintained by auditory hallucinations, which advise the patient that they are significant, or confabulations, when, for example, the patient gives a thorough description of their coronation or marriage to the king. Grandiose and expansive delusions may also be part of fantastic hallucinosis in which all forms of hallucinations occur.[7]

Positive functions
Grandiose delusions frequently serve a very positive function for the person by sustaining or increasing their self-esteem. As a result, it is important to consider what the consequences of removing the grandiose delusion are on self-esteem when trying to modify the grandiose delusion in therapy.[4] In many instances of grandiosity it is suitable to go for a fractional rather than a total modification, which permits those elements of the delusion that are central for self-esteem to be preserved. For example, a person who believes they are a senior secret service agent gains a great sense of self-esteem and purpose from this belief, thus until this sense of self-esteem can be provided from elsewhere, it is best not to attempt modification.[4]

Comorbidity
Schizophrenia
Main article: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder distinguished by a loss of contact with reality and the occurrence of psychotic behaviors, including hallucinations and delusions (unreal beliefs which endure even when there is contrary evidence).[8] Delusions may include the false and constant idea that the person is being followed or poisoned, or that the person’s thoughts are being broadcast for others to listen to. Delusions in schizophrenia often develop as a response to the individual attempting to explain their hallucinations.[8] Patients who experience recurrent auditory hallucinations can develop the delusion that other people are scheming against them and are dishonest when they say they do not hear the voices that the delusional person believes that he or she hears.[8]

Specifically, grandiose delusions are frequently found in paranoid schizophrenia, in which a person has an extremely exaggerated sense of his or her significance, personality, knowledge, or authority. For example, the person may possibly declare to own a major corporation and kindly offer to write a hospital staff member a check for $5 million if they would only help them escape from the hospital.[9] Other common grandiose delusions in schizophrenia include religious delusions such as the belief that one is Jesus Christ.[10]

Bipolar disorder
Main article: Bipolar disorder
Bipolar I disorder can lead to severe affective dysregulation, or mood states that sway from exceedingly low (depression) to exceptionally high (mania).[11] In hypomania or mania, some bipolar patients can suffer grandiose delusions. In its most severe manifestation, days without sleep, or auditory and other hallucinations, or uncontrollable racing thoughts can reinforce these delusions. In mania, this illness not only affects emotions but can also lead to impulsivity and disorganized thinking which can be harnessed to increase their sense of grandiosity. Protecting this delusion can also lead to extreme irritability, paranoia and fear. Sometimes their anxiety can be so over-blown that they believe others are jealous of them and, thus, are undermining their "extraordinary abilities," persecuting them or even scheming to seize what they already have.[12]


Scott Stapp of Creed, who suffered grandiose delusions as a result of bipolar disorder
The vast majority of bipolar patients rarely experience delusions. Typically, when experiencing or displaying a stage of heightened excitability called mania, they can experience, joy, rage, a flattened state in which life has no meaning[clarification needed] and sometimes even a mixed state of intense emotions which can cycle out of control along with thoughts or beliefs that are grandiose in nature. Some of these grandiose thoughts can be expressed as strong beliefs that the patient is very rich or famous or has super-human abilities, or can even lead to severe suicidal ideations.[13] In the most severe form, in what was formerly labeled as megalomania, the bipolar patient may hear voices which support these grandiose beliefs. In their delusions, they can believe that they are, for example, a king, a creative genius, or can even exterminate the world's poverty because of their extreme generosity.[14]

Cause
There are two alternate causes for developing grandiose delusions:[15][further explanation needed]

Delusion-as-defense: defense of the mind against lower self-esteem and depression.
Emotion-consistent: result of exaggerated emotions.
Anatomical aspects
Grandiose delusions may be related to lesions of the frontal lobe.[16] Temporal lobe lesions have been mainly reported in patients with delusions of persecution and of guilt, while frontal and frontotemporal involvement have been described in patients with grandiose delusions, Cotard’s syndrome, and delusional misidentification syndrome.[17]

Diagnosis
Patients with a wide range of mental disorders which disturb brain function experience different kinds of delusions, including grandiose delusions.[18] Grandiose delusions usually occur in patients with syndromes associated with secondary mania, such as Huntington's disease,[19] Parkinson's disease,[20] and Wilson's disease.[21] Secondary mania has also been caused by substances such as L-DOPA and isoniazid which modify the monoaminergic neurotransmitter function.[22] Vitamin B12 deficiency,[23] uremia,[24] hyperthyroidism[25] as well as the carcinoid syndrome[26] have been found to cause secondary mania, and thus grandiose delusions.

In diagnosing delusions, the MacArthur-Maudsley Assessment of Delusions Schedule is used to assess the patient.[27]

GrundleStiltzkin said:

https://twitter.com/J_Kirshenbaum/status/1334217120192765953

GrundleStiltzkin said:

DoogCourics said:

GrundleStiltzkin said:

bananasnblondes said:

Just looking over some PFF tweets shit. Not 100% sure on ZTF but right now UW has
-the #1 and #7 highest rated CBs in the country (Molden and McDuffie)
-the #1 rated P5 linebacker (Eddie)
-im assuming the #1 defensive edge player (ztf)

That is insane. Im just gonna sit here and let my underwear get crispy

PFF is only worth a shit if it makes youº look good, and it's doing its part now.

Hence the reason I only poast the good stuff when I poast PFF. I regularly skip over anything that doesn’t.

. Doogs gotta do their part to make their Dwags look good.

Do serious people really put any credence into PFF’s stuff?

Gladstone said:

90% chance UW comes out super low energy and Stanford grinds out 5ypc in a miserably close toss-up

If we destroy them then I'll probably be sold on Lake.

GrundleStiltzkin said:

https://twitter.com/J_Kirshenbaum/status/1334217120192765953