Excellent post, OP.

This reminds me of my time working as keeper at a mental hospital. I spent hours and hours trying to make the poor inmates snap out of their distorted world, if only for a short moment.

Those who know what I'm talking about know that it is virtually impossible to reach psychotic people. They have very carefully constructed a private universe for themselves that make them feel safe, a world that is totally controllable for them. Anyone threatening their world is an enemy. They really hate you if you try to use logic and hard evidence. Other ways might work though.

Many years later I found GLP to satisfy this strange urge to bash my head against the wall.

Love,
/LTC Peachblossom