What does psychosis look like?
People with psychosis typically experience delusions (false beliefs, for example, that people on television are sending them special messages or that others are trying to hurt them) and hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that others do not, such as hearing voices telling them to do something or criticizing them).
Do eyes show mental illness?
Experts recognize irregular saccadic eye movements as a common feature of some psychiatric conditions, like schizophrenia and depression .
How do eyes reveal schizophrenia?
One study reported a 62% incidence of visual distortions in schizophrenia, with brightness, contrast, and motion increases being the most commonly reported (Phillipson and Harris, 1985).
What mental illness causes wide eyes?
We have suggested that those with a bipolar disorder may, during manic/hypomanic states, evidence sparkling eyes, have dilated pupils and, albeit rarely, evidence iris colour changes – especially blackening.