I had an AI psychosis episode, got a Bipolar diagnosis, used AI to beat 20-year OCD, then built an AI governance platform. The actual story.

May 2025. I went too deep into AI, too fast. What happened was a 2-week psychiatric hospitalization and a Bipolar diagnosis. AI psychosis was what triggered it. I'm not sharing that for sympathy. I'm sharing it because what came after is the part that matters. I had the worst summer of my life. Then I spent months absorbing everything I'd missed. The terms. The stakes. The s. The podcasts. I wanted to understand what AI actually was. January 2026: I used AI (and Zoloft) to finally crack a 20-year OCD battle. Not CBT alone. Not medication alone.