Seeing I have insufficient insight into my illness (if my own polls are to be believed), I could do at least with some clarity. Clear guidelines if possible would be nice. Thanks.
PS. This is not meant to be a pro or anti simulation thread, just an attempt to know at which point we might be crossing the line.
My understanding is something is only a delusion if the person does not accept truth based in fact and reality.
If youâre aware of a delusion, you can still be delusional in your thinking, but in my experience it becomes a mere annoyance in that your mind wonders and you occasionally have to put the breaks on
Over time I found the less air time you give these things, the smaller in importance these things get, and the more time you have to focus on things thatâs more meaningful in life
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Even scientists are debating whether we are living in a simulation or not. The math behind it would have to be extremely complicated. And the ârealâ world running this simulation would be totally incomprehensible to our minds. So why bother with things beyond our understanding?
To keep it short. Schizophrenia comes with a feeling of derealization. Itâs just a brain disorder. Just remember how you used to feel before the illness. Thatâs where you should fight to be once again.
But what happens if there is no easy way of establishing an unequivocal evidence based position on a disputed subject?
Doesnât matter. You have to conform to the psychiatrists opinion, or get âtreatedââŚ
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Well, we canât know a priori whether something will always remain beyond our understanding. I think of curiosity as a true virtue.
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Thatâs very true, all too true in fact.
Such a riddle can only be cracked by a real virtuoso maybe twice the genius Einstein was.
Some would say that if you believe it at all! 
Joking aside, as I know you seem to torture (curiosity) yourself with it so much, I would say when an intellectual thought becomes a rumination and when the rumination then goes on to obsession and interferes with the day to day running of your life.
I think the safest mode of thinking is direct realism. Using only reason and facts is the best way to fight delusions if it is possible. Thinking you are in a simulation is somewhat based on reasoning namely analogical reasoning when you compare video games to real life for instance but it takes away your ability reason about the world directly in a way akin to indirect realism because you convince yourself you are only seeing a representation or copy of the world in your mind and your interpretation that it is a simulation becomes real. I think for sz indirect realism leads to a detachment from reality. You have to stay grounded and not convince yourself that the world is something other than it is perceived. Believing in simulation based on an analogy you perceive creates a false equivocation and the analogy takes place of the real. What harm could it do. You could begin to think that the simulation is beyond your control and develop learned helplessness or external locus of control. You could start to think life doesnt matter because its fake. Or you could develop a delusion that you are an immortal simulation. The list goes on.
Have you ever had the âAre we part of an alienâs dream?â thought?
Maybe, but I see it more as a protracted and collective endeavour. Of course the simulation could be so built that weâre never allowed to find out for sure.
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Iâve always enjoyed a good rumination. 
All that is true, but in principle you can endorse simulation theory without being delusional. Is it simply an issue of intensity and altered function?
No, never, which makes me suspicious of my motivations for endorsing the simulation theory.
As far as im concerned, simulation theory is basically the same thing as any other faith-based system out there. Youâll never be able to prove it true or false, so you either believe it or you donât. We say other religious people are delusional when their beliefs start to negatively impact their life. For example, if they start treating others badly because of their faith, or if they stop making decisions entirely because they believe they have no free will. You are free to continue believing we are in a simulation. That isnât an issue. The issue is the way you let it interfere with your sense of peace and happiness.
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@supernova Thanks for the reply, but surely if someoneâs religious beliefs led them to reject, for instance, their own sexuality, with the inevitable negative impact on their mental wellbeing, we wouldnât be speaking of delusions. Itâs extremely hard to ascertain what constitutes a delusion just by looking at itâs contents. And Iâm not sure that degree of obsession over it is that clear either, especially when you suffer from ocd. Things would be clearer if I had other significant unusual beliefs.
I mean, delusions are actually a part of OCD. Theyâre one of the main symptoms. The main difference seems to be that people with OCD are 100% aware that their delusions are absurd and false,but it doesnât stop them from believing them. And yea. If someoneâs religion was forcing them to reject their own true self, I would definitely say they had a problem they needed at least therapy for.
I have no idea. It depends how the belief affects you. I saw the Matrix in 2003 when i was in university and learning about descartes and socrates who both had an idea about simulation and the idea didnt really interest me. I accept our minds make a simulation of the world we observe, but not that another computer generates the simulation. If i had a belief and couldnt successfully make myself doubt it in the face of evidence to the contrary or arguments against its plausibily possibility or probability i would worry i was developing a mild delusion
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