in my case, reading about delusions triggers delusions & psychosis. whereas I am good with my meds, I just read a post about aliens delusion and I am very influenced.
do you get influenced by others’ delusions?
are they contagious among schizophrenics?
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as i was reading I felt my psychosis moving deep inside my mind even though i am sane now.
moving slowly like saying “i am still alive, still here”…
When I was young, and married, and non medicated, I was always influenced by my husbands delusions. We had shared delusions.
Delusions can be very contagious. It’s one of the reasons we moderate the unusual beliefs section so heavily.
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folie à deux…
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People started using the word triggers.
But everyone has a different trigger…some quite odd.
So I won’t mention mine so it doesn’t trigger me and the less I think about “it” the better.
Sitting in the shade now looking at a pretty tree 
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i am sitting at the beach looking at the sunset…
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100% true.
They are absolutely contagious.
I love other crazy people, but I can’t be besties with them.
The last thing I need is someone to validate my delusions and provide me with more things to be paranoid/obsessed about.
Talking with others is great and makes me feel less alone, but when you get into real functional relationships, sometimes you can fuel each other’s insanity fire.
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