Coping ideas for complex/scary delusions?

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Right now my only coping technique is distracting myself, avoiding triggers and staying in my comfort zone. Also a little bit of reality testing from friends but I haven’t had to resort to that in a while.

I have a really weird delusion where if there are too many coincidences going on all at once, my subconscious synchronizes with those events and I’m overcome by weird feelings/sensations, then I go into a sort of shock. I don’t want to actually to go into detail more about it because It’s a trigger. It is religious and mystical in nature though, I will say that.

Anyhoo, for those who have successfully managed terrifying delusions. What has helped you? Is there a type of philosophy that has helped, or a book? school of thought? I’ve been looking into anthropology but I’m not sure where to begin. My friend suggested it.

Many thanks.

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I learned to live with an annoying level of uncertainty basically. By that I mean I accept some delusions may or not be true.

But I hear CBT helps if you can arrange to do that with a psychologist .

I used to have a tough time with coincidences too.

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Coming back to this forum has helped with some of my delusions. Guided imagery has helped me a little bit. I think the big thing for me has been keeping myself busy.

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Be with loving family and friends and do what you enjoy be it reading or shopping, eat delicious food, good night’s resr

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Distraction is what I use on a regular basis to get away from crappy feelings I’ve had during the day. Otherwise, when I’m in the moment when the distress is in full swing, I generally promise myself to keep going on like I am until my distressing beliefs/thoughts become more than belief or thought. Doesn’t always work well, though, I’ll admit.

If you have any family/friends available, having a good talk with someone can make me feel better.

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I struggle with religious delusions too,

Lots of us do.

The only thing that super helped me was doing CBT to keep certain thoughts at bay.

It was so much work, but greatly increased my quality of life,

I heard the “CBT Toolbox” is very good,

I’ve meant to order it 100 times but keep putting it off.

Sorry, homegirl,

You’re tough, have you tried yoga or meditation?

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I like yoga for health but it doesn’t help with my delusions and meditation just makes my delusions worse.

Although I am recovering from a bad break I had last year so I’m hoping that these thoughts will fade with time.

I’ll look up the CBT toolbox.

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I do just like you, lately treats myself as the most soft and tries to avoid triggers, in fact it can happen from anything, loud noise or a lot of people and then the voices, but what does help me is to meditate,I found an easy and fun way to separate even a few seconds all the thoughts and the balagan, it helps me to relax Myself and that way I’m less tense, I think I’ll write about it maybe it will help others, ad the practis is really fun and even funny

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Meditation can be super difficult,

I get that.

I’d say you’re doing all the right stuff,

Avoiding triggers and staying in a routine.

Now is definitely the time to integrate some CBT into your life,

It really helps, especially for intrusive thoughts.

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Did you have a hard time with it at first?

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I’m sorry’ diden read that one,Perhaps you try to stop the thoughts forcefully, and this creates struggles, I’m just sitting outside at the door, listening to all the little sounds of the surroundings, spreading my hearing without filtering, even a second I’m just listening and it’s fun, very soon you suddenly see that it’s even musical,

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Ah cool! I’m probably not doing it properly, but you are right when my mind is engaged by my senses, I feel calmer :slight_smile:

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Me?

With meditation?

Yes, it was terrible, I felt like I was just opening up my mind for horrible thoughts to pour in,

But after a lot of practice, I was finally able to think of things that scared me critically.

You know really break them down instead of just being overcome by fear and intrusive thoughts.

I could kind of hold that idea in my head and try to reason,

I still struggle a lot with it, but now I feel more in control.

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Oh interesting… I might try some some sort guided meditation and/or CBT then, but not on my own!

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I have similar delusions that consume me and always , always feel absolutely real , I keep my feet centered when I feel I’m drifting and sing a particular song , I find like triggers are negatively impacting if u can find something that will calm u quickly, work on putting as much safety and love into that , weather a song, mantra , specific phrase or even a totem u can hold , often physical things are easy to use because they are a constant outside of ur mind , I really hope u find a reliable and easy way to ground yourself , I wish u the very best

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