This is a big step for me, and it’s fairly recent.
My therapist and I have been working on this, I tend to, like he put it “fuse” myself with my delusions, thus confusing my sense of self with the self I think I am given my delusional experiences and thoughts.
If I think of myself as delusional when those thoughts arise, it’s easier to let go of those delusions as they are, just thoughts, that have no basis on reality.
I used to think that experience makes the self, but that’s not true. My sense of the experience I’m living can shift with my moods, and we all know how moods can shift. It’s interesting to aknowledge how wrong our thoughts sometimes are, and how wrong we can be just because we think experience makes us what we are.
Well, food for thought.
What do you guys think of this? Can you relate?
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i think its good to focus on good positive things other than just the stuff that happens inside our heads, look up to role models and take what you can from them, all their good qualities and learn to teach a joy and everybody will be happy, (in an ideal world) i think this can happen.
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I think everybody here has to deal with having what they thought was real being pulled out from under them.
I initially dealt with it by believing I couldn’t trust my mind, then after being hospitalised again I came to the conclusion that some of my experiences were real, so ended up with unusual beliefs.
They’re in the background thanks to abilify though.
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Me too. That was actually the stepping stone for this process.
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i think i just accepted that i had a problem and i had to try and deal with it, so i take the meds and try and fill my life with as much positivity as possible to get by.
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Me too, @asgoodasitgets, me too. I’m trying to stir away from the negativity and drama that was surrounding my life, finding time to be with positive people that reinforce my recovery process. 
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i can relate i have fused myself with my " delusions " , or have ‘lack of insight’ some might say , and fusing is a good description of it your therapist gave . I do think experience makes the self but our feelings about experience as we are experiencing them ( perception of that experience ) can be influenced my mood and other things .
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