I had that delusion. Did not help at all that the floor had turned into water.
For meā¦ the magical thinking seems to be connected to my obsessive spikesā¦
I have to open ALL the small boxes I seeā¦ I HAVE toā¦ something might be inside one that will give me an answerā¦ (just some sort of answer) to my problem. (what ever problem that is)
Orā¦ I have to put the piano bench in front of back door before I leave the apartmentā¦ other wiseā¦ we will get burgled. (Iāve been getting help in letting go of my āleaving ritualā)
Delusionsā¦ Everyone is stalking and plotting to harm me and my family.
Or the one that Iāve been working throughā¦ it comes around a few timesā¦ I can predict the futureā¦ I can heal people by laying on of handsā¦
I once had a idea that numbers had meaning, so that if I chose menu 1 and not 2 at Jolibee then it would mean something special to the staff and myself. Thats magical thinking I guess.
However when I lived in the Philippines there was a lot of superstition like the taxi driver constantly touching their cross, which hung from the mirror. To avoid danger.
Also I went into a department store and bought a shirt with a camel as a brand, then I heard the ladies in the store discussing that I was single, because I bought brand ācamelā because it signals that you can go for long without water, lol. true story.
I dont think this is typical for women in the west, so I guess the place had more magical thinking than elsewhere. Or not?
But yeah I also avoided crossing the street, because it meant something special, also magical thinking probably.
Is this your card?
Is this your card?
See? Magical thinking.
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It depends on the media. For example, you have a delusion that youāre a bird and it can cause a LOT of real world problems. You put a magical bird on paper, then youāre an artist. Itās all about what media you use.