I’m starting to have trouble telling the difference here recently. I know it’s stupid to believe them but things have been gradually getting worse and my mind just isn’t doing what it’s supposed to…
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If you’re losing touch with reality a bit make sure you tell your doctor , maybe it’s time for a med tweak.
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Well, let’s get a few things straight.
- You are human, not demon, saint or god.
- There is no conspiracy against you, no secret plot, no telepathy, no mind reading
- This world is real, not a virtual reality or a game simulation
- Food is not poisoned
As long as your delusion pertains to any of the above, it can get tricky. Please discuss it with your pdoc asap.
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Certain ones are almost impossible for me to fight (that everyone hates me even if they explicitly tell me they do not, that everyone is talking about me in public, etc) but others i fight pretty well with medication, particularly the weirder ones about aliens
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Might need to have your meds adjusted. On abilify i still get delusional thoughts but i have the ability to tell what’s real and what’s not.
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For years I’ve had something I guess I can now call a delusion, even though I’m not sure about it being one.
Mine involves of anything on shirts, mostly faces/characters on shirts, being able to see what I’m doing, especially if it’s in the bathroom. I’ll either take off my shirt or roll it up so the character isn’t able to see what I’m doing. It doesn’t debilitate me though.
More recently it’s a similar one except for the potential of hidden cameras in my shirts or toys.
I believe in my “delusions” and so far nobody has been able to give me concrete proof that I’m wrong. So eh.
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When you start “Believing”, that is when the trouble begins.
I choose not to believe. Meaning I don’t believe that it is delusional, nor do I believe that it is real.
A belief is a belief, and a truth is a truth. To think of both of them as being one in the same, is a mistake.
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Yes I believe my delusions are real but I can’t withstand it. I became helpless because of my hallucinations. I would die with this. It’s not necessary for others to come with me.
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One of my delusion is about Ashoka Chakra. It has 24 lines. Each line represent one generation. If we understand 50 year average life of a person. Than this (thoughts) will repeat in every 1200 years.
Don’t take it seriously.
I am guessing, now is 2400.
I go back decades in conjunction with autism spectrum and bipolar personalities. I’m specimen like no one else on this earth. It runs very deep, things that normally would shock others it no longer disturbs me, I’ve lost any reference points I might had long time ago.
One of the problem is inadequacies facing the people. I dislike relapses badly.
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Is a persistent belief that everyone hates you despite reassurance to the contrary considered a delusion?
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I would say so. If a delusion is a persistent belief held despite evidence to the contrary, and you believe, say, your mother hates you and is plotting against you/talking about you despite reassurance that she does not hate you then i would say its a delusion (thats me, basically)
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I still feel like I could be implanted with a microchip and be a subject in a black ops experiment, but the Aripiprazole has helped a lot. Now it doesn’t bother me as much and I’m starting to get on with my life.
I rarely get spiritual messages off the TV, no more telepathy from people.
However, a troubling one remains, which is that a woman I know is secretly in love with my partner of 10 years and plans to get together with him, get me to move out of the house and make me homeless. This just isn’t going away with meds.
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I believe that the second you’re able to say “this is a delusion” it loses all it’s power.
Now the key is to hold onto the thoughts that they’re just delusions.
I recommend CBT books for this. CBT is a great form of therapy that helps one to plug into the “ultimate reality” of things.
My own philosophy is that we all have our own perceptions of reality, yet there is the ultimate reality.
With having sz/sza our lenses of reality are kinda skewed in their nature.
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Yeah. But then again, since I’m delusional maybe I can’t answer this question for sure.
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There’s one stubborn belief that refuses to budge, so I suppose it must be true even though doctors deny it up and down when I’m visiting them.
Does Abilify cause akathesia? Always wondered about it