Doubting the Delusions

DX'd - Other
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But that is the problem. It is a trick question.

Former is more likely but the later is true, you say.

This is the reason why this illness is tough.

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Not really. I am doubting to learn to doubt should I fall ill again.

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You have strange memories. How can you tell which ones are false, which ones real? What would happen if you defined all of your strange memories as false memories, if you are able to do it?

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But he doesnā€™t recognise which memories are strange.

That is why I am asking this person to doubt and doubt his narrative.

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I tried it. I get emotional sometimes. Iā€™m trying to ignore them. Thereā€™s something wrong with my memory maybe too much acetylcholine. I noticed cogentin blocked some memories and helped me. I might have to ask my doctor again. They said no one time, but maybe I need it again. I do have fake or false memories. Sometimes, I feel in gaps with ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  or my imagination.

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The strange ones happened at college. I donā€™t know. I had a psychotic break from substance induced psychosis. I also donā€™t remember my life around age 2-3. I get deja vu or used to a lot. Like I can see into other timelines and avoid certain things.

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Make yourself believe that your narrative is false (for awhile). See if your situation improves.

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I will do that. Thanks. That should help. I have been accused of diving too deep into my ā€˜delusionsā€™.

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Right now you have doubt. Congratulations!

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By strange I meant what would be generally (not personally) considered strange, that is everything regarding time travel and other lives - define every one of those memories as a fake memory.

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I agree. It could be related to the perception of memories rather than what memories are encoded in the brain. Schizophrenia is supposedly a problem of perception.

To him, however, these strange memories are real. That is my point.

A good exercise for me was to doubt my whole narrative at once. Perhaps, I still struggle to doubt the individual pieces of the whole episode. But, I try to cut my experiences into as many pieces as possible, so I doubt each of those pieces more and more.

According to Nash, the more he doubted his delusions, the better he got. I am trying to see if this could work for me.

In other words, my question is, can I get the doses of medications lowered by doubting?Can I actually ameliorate my illness?

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