Having doubt again about if I was psychotic or not

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yeah but i meant a serious mental illness

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Dont know what makes one more serious than another… i mean there are plenty of people with bipolar or sz more functional than me

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I agree with you. My anxiety disorder has played havoc with my life.

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If you say this to a pdoc, they will consider everything else you say nonsense. You should practice saying “I had delusions and I no longer believe them”

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but i feel like they were just intrusive thoughts not delusions

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People don’t believe their intrusive thoughts. For example, I used to have intrusive thoughts about my loved ones dying. I did not believe it meant my loved ones were going to actually die. I just wanted to be rid of the mental images of their deaths.

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In your mind, what is the difference between a delusion and an intrusive thought?

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intrusive thought is like a thought that comes into your mind and is distressing, delusion is a false belief that you believe in 100%

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Using that logic, can you tell me what part of this post doesn’t sound like a delusion?

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Or this?

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i believed in it only like 80% and only for like an hour or something so not a delusion

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Just read over those posts.

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You are a smart person. You are capable of understanding cause and effect. Therefore, I am left with the conclusion that you are intentionally arguing something you know is not true. Why are you doing that?

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okay last of those 2 posts are delusions…

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I use to also say I was never psychosis and it not a loser thwarted allot of ppl that are normal and have good jobs and are considered winners that have it

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No one can help you if you don’t start by helping yourself and accepting reality, I see ppl denying their illness as slightly delusional as they don’t believe reality and live in their own world. In this world everyone knowledgeable told you you have psychosis, Drs, family, nurses, us, etc

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Ok fine I have had psychosis then
It doesn’t change that it felt real back then

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I know that you will say you don’t need meds and that you don’t have psychosis again. No one can really help you. Idk if you will ever get over that delusion.

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Its like a residual symptom.