How to convince yourself that you are experiencing a delusion?

Health and Recovery
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I think I affect the stock market.

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No one shook me out of it. I still believe what I’m going through is real, so lucky you. But yes it does get to the point where it’s like, hey it doesnt make any sense.

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How so? Even though it’s a delusion.

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I talk to my mom she usually tells me it’s not real

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That’s good. None of these delusions are real.

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When delusional I just say to myself that I’ll be believing something completely different in half an hour’s time.

Also, when I get upset because of my unwanted thoughts I just ask myself ‘Well, have a felt happy recently?’. My reply is usually, ‘Yes, this morning’. Snaps me out of my upset half the time.

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You cant.usually they past with time or change with new delusions but its really hard to convince ideas as a delusions.

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I’m aware others call my delusions delusions but they’re real to me.

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I want the credit if it is up and take the blame if it is down.

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Wow, there is no way you are related to the stock market dont worry.

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I need to look elsewhere to have a real influence on someone or something.

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Is there a camera that is implanted in me that the world can watch me? Am I being broadcasted over media?

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Have you tried doing other things? Talking about other things?

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Yes. But I’m afraid because all I hear is the news talking about me and YouTube talks about me. It scares me because the media are telling people all over the country to harm and harrass me.

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Maybe if you’d talk about other stuff and do other things, turn the tv off, you’d do better

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Ok. But do you think that would stop the media from talking about me and broadcasting me?

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I’m not going to reinforce your delusion by talk8ng about it more.

Turn off your tv.
Stay off youtube

Tell your pdoc the truth.

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Can I ask this. Does this illness mess with your external reality, making you see and hear things that are not real but seems totally real?

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We’ve told you this happens.

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Ok. Let me ask you this. If you heard the tv talking about you and the radio and youtube, and everywhere you go you heard people talking about you what would you do? Would that frighten you? Could you understand what I’m dealing with?