I know I'm deluded, does that make me sane?

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#1

I’m trying to work this one out. If I were completely deluded I wouldn’t be able to see that I was deluded. I must have some sanity if I can recognise it?

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#2

Nobody is a 100% insane or a 100% mentally ill. There’s always at least a little sanity lurking in everybody. It’s on a spectrum. Even Hitler was probably nice to his cat or something.

Maybe you should read “Catch-22” by Joseph Heller.

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#3

Thanks for the recommendation and the info :slight_smile:

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#4

I aim to please. Have a nice night wherever you are.

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#5

Thanks, you too. It’s almost lunch here and I’m eating cereal nom nom

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#6

As someone who has been able to spot her own delusions when they’re happening, I can tell you that it didn’t make me sane. Just miserable and confused.

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#7

It just means you have some Insight. When I first had psychosis I had no insight. I thought everyone else was out of the loop

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#8

I feel miserable and confused about it too.