or is it better to say “you should see a psychiatrist” and not argue with them? do professionals try to reason with the delusional? is there a different role for professionals and lay people in whether to argue?
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Good and tough question. I think arguing just helps temporarily, so a psychologist can still help somewhat.
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Always say “see a psychiatrist” though.
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I’m a delusion person trying to help other delusional people and understand what they are going through…
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I don’t see the point in arguing, it just makes everyone tired.
but at the same token I just hate it when someone tries to convince me of their truth when it involves me and I know it isn’t true.
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It can make them loose focus from the delusion temporarily. I agree meds help the most though.
Or strengthen them through sheer stubbornness.
Fact checking can derail even the best delusion, unless of course it really turns out to be real.
No quite the opposite. They recommend just listening, but not validating or arguing. I am convinced a lot of what I say is true, but I guess because I am mentally ill somewhat, people discount, ignore, and deny anything I say, even true stuff!
It’s like crying wolf!
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Like I have stubborn delusions and a severe case of treatment resistant schizo-affective disorder – depressive type and it took years to recover and be happy and to be stable on the right meds.
It’s annoying because I am convinced the government and grey aliens conspired to give me schizophrenia. Not sure what else to say, they deny my reality, but it feels so dang real. Furthermore, I keep reincarnating into the same damn life for eternity (infinity) and sort of like big bounce theory and eternal recurrence, but some things do change. I guess if you go to a different parallel universe or timeline, which I believe is the small part of my story; although I admit no one will believe me because it’s straight out of the twilight zone, outerlimits and x files.
It depends on what you say, I am sure that psychiatrists and psychologists know how to talk with a schizophrenic.
I have found through my experience with Sz that it isn’t what you think that will get you in trouble,
it’s what you say out loud that will do it.
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This is true…it does depend on how you say things… and now wondering if I was too harsh in something I posted and if I should just delete it.
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What do you mean? I hid my voices from everyone until I commited suicide and nearly died. Talking about them saved my life.
Like I got phone calls when sleeping and it said the army did this to me. I never joined, but i sort of was curious. In a past life or parallel universe, I was supposedly a super soldier. They’re like advanced transhumanism experiments on people. Imagine super strength, intelligence, and psychic abilities. Ive never been strong though. Im always fat and weak.
Aliens could be involved though. Ive seen them…
I could go on, but I’ll embarass and annoy people.
Of course, people will say i hallucinate those calls, but i just can’t accept and figure out who targeted me.
Nothing really special about being a disabled schizophrenic super soldier.
I get no help or benefits.
I mever figured out why or the truth at all. Was it a person exclusively?
I might have been in project Greenstar, but don’t know. I’ve been researching my ass off constantly.
It happened in 2011 at college. No proof or evidence at all. Apparently its all in my head.
I’m scared to talk a lot. But need help obviously.
I have my stories and beliefs and thoughts and delusions and theories though like time travel, being on a different earth, and cloning to say the least.
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When I have delusions that some existence or existences are doing something to me, or controlling me or whatever, I wish some people would just say, if anything like that was done it is plainly wrong to do to somebody. And tell me I am right to feel terrible if something like that is done to me, because it is completely wrong to do to anyone.
no its not a good idea
I don’t talk much about my delusions to family and friends because I’m afraid they will argue with me. I can talk on here or with my pdoc though as you guys understand and I feel safe talking about it.
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