I wondered if my history of lack of theory of mind contributed to delusional thoughts.
The first delusion and and second delusions I had throughout my childhood and adolescence until the age of 16.
Throughout my childhood and adolescence, I had a delusion that no one has a face, because I couldn’t read facial expressions on time, and my second delusion was that some people were plotting against me, and sometimes became scared and violent when my routine changed, and it made my former prosecutory delusions worse, as I misread people’s intentions, due to my history of lack of theory of mind.
I was diagnosed with psychosis nos, later sz, at age 21y.o. but my symptoms started when I was 15. Symptoms slowly got worse over time, positive, negative and cognitive symptoms.
I went through many delusions in the past, but I only wanted to talk about those two particular delusions I had, and it’s related to Autism Spectrum Disorder. The other delusions I had is related to Bipolar Disorder.
Before my diagnosis I thought I had autism as I socially isolated but my Dr said no I don’t have it and that me hearing voices is just stress. Then I was hospitalized for suicide and a pdoc there diagnosed me with psychosis nos.
I told about my history of delusions to my psychiatrist, and because my functioning was not impaired, she said that I have Delusional Disorder, but it is just based on her opinion and my diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder stayed the same.