[Guest]

Do you have delusional beliefs or thoughts?​

No, I do not have delusional beliefs or thoughts.	36	44.44%
Yes, I have delusional beliefs or thoughts.	34	41.98%
I have in the past had delusional thoughts, but no longer do.	11	13.58%

 

[Guest]

Do you or have you suffered from delusional thinking? Below is a definition of delusional thinking:

False personal beliefs that are not subject to reason or contradictory evidence and are not explained by a person?s usual cultural concepts. Delusions may take on different themes. For example, patients suffering from paranoid-type symptoms - often have delusions of persecution, or false and irrational beliefs that they are being cheated, harassed, poisoned, or conspired against. These patients may believe that they, or a member of the family or someone close to them, are the focus of this persecution. In addition, delusions of grandeur, in which a person may believe he or she is a famous or important figure, may occur in schizophrenia. Sometimes the delusions experienced by people with schizophrenia are quite bizarre; for instance, believing that a neighbor is controlling their behavior with magnetic waves; that people on television are directing special messages to them; or that their thoughts are being broadcast aloud to others.

 

[Guest]

no, at least I don't think so...

 

[Chris]

Yep. I've had DP for almost 5 years now. I learned to deal with it. And then last month all of a sudden im freaking out with delusional thinking. Conviced I was finally schizophrenic, I went to a psych. he Prescribed me some anti psych. I was too afraid to take it. Stayed with my usual 50mg of Luvox which really helps my anxiety and depression. So now a month later the delusional stuff has tamed down but my DP has been unbearable. It's been about a week now where the DP has been completely messed up. It's been years since I noticed a significant change in it. I'm really starting to worry about being able to function. What if it gets even worse? I experience NO joy anymore.

 

[maria]

I don't know if this is delusional thinking, but during my teen years I started to create false memories that I had hurt someone. These were developed when I read/heard about some horrible event. Like at some point I was convinced I had murdered someone at the age of five or something, I had a clear memory of that. But don't worry, it's not true... :shock:

 

[Haumea]

Well, one doesn't even need schizophrenia to engage in delusional thinking (although obviously psychotic delusions tend to be more extreme.) E.g. personality disorders such as paranoid personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder may produce delusional thinking as well. There's a need to distinguish between a clearly psychotic type of delusion (such as some guy who thinks he's Napoleon) and a narcissistic delusion, whereas some guy thinks he's the best, when by all objective measures he isn't.

 

[daydreambeliever]

I don't know that they're false so that could make them truly delusional. lol.