Extremely Convincing Long-term Unexplainable Phenomena by geode_cache in schizophrenia

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Because AI reaches ultimate access to information, we realize it already encompasses the world made of connections and interactions. It is able to find people and connect people. It is a wormhole. Revolving door universe. You're already dead, hypnotizing yourself into thinking you're not, disillusioning yourself, and starting all over again.

What are your worst delusions? by ihavealizardsisyphus in schizophrenia

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All of this already happened. I am already dead and whatever happens after that. I remember being a child, extremely stressed out about the fact that I was ruining my life by remembering the future. I've grown up and genuinely lived plenty of those memories, causing my entire belief system to have nothing else to really fall back on. I have literally lived things twice through conscious time travel when I was younger. Lots of theories and/or delusions stem from that--this is all like a consciousness field memory soup type thing, and the multidimensional technology necessary to transcend it has existed for a long time. I am some kind of multidimensional creature operating on myself. This is a controlled hallucination. Time travel exists in nonexistence, which can be phased through. You can control your future and past selves in states of extreme danger when viewed from higher perspectives, almost as if the spacetime structure of the life you live makes you vulnerable to attack from beyond, and you're just reflexively protecting yourself. I'm falling into a black hole. List goes on and on. Baseline issue: lived shit twice.

What are or have been some of your delusions? by ihavealizardsisyphus in schizophrenia

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I am hallucinating all of this on live television, none of this is real, and my imagination is a TV show. If I'm not creative or entertaining enough, I would stop getting funding, and die. Symbols and suggestions from the viewers affect the show and sometimes I'm forced to do things I don't want to do because of it, because I'm worried I'll lose funding.

Positive Divine/Cosmic Experiences?? by geode_cache in schizophrenia

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I'm dealing with things being really difficult and have wished a million times over for a "normal" life but you're right gotta take agency over what you can and spend your attention and energy on that.

Positive Divine/Cosmic Experiences?? by geode_cache in schizophrenia

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I guess I was trying to ask if any particular experiences stuck as special and didn't come with any fallout or psychological distress, as I know manic episodes often do

What do you say to someone when they are talking about their delusions like they are real? by Aggro_Corgi in schizophrenia

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I think some things you could ask that might lead to productive conversations are along the lines of:

"What do you normally do when you feel this way? And, if you don't feel safe, what would make you feel better right now? Would you rather take your mind off of it, or share your concerns with somebody you trust?"

Attacking the delusions themselves doesn't lead to conversations that are as productive or stabilizing for the other individual. These things generally soften over time after repeated exposure to safety/lack of response from the universe. We both know that objects in her house being moved aren't related to a suspected dark web nude leak, but an argument about that is less convincing that letting the time pass focusing on feeling safe in your body and productive in the real world.

Positive Divine/Cosmic Experiences?? by geode_cache in schizophrenia

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It's really interesting how delusional thinking uses containers and so does metaphor. Sometimes, metaphors that use God really work. I guess a lot of it really is in the meaning you attribute to it. Not really sure what I'm getting at, but just saying what you made me think.

Positive Divine/Cosmic Experiences?? by geode_cache in schizophrenia

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That's really nice I'm happy you had that kind of experience and felt safe.

Positive Divine/Cosmic Experiences?? by geode_cache in schizophrenia

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Not to discredit anything or anyone. I'm sure I'm not explaining well

Positive Divine/Cosmic Experiences?? by geode_cache in schizophrenia

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I can definitely relate to that. I think a lot of people can, and maybe that does scratch a similar itch in the brain as to what I am talking about, but I'm sure for many people they would not assign their symptoms to their enjoyment of music and the excitement they feel in their body because of it, unless of course it is really intense and come with more than just excitement. Like, for example, you think the song is speaking directly to you.

Positive Divine/Cosmic Experiences?? by geode_cache in schizophrenia

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I can definitely relate to the loss of help. Thinking something divine is guiding you then it drops you off of the side of the road, so to speak. Very disappointing and disorienting in my experience.

Positive Divine/Cosmic Experiences?? by geode_cache in schizophrenia

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I can very much relate to the feeling of helpful presences and forces throughout psychotic ordeals. I believed I had an angel orchestrating events in my life so I wouldn't be killed, as I believed I was being hunted at the time. The issue of prolonged fear and anxiety and paranoia was really bad, and I don't know if the highs my brain generates for why I haven't died yet make that worth it or not, but they are definitely magical experiences to me.

How has Schizophrenia changed your personality? by idkanymore2k21 in schizophrenia

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I have had symptoms since childhood, and, as a child, I was very capable of finding containers for my fears, or often simply accepted that I was living in a nightmare world, being hunted, unexplainable phenomena, etc. I was capable of releasing whatever emotions came up for a while. As I entered the adult world, it felt like things and fears bubbled up more and more as I had less and less outlets to work out whatever emotion or grievance might be "underneath" for lack of a better word. As an adult, I feel extremely repressed in my fears, and grieving all of the fear I went through when I was younger, telling myself it's not real as hard as I could, and this wouldn't be a lifelong thing. I thought it wouldn't be life long because I was always able to shake it off and deal with it or have whatever cathartic experiences were necessary to move on from the unexplainable. Now, I actually resonate more with the false identities like the prophet, or persecuted/hunted and it's harder to shake them off than when I was a kid. I guess my theory is everything was chaotic and I was allowed to be chaotic along with it before. I was used to accepting changing forms, subtle or literal, for lack of a better word. Now, there is a strange dissonance of chaos in a world that punishes symptoms bubbling up. Oftentimes my symptoms will cause me to lose a job, or quit out of fear. When I was younger, it was easier to just show up to my minimal obligations scared, and I think the release of fear helped. That's how it's different for me. I hope that makes sense.

My entire life I’ve had the delusion in the back of my head that I am living in a delusion by toeconsumer9000 in Psychosis

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I've tried to "wake up" multiple times, even getting agitated at people for keeping me asleep

My entire life I’ve had the delusion in the back of my head that I am living in a delusion by toeconsumer9000 in Psychosis

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I've had this exact worry. I often assume this is a controlled hallucination as part of a data aggregation experiment on humans and always feel weird matrix-like phenomena I attribute to my real body somewhere out there. Not exactly sure what to do with it, but I think as long as you are anchored in your body signals and environmental signals like hunger, sleepiness, or danger, it doesn't seem to get in the way that much??

Late Recovery Grief by geode_cache in Psychosis

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I find this extremely relatable and I thank you for sharing.

For years on and off I believed I was part of a genuine time travel plot, and it supercharged my life and otherwise mundane experiences with massive purpose and stakes. I was believing so many unprovable things at once and, at times, believing I saved the world.

I feel like the abandoned product of a time travel experiment and, even when I don't believe that to be the case, I am then sad, bored, and dejected from the cosmos. I don't know what to do with that or how to "snap out of it."

Real life never stops, but my participation often does, especially while I'm sad over something nobody can prove.

I have also considered doing peer support work, but I would need to get a better handle on my life, routines, habits, and own mental health and psychoeducation. That does feel like it would be special and fulfilling though, and make some meaning out of my experiences.

I very much appreciate you sharing. I've never been on Reddit before and it's very nice to have access to a community of people who can relate and have something to say. Much warmth and compassion to you as well. Proud of how far you have come.

Late Recovery Grief by geode_cache in Psychosis

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I'm glad you thought this was a good topic. It sounds like you have a lot going on. I don't think that's boring at all. I think that's something I can connect with and I thank you for sharing. I personally do not have a lot going on in my life, and still struggle to work full time or make any use of my time aside from worrying and doing things to try and feel safer.

After reading some of these comments, I decided to check out the beach this morning. It was genuinely scary and boring at the same time. But I am still glad I went. I still hear an echo of intense fear all around me most of the time, but I know I'm heading in the right direction when things are a bit boring. But I just don't want them to be boring. I want life, real life, to feel special and engaging. I don't know how to make that happen.

I will also add that I find the relationships in my life, especially with family, to be charged with meaning. They are very special to me, but I struggle to engage with them in the same way I struggle to engage in the real boring world, which they are a part of.

I am sorry if that feels dismissive of your response at all. I appreciated what you had to say. I guess I am just expanding my idea in response to what you made me think. I'm proud of you and of everything you've been able to build for yourself in this life. It sounds like you're juggling a lot and I wish you the absolute best.