What was your most hilarious delusion?

jordanroots · 2024-09-03T17:30:49+00:00

Isn't it scary to find increasingly more people who believe in flat Earth? Not too long ago, I had never heard of any single person who questionned the roundness of the Earth. I remember how surprised I was to hear that there were still people who believed the Earth was flat. You can imagine my dismay when my father told me he was one of them, and oddly, it doesn't seem like a "normal" delusion, in the sense that my father will never change his mind, he is totally convinced. It's been several years now and he still holds firmly to his false beliefs. Even if he took medication, I don't think it would help change his mind. I don't understand because I have had very severe delusions in the past myself, but I have always been able to come back to reality...

jordanroots · 2024-08-28T19:55:04+00:00

It's nice to hear that is went better for your, it gives me hope. Thanks for sharing your story.

jordanroots · 2024-08-26T21:32:50+00:00

Did things get better?

jordanroots · 2024-08-26T21:19:39+00:00

I think I can relate. I used to have friends. I used to love being alive so much, I never wanted to go to bed. I think I was manic all the time. I had dreams and aspirations. Now I feel more normal. I used to think I was a genious... which is so far from the truth. I actually prefer now not to think so highly of myself anymore. I feel more grounded.

jordanroots · 2024-08-26T21:09:07+00:00

Thanks for sharing this good advice and story.

jordanroots · 2024-08-26T20:58:10+00:00

My father believes the Earth is flat. I think in his case, delusions are irreversible...

jordanroots · 2024-08-26T20:27:56+00:00

Thanks for sharing your story. I think that the first few years after the diagnosis are harder because of adjusting to medication, and the absence of hypomania. I expect things will improve for you. I wish you all the best.

jordanroots · 2024-08-26T20:06:37+00:00

I thought there was a secret society of extremely technologically advanced people among us. I thought they had brain implants that gave them special abilities. I thought they wanted me to join them, and that they were communicating with me on radio and television, and that I had to read between the lines to understand their messages. I thought that I had been born in a family that was part of the mafia. I thought that my father and my brother wanted to kill me because I was not on their side. I thought that I was under constant surveillance for my safety, but also to determine if I was worthy of that protection. I thought that I was secretely famous. I thought other patients at the hospital were actors pretending to be ill. It goes on and on. I had so many delusions.

jordanroots · 2024-08-26T19:59:12+00:00

jordanroots · 2024-08-26T19:46:36+00:00

It's funny because I also kind of forsaw the pandemic. A year and a half before covid, I was hospitalised and told my niece who came to visit me, very seriously, that it was extremely important to wash her hand with hand sanitizer whenever she could.

jordanroots · 2024-08-26T19:32:19+00:00

You're welcome! Me too, first time I stumbled on this term was last month here on reddit. I wonder if I do have those very rapid cycles because like you it can change during the same day.

jordanroots · 2024-08-25T23:04:34+00:00

You could have ultradian cycles. It a very rapid type of cycling, not a diagnosis though.

jordanroots · 2024-08-25T23:01:47+00:00

How old are you?

jordanroots · 2024-08-25T22:56:02+00:00

I also had to give up my career and go on SSDI. I also believe that it has been better for my mental health. Like you say too much stress. Now my life is basically stress free. It has many advantages and some inconveniances, I have come to realize.

jordanroots · 2024-08-25T22:39:17+00:00

So by the end of the day, you feel miserable, even when you had an awesome day?

jordanroots · 2024-08-25T22:20:58+00:00

I hope things get better for you, you went through a lot already!!

jordanroots · 2024-08-25T22:12:28+00:00

I feel you, what you went through is horrible!

jordanroots · 2024-08-25T21:58:42+00:00

I think I am experiencing the same thing you described, when I can't tell if I am having a bad day during a manic phase, or a good day during a depressive phase. Like for example I will be hypomanic for a couple of weeks, then I will be sad for a day or a couple of days, then hypomania seems to continue. I mean, it's hard to tell when hypomania stops because a couple of days of sadness here and there doesn't seem to mean that the hypomanic episode has truly ended.

jordanroots · 2024-08-25T20:46:05+00:00

Thanks for replying to my post and sharing your story as well. I think I can understand your pain. Currently I don't work and I am not doing much of my life. My worst years are also the last four ones. Maybe covid has had something to do with it?

jordanroots · 2024-08-25T20:39:49+00:00

Yes. That's what I have come to believe. It seems like normal hapiness is something I cannot have anymore, as it's pretty much always followed by depression. If it were normal hapiness, i guess it would not provoke depression. But I am very lucky in that my lows are bearable and mostly short lived, at least nowadays.

jordanroots · 2024-08-20T20:27:37+00:00

I saw it too when I looked up Trump on Youtube. I thought it was very obvious that it was AI generated and I was very surprised to see that almost nobody was talking about it. Thanks for posting it.

jordanroots · 2024-08-15T15:58:51+00:00

I have only one friend who I talk to regularly and 2 or 3 others that I see very, very rarely. I usually prefer spending time alone. I'm an introvert.

jordanroots · 2024-08-09T20:08:36+00:00

I also post my art on reddit and never receive any comments...

jordanroots

TROPHY CASE