#paranoia inducing

[coulson-is-an-avenger]

rated this video is NOT CUTE. the american being filmed has no visible access to a large beverage, which is necessary for an american's habitat and enrichment. without such access, distress is inevitable. please be sensitive in sharing this video :(

#memes #mossy speaks #idk what this is im going on like 3 days of <7hrs of sleep #not cute #american #unreality #paranoia inducing

[sevicia]

At first it didn't bother me when people used "delulu" so freely cause I was like whatever it's not THAT harmful but I have seen it used SO often that it's started to annoy the shit outta me like none of these people even know what delusion ACTUALLY is. Delusion is not the cute little hopeful voice that tells you they're interested because they made eye contact with you, delusion is waking up one day knowing, being absolutely convinced, that your parents' bedroom is a portal to another dimension, that all your friends are paid actors, that animals don't exist and are actually robots with cameras for eyes, and those are just the ones that I have personally experienced and was able to snap out of with lots of help and without hurting myself or anyone around me.

It's actually so fucking annoying to see people being like "may your delulu becone trululu 😋👍" like if you knew what delusion actually is, how hopeless and paranoid and confused it makes you feel, you would not be saying that. I have known of people who became convinced their families were demons, or that they themselves were possessed, and then ended up committing serious crimes. But no. It's all fun and games, and being "delulu" is cute and quirky.

#son los mismos weones y weonas q graban a la gente q habla sola en metro o la micro y se cagan de la risa después #deberían tirarse a las vías 🩷 #ableism #paranoia inducing #<- just in case #rmmber u can ask me to tag anything OK?

[strangestcase]

im having way too much fun with this thing

#doc talks #unreality #paranoia inducing

[devilbunzz]

#mlp #my little pony #andi mlpverse #paranoia inducing #pinkie pie #fluttershy #art #my art #devilbunzz art

[aropride]

starting a band called Smoked Too Much Weed and our top songs are called You're Going To Die, There's No Hope For You, and You're Fucked

#text #paranoia inducing #unreality tw #? #drug tw

[deadratsdream]

♫In Our Home, We Love You So, So Don't Let Go, And I'll Hold You Close♫

#welcome home #welcome home puppet show #welcome home arg #welcome home fanart #wally darling #tw unreality #paranoia inducing #tw body horror #tw scopophobia #welcome home wally

[oopsallfictives]

I'm gonna take a stab at creating an alternate definition of the word delusion, since I'm not a fan of the one commonly used in a medical context. This is gonna deal with some unreality and paranoia-inducing stuff, so read at your own risk.

The definition most commonly used for delusion is a false belief that a person can't be persuaded isn't real or true, even if they're shown evidence to the contrary. This is a flawed definition for a number of reasons, chief among them that sometimes people are just wrong and stubborn about it. We know that it can be incredibly difficult for people to change their minds once they're personally invested in an idea, but that's not the same as being delusional. A person who still believes vaccines cause autism probably isn't delusional, they're just personally invested in the idea because it validates their view that autism is bad and gives them a scapegoat to blame for the existence of autistic people. That's an ideology, not a delusion.

Another flaw is that some things can't necessarily be confirmed to be untrue. One of the most well-known (and commonly mocked) delusions is some variation of "the government is spying on me". This isn't something that's easily verified as either true on untrue, and it's also something that literally does happen to people. I live in the US, where we know the government spies on people. We know that in the wake of 9/11, US intelligence agencies undertook a massive campaign of surveillance of Muslim and Middle Eastern people living in the US. So "the government is spying on me" might not actually be a false belief, and you probably can't know that for sure.

Attempting to rely on a belief being false can be dangerous, too. I remember reading the story of a person who was labelled as delusional for saying Obama followed them on Twitter, and was incarcerated in a psych ward until they lied and said they'd realized they were delusional and Obama didn't follow them. The thing is, he did. It was true and verifiable, but the medical professional evaluating them refused to check if it was true so they didn't "encourage the delusion". Sane people tend to believe they have an absolute and correct understand of reality, and a lot of them would rather call you delusional than adjust their worldview. And if that person is a medical professional, they can completely turn your life upside down and stick you in conditions that the UN has called torture.

So here's my proposed alternative: a delusion is an involuntary belief that isn't rooted in logic or evidence, and that a person can't stop believing even if they know it isn't true.

Let's break that down. The involuntary part is important. Delusional people don't have control over our delusions. We don't believe them because we want to or because we think they're true, we just believe them. It's true that delusions can draw on voluntary beliefs, including bigotry, but believing the delusion isn't a choice. We can't just stop. In the case of delusions rooted in bigotry, the person is still responsible for holding those bigoted beliefs in the first place, even though they don't have control of the delusion that came from them. This is an important caveat, because people love to call bigots delusional for things they chose to believe.

The second part is that it's not rooted in any kind of logic or evidence. If a person believes something untrue due to faulty logic and/or misinformation, that's not a delusion. That's called being wrong.

Lastly, I chose the wording "even if they know it's not true" very deliberately. Some delusional people know, either always or sometimes, that our delusions aren't real or true. I personally always know, but that never stops me believing them. If you've never experienced this, it can be hard to imagine what it feels like to know something isn't true and still be unable to stop believing in it. It's contradictory and confusing and really hard to put into words. Of course, there are also delusional people who don't know their delusions aren't true, or who're confused and can't figure it out. It's not the same for everyone. This part of the definition also covers being presented evidence and being unable to accept it as true.

For some people, being told their delusions aren't true can also be extremely distressing and even push them further into it. Never reality check a delusional person unless they ask you to, or it's part of a crisis plan you made with them. The same goes for playing into or confirming a delusion. Do your best to remain neutral on whether or not their belief is true, and try to focus more on their emotions and how it's affecting them. If you know a psychotic person, it's a good idea to ask them (preferably while they're not having a psychotic episode) how they'd like you to handle it.

I'm open to critique from other psychotic people, but if you're aggressive or mean I'll probably just ignore you. This is just an idea, a rough draft, and I'd like to know what the community thinks. Nonpsychotics can reblog, but keep your thoughts to yourself

-Oliver (it/its)

#the quicksilvers say #psychosis #delusions #schizophrenia #actually psychotic #actually delusional #actually schizophrenic #unreality #paranoia inducing

[apocriels]

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#omori #omori sunny #omori fanart #omori mari #// #paranoia inducing #unreality #very proud of this one #i like the colors

[earlylongestnight]

come back & haunt me

#fiasco art #tmc #the mandela catalogue #thatcher davis #lt thatcher davis #idk what i was doing w this just for fun :P #horror #paranoia inducing #<- potentially? #lmk if u need this tagged ilu <3

[rslashrats]

#unreality #distorted faces #paranoia inducing #click the content source to see more images :-)

[mrsegbert]

#creepypastacore #creepypastas #minecraft creepypasta #herobrine #creepypasta #nostalgiacore #gamecore #minecraftcore #nostalgia #2010's nostalgia #2010s web #2010s internet #internetcore #webcore #spookycore #creepycore #paranoia tw #paranoia inducing #paranoia cw

[minmos]

#serial experiments lain #seledit #lainedit #lain iwakura #retro #cyberpunk #90s anime #mygifs #long post #paranoia inducing #jic #unreality

[strangestcase]

and yet more spooky error messages

#doc talks #unreality #paranoia inducing

[kingly-court]

So that new DHMIS show, am I right?

#Paranoia inducing #Paranoia tw #scopophobia tw #DHMIS #Don’t hug me I’m scared #DHMIS Roy #Fun fact; I made a collection of DHMIS text post memes back in the hayday of the fandom #I think fondly on that

[aropride]

you know how when u turn 21 everyone's like "ooo have fun getting black out drunk tonight hehe" im gonna start doing that with other drugs and other birthdays. you're turning 37? thats crazy are you gonna do heroin tonight? happy 19th! have fun smoking so much weed you start seeing the spider! omg youre 24 are you gonna take some ibuprofen at dinner today?

#text #paranoia inducing #??? just for the spider thing 😭 better safe than sorry

[liquidstar]

There's a slight rumbling and my OCD is like oh fuck the boiler is going to explode. What was that

#ask to tag? could be like #paranoia inducing #like for me rn I'm just trying to sleep