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Originally Posted by spiritual_emergency
How an individual chooses to deal with persecutory delusions might depend on which model they subscribe to. If, for example, you subscribe to the idea that your experiences are a direct result of neurological faults or imbalances you might feel the most appropriate response is medication. Within this model, whatever thoughts or experiences you have might be considered as nonsensical. You might be advised to ignore them or push them away until the medication can "take affect".
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s_e, I think you are conceding too easily in giving the "neurological faults" people any credence. Of course, the neurons are involved, but they are involved in
everything. The psychological explanation of why people go for "neurological faults" and "chemical imbalances" as a way to explain anything -- that they are trying to avoid dealing with their own reactions to distress (or they are just following the leader) -- is much too filled with useful insights to let them get away with it so easily. IMNSHO.
