up late. let me try.
i think..i think. i dont know.
i think the difference between schizotypal and schizophrenia is that in schizophrenia psychotic features are the main issues affecting the person. in schizotypal they arent. i think in schizotypal the main issues are being asocial. loner. i think. someone with schizophrenia will have psychotic features as a main issue in their life/daily life. for example.
um.hm.
your question. is it still a delusion? i think thats a question for a doctor really. i mean...
ok so see from my experience..and i realize everyone will read this. but from my experience...very embarrasing but i had thought that i had traveled back in time to 1605 and helped fight catholicism with guy fawkes and saw president kennedy die etc numerous historical events so i thought i knew all about history. more so than my history teacher. so i went to do a history test and basically i caused a stirrup in my college because i thought i was allowed to write my own version of the test cause i knew history cause i went back in time through a spiritual time matrix. (actually very intricate explanation. im trying to make it short). anyway this wasnt a thing that came on real suddenly at all. it built up for months. i had a stressful previous few days and that made me ..idk what to call it/say. idk i just went downhill in a few days. or longer maybe. i cant tell. i dont know.

umm...idk what else to say. thats why i thought a experience might help you. basically the stress buildup really screwed with my head and i acted on this thing and went out in public. got committed by the police cause i caused "public disturbance" because i really thought i was entitled to making my own test because i went back into time. ok. got out of the ER they put me in. with a Dx of psychosis. idk how to describe it better. but something blindsided me i guess i was truly unable to see that it was not true to the point where i guess i just put it into my everyday life because...if it was true it would be apart of my everyday life right? idk. my point being...i really didnt know the truth at the time. and it was really a build up...and then a popping point i guess. everything just melded.
i learned everyones Dx is just very different. i can only give you experiences and what i think. a dx is based on a lot of things not just symptoms. its based on severity..the cause of the symptoms..how much it affects your life..and like schizophrenia is based on a length of time of symptoms..etc.

um lets see. im still up. i have schizoaffective dx. which is a mix of mood and schizophrenia. so hmm. i can tell you the reasons im told i have this...like what psychiatrists said about me. they say its because i have delusions..hallucinations..and cognitive process issues. i can put it real simple on the last. i have memory issues and severe focus issues. ive been told im slow by them and others. how demeaning. plus other crap. hah. oh yea..severe asocial but no one has to tell me that anyway.
anyway yea idk. whoa i wrote a lot. f***ing been 3 hours since i started this.