I have mostly delusional thoughts, with a couple of very small auditory and visual hallucinations .between here and my therapist since I tend not to trust my husband at times. There's a thing called a reality tester. I do a event/ mood / thought chart. It's when you can't come up with the calming alternative that you need to look for outside help.
This is an example on how to test thoughts:
Exploring the Evidence
Belief: “A person is praying for me to die because he wants my girlfriend”
Evidence For I saw him praying
There are evil forces that can get you Evidence Against He could have been praying about something else God wouldn’t honor such a prayer
*coming up with alternative explanations helps the patient give up his/her belief!
Edited: yes my delusions have each been different from "I can give myself a tummy tuck" to "my in-laws are trying to kill me." It all depends on my current mood. How often I have psychosis is still up in the air depending who you ask.
Edited again: WELCOME
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Last edited by Victoria'smom; May 02, 2014 at 08:54 AM.
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