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Old Oct 22, 2019, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by cashart10 View Post
It’s crazy that you, Fern, and I all had delusions about water and that is just on one post. I wonder how common that is?!!
My therapist told me about a psychiatrist that said mania and psychosis in the mind works like a switchboard. There's a pattern and many patients report similar experiences. So there's a switch that turns on the driving really fast symptom. There's a switch for stripping naked. There's a switch for feeling like your room is bugged and one for the magical powers of water. There's a switch for talking to God, etc.

I'm not sure how accurate that is, but it resonated with me. I have only been around a short time and I see a lot of the same delusions repeated by different people. My therapist says she sees patterns in her patients as well.

For me, that brings a sense of comfort that I possibly experienced a common brain malfunction rather than some sort of unique experience. Patterns are easy enough to watch out for. You can also potentially reason with yourself if you realize what is happening is a symptom and not some sort of mystical life alterning experience.
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cashart10
Thanks for this!
*Beth*, cashart10