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Old Jun 25, 2020, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by fern46 View Post
Makes sense. I think for some you can essentially train yourself to bring your awareness of the delusion with you. Maybe you leave yourself a clue in your own handwriting. Maybe you have a list of your main delusions on your phone. Maybe you repeat mantras to combat the delusions so it is hardwired in your brain that they are false. Something like 'When my friends tell me it is a delusion, I listen'. Or 'Cameras in the walls means I'm not well'.

Maybe in those cases you still have the delusion but you carry a tiny shred of 'knowingness' alongside it and seek help for yourself.

Edited to add... My husband and I have a codeword for psychosis. If he says it, our plan is to contact my doctor and therapist immediately. Our hope with the codeword is it won't be him fighting me on the delusions because my brain will instantly reject his claims as false. We think it is possible using the codeword will bypass the delusions and I'll be able to remember all of the bad things that came along with not taking action last time. We haven't used it yet, but this is the plan...
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This. It is not that i, myself, acknowledge the unreality. I do not. I recognize that those those who know me well recognize that my classic or typical 'psychotic' stuff is present once more. For me, this is cameras in the wall, IR camera upstairs, spies living among me, people in my phone and computer, govt. agents out to kill me. That is my classi picture. Happens all the damn time. There is a big difference there between me admitting I am 'psychotic' and me being willing to listen those who know me well. Big difference.
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