[ChaoticSymphony]

I've been seeing flashes and shadows and even heard scratching. I believe in spirits and ghosts and all of that. Who's to say its psychosis and not spirits? Furthermore why trust a psychiatrist that doesn't believe in the afterlife therefore the afterlife couldn't be a possibility in his thought process when assessing his/her patient.

[Victoria'smom]

My pdoc believes in the afterlife. He takes my beliefs and what I report when stable. Seeing spirits or ghosts are not an issue if it's normal for you and doesn't bother you.

[Trippin2.0]

I know because in my experience the 2 are very different.

The dead bring messages, while my brain is just out to nonsensically disturb me. Also, I don't personally see the dead when I'm awake, they come to me in dreams, although I do sometimes feel them. And when they are present, its kinda obvious. Eg. My bed will creak and the mattress sink in as if someone sat down.

NB. Sane people have witnessed this happen in my room no worries, its usually family members who refuse to fk off and commit to the afterlife.

In my experience the dead are much more familiar than my brain's newest circus act. I've been privy to other worldly things since childhood, while this particular circus act only started a few years ago when my bipolar peaked.

Uhm, so that's how I know, its just 2 very different experiences. I would never tell a pdoc though, I'm sure they'd have me committed before you could say "ghost"!