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Dec 04, 2016, 11:44 AM
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Do you think of depression as being delusional?
I'm not so sure. In a way it's more like the opposite of a delusion: strong emotions. But an absence of a belief in anything, is that a (strong, delusional) belief? And is it believing in nothing, anyway? Or what other criteria need to be met to rightfully call it a delusion? Does thinking of it as a delusion, (or) a delusional state, help? If you had to give depression as delusion a name, what would it be: "delusion of..."? Edit: Having thought about a name, maybe it's a "delusion of insignificance".
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Dec 04, 2016, 11:49 AM
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I think depression and delusions are two separate entities.
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Dec 04, 2016, 11:58 AM
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when my depression goes full blown I call it the "black beastie" ... I wish it was a delusion ... but it is very real ...
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Dec 04, 2016, 12:12 PM
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Dec 04, 2016, 12:13 PM
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Are you saying depression makes you see the real you?
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Mania kills cells. Brain cells die. Memories become more reduced conceptually, making more efficient use of limited means. Memories shape our reality. Our memories are more or less split in two by abstractions, conceptual reductions. Mood states with memories, concepts, attached. Memories of pain and those of joy. It causes instability, changeability. Fearing that will leave an emptiness between pain and joy and a greater divide. See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me. |
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Dec 04, 2016, 12:14 PM
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Mania kills cells. Brain cells die. Memories become more reduced conceptually, making more efficient use of limited means. Memories shape our reality. Our memories are more or less split in two by abstractions, conceptual reductions. Mood states with memories, concepts, attached. Memories of pain and those of joy. It causes instability, changeability. Fearing that will leave an emptiness between pain and joy and a greater divide. See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me. |
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Dec 04, 2016, 12:19 PM
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I do believe I would be believing a lie if I believed all of my own perceptions were always accurate, and I do know my depression can at times affect at least certain or some perceptions...and since I am aware of that even while depressed: Yes, I always believe it would be delusion or delusional to believe all of my perceptions are always accurate... ...and so: No, depression is not a delusion. |
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Dec 04, 2016, 01:15 PM
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cotard delusion. last mixed state I was in I was really depressed and thought I was dead and in hell for a couple of months. no one could tell me otherwise.
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Dec 04, 2016, 01:22 PM
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Yes, I'm delusional when depressed. I think my family hates me and would be better off without me. I think I've never been happy and it's all been an illusion and fake. I feel I fail at everything and have done nothing right and I'm just too stupid to live. I'm told these are delusional thoughts so I guess I do see depression as a delusion. I have learned stuff from depression after the fact but hindsight usually is 20/20
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Dec 04, 2016, 01:32 PM
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Dec 04, 2016, 01:53 PM
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 I kept telling my husband....I died and I'm in hell and my husband kept assuring me we were both alive and not in hell. In was.....HELL |
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Dec 04, 2016, 01:54 PM
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I don't even believe in hell, I was questioning my religious beliefs that's how strong this was.
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Dec 04, 2016, 01:57 PM
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Dec 04, 2016, 08:01 PM
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Dec 04, 2016, 08:07 PM
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I don't know if depression is a delusion... but it definitely can make you delusional.
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