funeralxempire wrote:
Twilightprincess wrote:
Normally, people say that someone is delusional as a personal attack/insult, so the person, understandably, takes it personally. It can even be used as a form of gaslighting.
If you struggle with mental illness, you may be aware of your own struggles with delusional thinking and not take it as an insult, especially if the person who made the comment was not trying to be hurtful.
Saying that someone’s thinking is delusional (based on false beliefs/obvious irrationality) is different from saying that the person is delusional.
Beyond that, if someone's experiencing delusions, someone who's outside their experience trying to convince them that their experience isn't aligned with reality is effectively engaging in similar patterns as gaslighting only with a vastly different context.
That’s true. With my own personal experience with health anxiety, it would’ve helped if someone told me that my fears were irrational, so I think it does depend on the condition, situation, and person.
I do not like it when I’m told that my liberal political views are based on my autism.
I would’ve found it helpful if someone told me that my PTSD-related psychotic events weren’t real. I don’t experience them anymore.
(I realize that that wouldn’t be a good idea for most people, but I needed reassurance and to feel safe.)
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