How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions?

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How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions?

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RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions?

June 13, 2017 at 3:59 pm

(June 13, 2017 at 1:14 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: From a mental health perspective, delusions are more maliable than actual reality. A member I know described being tormented by a tiny Mexican who lived in a power outlet. He was encouraged to interact with the fantasy and to pay close attention to it's responses etc. With time the member was able to recognize that it wasn't real and was able to negotiate it away.

Was it this guy?

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Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.

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How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by Adventurer - June 13, 2017 at 1:26 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by ignoramus - June 13, 2017 at 3:53 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by bennyboy - June 13, 2017 at 4:59 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by ignoramus - June 13, 2017 at 5:13 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by bennyboy - June 13, 2017 at 5:39 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by chimp3 - June 13, 2017 at 5:52 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 13, 2017 at 6:00 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by bennyboy - June 13, 2017 at 6:23 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 13, 2017 at 7:54 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by Paraselene - June 13, 2017 at 6:26 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by Chad32 - June 13, 2017 at 7:56 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by bennyboy - June 13, 2017 at 8:24 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by brewer - June 13, 2017 at 8:01 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by Chad32 - June 13, 2017 at 8:51 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by bennyboy - June 13, 2017 at 9:42 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by brewer - June 13, 2017 at 10:11 am

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by Neo-Scholastic - June 13, 2017 at 1:14 pm

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by brewer - June 13, 2017 at 3:59 pm

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by henryp - June 13, 2017 at 2:14 pm

RE: How can you tell the difference between reality and delusions? - by The Valkyrie - June 13, 2017 at 5:14 pm

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