[ SECRET POST #5129 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5129 ⌋

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[Kathy Rain]


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[Wonder Egg Priority]


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Comments

[tabaqui]

I just really hate that in general. Would anyone *really*, who wasn't already having mental issues, *immediately* leap to that conclusion? It seems so totally weird to me and certainly not the first thing *i* would think.

[(Anonymous)]

Um, if I was seeing and hearing things other people weren't, mental issues would be pretty high on my list of possibilities. Physical illness or injury would also be on my list, yes, but if I thought I was hallucinating something, I would definitely be wondering if it was caused by something like schizophrenia.

[(Anonymous)]

Speaking as someone, who has experienced delusions before, this isn't really how this works. Delusional people can't rationalize their episodes away, because your sense of logical thinking is one of the first things that's gone during an episode. When I saw and heard things other people didn't, I turned to forums and websites about psychics, witches, and mediums, and told myself that of course other people can't see the same things I do - they're not special like I am.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, but healthy people don't know that. So if they do experience apparent delusions, their first thought is mental illness, not magic.

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ayrt

Okay, but, in this case, they wouldn't actually be delusions, so I don't see why I wouldn't approach it logically. I was replying to tabaqui's question: Would anyone *really*, who wasn't already having mental issues, *immediately* leap to that conclusion? And, yes, I, never having experienced a delusional episode or hallucination or anything like it, would think that mental health issues were a possible cause. And you, having experience, might immediately recognize that whatever was going on wasn't delusions.

I have to say that unless superpowers were known in the universe I was in, they probably wouldn't be on my list. Psychic or medium or something might make my list, at some point, but not before considering a physical or mental issue.

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da

Delusions and hallucinations aren't the same thing, though the former often include the latter. Someone who is experiencing hallucinations without a delusional component may well be able to recognize them as hallucinations, because their issue has to do with sensory processing and/or false sensory input, not with logical reasoning. It wouldn't be at all surprising for them to assume mental illness, or even to jump immediately to schizophrenia given media saturation.

[(Anonymous)]

+1

My thoughts exactly. Like if you're in Asch's conformity experiment and think the plants know better than you do. I'd rationalize it to myself as mental issues too.

[tabaqui]

Unless there was a history of that in my family, I really would not.
*shrug*