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I thought maybe the doctor would explain that her delusion wasn't real. She had been imagining that she could hear her neighbour saying bad things about her through the walls. It had ended by the time she told me about it (maybe because she was on the anti-psychotic), but she told me about this as though it really had happened and no one had ever suggested to her it might not be real.
I'm sure they did (again assuming not BPD).
Imagine you thought you had two arms but you actually have three arms. You have two arms. "Has anyone ever told you have three arms?" "No why would they do that, I only have two arms."
What's that third arm then? "What third arm" "THAT ARM" "I don't know what you are talking about."
It's a delusion because you are convinced, which is why that shit is scary af.
Generally people with delusions will tell you matter of factly or you'll have to be careful about them coming out because "do you have any delusions" always gets "of course not."
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