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Where my writer brain thinks the Mertyl vs Nasiens fight might lead (in the long run)
Personally believe the whole Drug of Yore thing set up is way too convenient for Nasiens not to end up ingesting it. There might be a situation where Nasiens ends up with it, and someone, Mertyl, the mage, a knight bla bla might be like "I'll just kill you and take it haha" And as a response Nasiens is like jokes on you and drinks it. Means they can't kill him without losing the drug.
All leading to something I've tin foil head theorized about for a while now: Nasiens will be kidnapped to Camelot. And with winterlogysblog's theory about Camelot being behind the whole changeling disaster in mind, I have this very vivid picture of a scene in my head where he's kidnapped, and the kidnapper, possibly Arthur himself goes: "It's nothing personal this time, I promise!" And disappears to where neither King nor Diane can follow. Ahaha. Unless...?
I need to write this lmao.
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schizopositivity · 7 months
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Hearing people throw around the words "delusional" and "delulu" so often when they clearly don't know what it means is so silly to me at this point, but also a little frustrating.
Like I heard someone in a video say "she's the worst type of delulu, where she actually is in a different reality" while describing someone being cocky and overconfident.
As a reminder, delusional means someone is holding a belief or altered reality that is persistently held despite evidence or agreement to the contrary, generally in reference to a mental disorder. Delusions are typically beliefs that exist outside of objective or common reality (so not something subjective like "this art is good"). It is often unshakeable, people can't be talked out of their strongly held belief even if it is completely nonsensical. They typically cause a disturbance to your life, unlike a spirituality or religion that you enjoy.
So someone saying "I'm the most attractive and most talented person in this room" might be annoying, but it is that person's subjective belief. It's your subjective belief that they are not, but neither is right or wrong because it is subjective.
Having a crush on a celebrity and wanting to marry them and imagining that happening is a conscious choice, it's a daydream. Meanwhile delusions are not conscious choices, it is a symptom a person has whether they want it or not.
It's important to uphold the true meaning of this word, because it describes a mental condition that impacts many people. Having the words definition change by making it mean other things does harm us. If we want to open up to a friend about a serious mental problem in our lives by saying "I have delusions", that person should know the gravity of that, and not think it's some fun quirky personality trait that everyone has.
Also the way people misuse the word tends to be in a negative or insulting way, aimed at the delusional person. But delusions dont indicate anything about the delusional persons personality and morals. The delusions are caused by a mental health problem and not chosen by the person. This is important to remember when people have strange, mean, self centered, taboo, or scary delusions, it doesn't mean that a person wants to believe that, they can't control it.
So please try and use the words "delusion" and "delusional" correctly, don't give it a cute trendy nickname like "delulu". And try and educate the people around you about the actual meaning of these words, and the impact of misusing them.
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de-rune · 4 months
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a delusion does not mean a person should ever be dismissed, brushed off or disregarded.
delusions are beliefs that are extremely hard to shake regardless of how self aware we are.
a delusional person is not quirky, not rambling nothingness for the sake of attention, they are serious.
from believing youre dead or dying (cotard's) to believing your halucinations were real, these things are terifying for us. theyre real for us.
just because you know its not true doesnt mean we're making it up. we deserve to be heard, listened to and helped just like you and your issues.
delusional is not and should never be nor should it ever have been an insult. its a serious issue. take it seriously.
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schizodiaries · 8 months
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The thing about psychosis, in particular the delusions, is that in the moment, the beliefs are our reality. A delusional person doesn’t just believe they’re the reincarnation of Christ. To them in that moment, they are the reincarnation of Christ. They don’t just believe the cops are after them, the cops are after them. They don’t just believe their family members have been replaced by aliens, their family has been replaced by aliens.
This is one of the reasons psychosis can be so traumatizing. We don’t just believe in bizarre and unusual things, we’re actively experiencing them. We’re prone to such outrageous and scary beliefs that are out of our control, and to us, they’re as real as the air we breathe. Keep this in mind when considering the mental state of someone in psychosis.
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cemitadepollo · 8 days
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Not a day passes by without me being mad as shit that ableism against demonized mental illnesses is normalised.
We are not criminals. We are not dangerous. We do not owe neurotypicals a complete explanation on why we developed our disorders and why we aren't serial killers that kidnap people.
Fuck hollywood, fuck ableist criminology and fuck saneism.
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221bluescarf · 3 months
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if you *really* want to try and understand psychosis, I always offer the experience of dreaming.
Almost everyone on the planet dreams, and I find it to be a perfect comparison for psychosis... Anything can happen in a dream and you don't question it. This is your reality. If you're suddenly an astronaut, you don't typically question it. If there's suddenly a dragon, you don't typically question it. A monster can crawl out of the bushes or a stranger can appear in your house. Anyone can be someone they're not. Danger can come from anywhere. A pleasant dream can easily become a nightmare.
The only difference is that you wake up in the morning and it's over. And most people don't judge you for it. When you "wake up" from psychosis, there's often shame and people judge you.
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hadeantaiga · 4 months
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I want to add to the post I just reblogged about delusions and how to help people with them, but op was specifically schizophrenic, and the last time I tried to share a related story on a post like that, a different OP got extremely angry that I didn't have an identical disorder to them and accused me of derailing, so I'm making a new post.
I have severe anxiety. The things you can believe when you are going through an acute anxiety attack or panic attack can be so extreme they can be classified as delusions. I've been convinced I poisoned myself, I've been convinced I had rabies, I've been convinced a building was going to burn down, I've been convinced my blood was full of bug eggs that were going to hatch and kill me.
Doctors and family members who have helped me the most were people who took those fears seriously, who examined me no matter how irrational my fear was, and who told me why, based on what they observed, my fears were unlikely to be true.
Instead of "you can't possibly have rabies", it was "the dog is vaccinated, so it can't have rabies, and the skin where it nipped you is not broken."
Instead of "Of course your blood isn't full of bug eggs" it was "bug eggs would have hatched by now" which was so coldly logical it completely snapped me out of my panic.
Instead of "I'm sure you didn't poison yourself", the doctor looked at the bug spray and the ingredients and listened to how I used it and said "based on your exposure, you haven't been poisoned".
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lukanthropi · 2 months
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Repeat it after me: as long as delusions aren’t hurting anyone, they aren’t harmful. In fact, they can make someone feel better. Who cares if someone believes they’re genuinely physically an angel, tiger, or something else. If it makes them feel better and helps them cope, let them.
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vampriromm · 5 days
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whisperingzeltus · 10 months
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Can people stop fucking using the term “delulu” or using “delusional” improperly can people stop making light of symptoms of mental illness if you are not affected by it.
It is like saying “Oh I’m so OCD” for just wanting everything to be clean or something
Shut the fuck up
You are not delusional just for having a crush on somebody who does not like you back or for wanting something that is generally unlikely to happen
Stop using mental illness as your quirky little fun language I bet the second you see someone who experiences delusions you will get extremely uncomfortable and want them out of your sight
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hellsbaby · 7 months
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i don’t want to take antipsychotics, what if i lose my sparkle?
the sparkle: i’m being gang stalked by the cia. they put a chip in my brain
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schizopositivity · 2 months
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A large part of the Internet: You can't make jokes about minority groups you are not a part of! Punching down is not just joking, it's bullying! Mental health matters! Mentally ill people deserve to be treated like anyone else!
A large part of the Internet also: *my friend disappearing when I take my schizophrenia pills memes* She's so delulu!! *memes designed to specifically trigger paranoia in people with a mental illness that includes paranoia* Lol schizo whips!!! *memes about lobotomies* Omg this murderer must be PSYCHOTIC!!
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honeypleasejustkillme · 9 months
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daydreaming about stuff that never happens starts to get kinda sad after a while :/
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pplatonic · 10 months
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I don't talk about my psychosis often on my main but I just saw something on my dash that was like, "I'm delusional about this character and made them better in my head!"
You are not delusional about this character. You simply like the fanon version that you made up of them, and you can say that, instead of glorifying delusions.
In grade 7, I delusionally believed that a kid was going to rape me, and it led me to bully him so hard that he was left in snotty tears. I live with the guilt of what I've done every day.
In grades 8 and 9, I failed gym twice in a row, and slipped back into my phobia of knives because I was convinced my teachers were pedophiles. I became afraid of everything associated with them and ruined any possible relationships with them and my classmates, they always saw me as the 'crazy' one.
Now in the past year, I've had to deal with believing there are monsters in my house coming for me, believing that there's a double of my psychiatrist disguised at my school to keep an eye on me, believed innocent people are stalking me, believed that people are dropping messages to me and talking about me from a distance, believed that I could make the bus crash just by thinking about it and rode the rest of the ride in fear, and so much more.
Delusion has even affected my ability to communicate with people, because when I believe people can read my mind I stop making any effort to say actual words to them.
"Delusional" is not a word to describe your funny or quirky feelings towards a fictional character! It's a life ruining experience that burns bridges and ruins your image, and it often it's an experience that comes packaged with disorders that are already stigmatized enough.
Please, if you care about us psychotic people, don't use the word "delusional" like this.
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schizodiaries · 1 year
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some schizophrenia symptoms that aren’t normally talked about
confusion
restricted range of emotion
incoherent thoughts/speech
lack of motivation
boredom/anhedonia
social withdrawal
apathy
trouble sleeping
taste and smell hallucinations
distorted thinking
thought blocking
poor memory
catatonia
labile affect
i usually see schizophrenia described in terms of paranoia, visual/auditory hallucinations, and delusions - so i thought I’d put together a list of other symptoms that may be present!
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neuroticboyfriend · 8 months
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psychotic otherkins and therians and anyone with an identity delusion... ily and you are so cool. you have a right to a happy life where you can be your healthiest most authentic self, whether you seek sanity or find fulfillment in psychosis. <3
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