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So, if you're deluded about being psychotic, are you psychotic?

Pointless question? I know 馃槀
ExistentiorM Best Comment
My philosophical reflex is to challenge that axiom and to say that you are not necessarily psychotic if you are deluded about being psychotic because that statement seems deceptively easy.

Throw your statement in a syllogism and perhaps you'll find the truth.

I will base myself on the following video:

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXGcyAxRs8c]

Here:

- premise (is the premise true?): all delusion leads to psychosis (I would consider this to be untrue)

If all psychotics are deluded (I would consider this to be untrue)
and if LastingSunshine is deluded
then LastingSunshine is psychotic (does not follow)

Quote:
"Valid logic gives us true conclusions if we have true information to begin with.
Verifying the accuracy of your content means doing your homework on whatever it is you're arguing about."

While your statement may be logically valid, that doesn't mean it is sound. The exception exists therein that you can be deluded without being psychotic. What does psychotic really mean? What factors make the definition a whole?

Delusion is one of the many symptoms of psychosis, but not the sole deciding factor:
http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/ask-us/whats-the-difference-between-psychosis-and-schizophrenia

The fact you question this indicates that you are quite conscious about your delusions, which is what a deluded person would not typically be aware of.

Finally, since psychosis is a syndrome rather than a simple object of cause-and-effect by one symptom, I cannot accept the statement that someone delusional is psychotic.

Les0226-30, F
I can't get into this conversation at the moment cause I'm on the train and some bastard has come and sat on my friend beside me. [b][i]I'M GONNA FOLLOW THEM HOME AND STAB THEM IN THE EYE WITH A FORK[/i][/b]馃え why is everybody stating at me.... god came to me one night and told me to share my head with many others, there all my friends now 馃お

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fn36l_z3WY]
FernieF
you worked very hard on that
Wraithorn51-55, M
No...well...Maybe...OK then, yes. Does looking at an illusion make us delusional ?

FernieF
@Wraithorn It's mesmerizing
Wraithorn51-55, M
@Fernie Yes and beautiful I think. This one is also quite special.

FernieF
@Wraithorn Quite beautiful...so many different things to see
SW-User
@Wraithorn All true stuff :)
I don't believe reality to be how others define it, but rather your own perception of it that really makes the difference. And I agree on the second point. Though I don't believe in religion, I do realize that psychology fails to address many issues.. not everything most people can't relate to is "magical thinking.. I think that by calling it so, we exclude "magical thinkers" from what we see as normal and acceptable...
FernieF
@SW-User well said! Perceptions..I believe...are like snowflakes and fingerprints
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FernieF
@starrybunny sarcasm?
Jackaloftheazuresand26-30, M
Are you even asking this question right now? Is the universe real?
SW-User
@Jackaloftheazuresand nope I'm not in touch with reality now
SW-User
Whoa....psycho-ception 0_0

But I guess it is right
SW-User
@SW-User But like, a delusion is a belief in something that is not real lol. Mindblown rn 馃槀
Noble56-60, M
Hummmm馃

Either that, or you're just like everyone else.
Flipper11151-55, M
Are you?

See what the voices tell you

Lol
HeyRouben41-45, M
Yes l'm psychotic馃榿
FoolishLuna56-60, F
But a good one lol
FernieF
No, just delusional
SW-User
@Fernie Delusions are a part of psychosis though
FernieF
@SW-User THEN 90% OF US ARE PSYCHOTIC
SW-User
@Fernie Most likely 馃槀 dunno psychology is strange, but I like it

 
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