#delusional misidentification

[paleobeast]

man people HAAATE self aware psychotic people don’t they

[earlysapiens]

Does anyone else get this thing with their delusions where, even if they didn’t necessarily wholeheartedly hold the delusion at the time in the past - you (present-state) will look back at your past and skew it as if you did?

I remember I used to acknowledge my ability to transform into a dog when I was very young, where it was therefore typical for kids to have “mythical thinking” if you will. But when I hit like.. 10-12/13 I stopped having said acknowledgment. I didn’t think I could transform iirc (psychosis makes memories fucking BLURRED), but then after - I’d say 13 - I wholeheartedly started having that acknowledgment again, ie: “I started believing the ‘false reality’ again”. (Gah, I hate even typing that but that’s the only way to make it make sense to others).

But my point here is that I will frequently look back at myself when I was in that time-period where the delusion was dormant, and I’ll still somehow remember transforming and being a dog at the time. I just didn’t believe it at the time I suppose? It’s all so confusing but this is just what I literally know, agh…

[hauntedselves]

I have a question if you don't mind me asking.

Can someone's parts in a DID system have different types of delusional misidentification syndrome?

For example, say one part has mirror self misidentification whilst another has delusional companion syndrome?

answering this ask here too:

hiya , i have a question if ya dont mind answering . in OSDDID systems can only a few parts have clinical lycanthropy ? or is it a all or nothing thing ?

it depends what's causing the DMS. DMSs are different from other psychotic disorders / syndromes since they're very often caused by a physical factor, like a brain tumor or a TBI. so if the DMS is caused by a neurological disorder like dementia, or a psychological disorder with a biological component like schizophrenia, it'd be more likely that all alters would have it, as the biological aspects of those disorders affects the entire body.

if there's no biological basis for the DMS, then i think it would be possible for one part to have a DMS while others don't / have a different one.

with clinical zoanthropy specifically, you need to be careful that you're not confusing alters that are animals (as is common in DID), or alters that are therianthropes with CZ. it gets pretty confusing - some nonhuman alters are so disconnected from their shared body that they believe their shared body is also nonhuman. working on lessening dissociative barriers will help with this, though if they actually do have CZ it won't (because it's delusional, not dissociative). therianthropes, on the other hand, recognise their body as human and know their animal identity is only internal.

[foxylalonde]

Delusional Misidentification Syndrome

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Delusional Misidentification Syndrome flag!! Can be used as an awareness flag or a pride flag, and is free for anyone to use ^v^

Black Border: general DMS delusions

Black Dots: Delusional belief of identical copies of something (such as in Subjective Doubles and Reduplicative Paramnesia) and delusional belief that multiple people are the same person (eg Fregoli Delusion)

Silver inner and outer stripe: Delusional belief that something has been replaced with an identical copy (eg Mirrored Self Misidentification and Capgras Syndrome)

Brown stripe: Delusional belief that one can or has shapeshifted (eg Intermetamorphosis and Clinical Lycanthropy)

Pink stripe: Delusional belief in sentience of the non sentient (eg Syndrome of Delusional Companions)

Green stripe: Delusional belief that one is dead, decaying, missing their soul, etc. (eg Cotard’s Syndrome)

[illustrioussanguine]

PSINKTOBER: DAY 25: SCARECROW

[coyotenoses]

we need to learn to breathe and relax and slow down. we're managing to do it now after reminding ourselves (and deleting multiple posts we were going to make originally). emotions get so intense, especially when they're bolstered by anger. we need to learn how to remind ourselves that no matter what others think, their thoughts are nothing to our self-perception, because they are not us.

(kind of hard to keep track of that last bit when we struggle to define "us" vs "other", but trying is better than nothing even when it's hard?)

[dogdenhoarde]

I really don't understand why DMSs need like... something physically going on with the brain in order to "count" or be diagnosed. They're just a type of delusion yeah? So anyone with any capability of experiencing delusion should be able to have them. That makes more sense to me than saying that you need a traumatic brain injury or a brain tumor in order to experience them, or for your experience to count as DMS. If I didn't see mention that schizophrenia counted as a physical brain difference for DMS then I could've entirely written off my experiences with it as something else. Plus, how often do you think TBIs and schizophrenia and such go uncaught? Any sort of physical brain difference at all that goes unchecked, someone doesn't know they have it, and they see that DMS needs that physicality in order to count so they glance over it since as far as they're aware they lack that physical aspect? It's just duuuumb it's duuumb and stupiiiiid. If I'm completely missing something crucial here let me know but it just seems so... needless, when it's just another category of delusion. It's the only kind I've heard that needs that physical part to it or is attributed more to a physical brain cause like a TBI or dementia than to actual psychotic experience

I have beef with the removal of "simple schizophrenia" (schizophrenia with no positive symptoms) from the DSM as well since it wasn't replaced by anything. So imagine how many people have the cognitive and negative aspects of schizophrenia, don't fit criteria for other disorders with similar symptoms, but because they don't have psychosis they can't be diagnosed. It's ridiculous. All my homies hate the DSM

EDIT: I should say, all that stuff about DMSs is stuff I've seen specifically about delusional companion syndrome, but I've seen it for others in the category as well. DCS is so hard to research I'm unsure if it's diagnosable or not without evidence of physical brain stuff going on. So take it all with a grain of salt. Either way it's way WAAAAY underdiagnosed

[ich-theosaurus]

is there a term for a delusion that you are literally a fictional character that ISNT "delusional attatchment"? im so sick of this subject falling in the hands of bad people

[spectrum-studios]

IaMD!Chance

They/them

Sentinel

Gambler

Gun no longer blows up, but it still has a 5% chance to not fire.

He also has a block just like Elliot's

(HE FUCKING FIXED IT FINALLY)

He now suffers from Capgras Syndrome ever since Mafi used his appearance to attack the team one round. He has friendly fire active because of this, just like Guest 1337.

Capgras Syndrome:

The syndrome associated with the belief that someone familiar has been replaced by an identical double is called Capgras Syndrome. It's a delusional misidentification syndrome where the individual believes a loved one, or even an inanimate object, has been replaced by an imposter. (This also includes Chance's reflection or even alternate versions of himself)

[rareblackcat]

Source

GenderNH is an umbrella term for a gender which is impacted by being nonhuman in some way. This includes but is not limited to otherkin, copinglinkers, nonhumans in systems, delusional misidentification, vampires, and any alterhuman.

Being GenderNH is not inherently transgender or non-binary, though genderNH individuals may be. The term can include cis nonhumans who feel like their gender is still impacted by a nonhuman identity.

Not coind or made by me, just a repost

[paleobeast]

I have internal nonhuman identities, and external nonhuman identities.

Sometimes they overlap, sometimes they do not. My external clinical zoanthropy can inform my internal identity, and vice versa.

In saying that, my CZ and other non-CZ related identities are NOT the same experience.

[hauntedselves]

no one wants to talk about this for obvious reasons, but there is a link between clinical zoanthropy and zoophilia (in some cases, acting on zoophilia seem to induce CZ, and in other cases its the other way round)... makes me wonder if there is also a link between Cotard's and necrophilia?

[fantasyproneworld]

Fantasilis flag

Fantasilis is a term describing when an individual cannot separate or disconnect their identity from fantasy, fiction, or make-believe.

Said individual can separate reality from fantasy but cannot see their identity as anything other than fantasy due to comfortability. Fantasilis is can come from anything, but primarily shows up in younger individuals who still have a heavy exposure to fantasy without a developed personality.

Can appear in those with fantasy-prone disorder, autism, and/or neuronarration.

Not to be confused with psychosis or delusional misidentification.

Individuals with fantasilic identities may have:

out of body experiences

phantom senses from fantasies or daydreams

morphing/inconsistent or unstable identities

hallucinations

[lab-rat-damien]

hey uhhhh im new to tumblr so. lemme introduce myself.

i’m damien / lucifer.

14.

i go by He/xe/they/it pronouns. He is preferred. capitalize the H. im your lord.

i mostly downloaded this app cuz i wanted to vent and have friends to support me.

facts about me.

- i have a god complex, i’m getting the help i need from my friend. (funding my therapy.)

- i also have delusions, delusional attachments/misidentifications, and parasocial delusions.

- i’m damien thorn and kokichi ouma irl.

- i kin light yagami, not irl.

- i’m a hyena therian.

- i am a black rat therian.

- i like dark humor.

- i like conspiracy theories.

- i’m a darkshipper/comshipper. NOT A PROSHIPPER, just a sucker for toxic yaoi.

- proship is fine tho, just not for me tbh.

dni list.

- anti south park.

- anti-shippers.

- homophobes/transphobes. pfft, i could make you gay if i really wanted to, don’t you understand IM GOD? *giggles.*

- preppy people. we just don’t get along.

- people that insult me. kneel before me, fool.

interests.

- south park

- hell park

- danganronpa

- death note

- boyfriends (webtoon.. it’s good i promise 😭)

- moral orel

- superjail

- smiling friends

- ICP

- slipknot

- falling in reverse

- korn

that’s all. enjoy my blog, fools.

[lordoftablecloths]

alright here's round two

(sorry for the delay I was procrastinating :3)

Winner of round one :

Imposter Syndrome

Invasive Surgery

The Rhine

you know, the funny thing is that I dont even ship these two. talk about public service.

I swear to god if yall put any more names in the comments I will not hesitate to make a third round with considerable delay just like this one

okay yippee lets go remember to reblog !!

[syscultureis]

Delusional plural culture is literally never knowing if you're experiencing a Delusional attachment, a misidentification, or another persona/alter...

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