#oddly no site mentions this. its literally in the DSM summary though

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also like quite frankly later i feel betrayed and hurt and embarrassed people didn’t tell me i was delusional and try to help me see that i was. like OK so you just let me carry on acting like that? i feel like they *wanted* me to look bad and now i can’t trust them. i have horrible feelings thinking about the times i was clearly delusional and no one said anything. also since a lot of my delusions have revolved around reality not being real, or manufactured or fake in some way, it leads to me making decisions that i wouldn’t have made if you tried to instill SOME doubt in me.

i’m not saying you can just “snap me out of it” but when someone brings it up i often do start getting the thought “maybe they’re right… maybe what i’m believing isn’t true…” and i’ll be less likely to do something stupid. i think because it makes me think back to the times i was told this, and it later turned out to be correct. even if my mind starts going through mental gymnastics why no this time, it’s true. but you trigger me arguing with myself, which is a powerful tool.

i am not saying this is good advice for everyone, but emphasizing the importance of asking. unfortunately the nature of psychosis is that it can be very unpredictable, and it varies among people, delusions can be very specific to the individual, so relying upon general advice is not always a great idea, especially if you have the opportunity to discuss it beforehand.