frontal
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Aren't delusions always false? Some info on a website had me believe otherwise. Please clarify.
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| ARJ
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I think so delusion are always false but its important that we differntiate it from superstition,blind belief.....
Delusion is false belief : "Firm belief opposed to reality but maintained in spite of strong evidence to the contrary."
A superstition is an irrational or invalid belief about the relation between certain actions (often behaviors) and other actions that is not true..it is followed by many people..a community
If a behavior is prevalent in a particular community we cannot say its a delusion...even though it fits in the definition of delusion
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| karamazov
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| Doc2378
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Thxs ARJ for the info...
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| nursepeggysue@juno.com
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If someone is having a delusion what would you tell them??
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| frontal
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See a shrink...or lemme see...?
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