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it’s always been her

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kitten Belphie didn’t look very good

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Pangur doesnt like me going into rooms by myself

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they won't tell you this in therapy but sometimes the best way to stop catastrophizing/anxiety is to interrupt your spiraling with "girl what the hell are you talking about"

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It's not a cure but you have no idea how many times this image has helped me with my OCD

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This tag has been more effective than any meds I’ve ever taken

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This tag has been more

effective than any meds

I’ve ever taken

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

tennas-t-v-time

every time a deltarune fan says "delusional" instead of "in denial"

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If you keep misusing words like “delusional” or “narcissistic” or “psychopath” youre going into the creek

tennas-t-v-time

Okay actually I've been meaning to like. Make a diagram of this situation to word it better. My only disclaimer is the third example could also literally not even be a delusion and just... Be Tenna getting tricked, but either way it still can count!

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tennas-t-v-time

Okay, one more addition because I made that part at like 4 am and I wanted to make a few things more clear and explain delusions better:

Thank you guys for sharing ect, btw! It's nice to see people caring about this subject. I know we're all here to play with our toys but it's best we remember these types of things so we can all have more fun together! Have a nice day :)

nova-alien-brainrot

this is REALLY important to me as someone who has both NPD and BPD. i very often see people using narcissistic or delusional as insults and it drives me ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NUTS.

narcissistic does not mean Evil Bad Abusive Person. delusional does not mean Crazy Stupid Person With Bad Opinions. dealing with things such as narcissism or psychosis can and will absolutely ruin your life. and i mean, DECIMATE it. that's not to say other people won't be affected either, but the sufferer is the one who has it the worst. do not use words unless you actually know the meaning behind them, and who is impacted.

i should note that there are various different types of delusions, and the way to handle them depends on which specific type they are. persecutory delusions, characterized by believing someone is out to get the person in some way, may require you to be even gentler than normal in your approach due to that extreme paranoia (very common in BPD). but something such as somatic delusions characterized by thinking something is physically wrong with oneself can require a different approach.

generally speaking, the way to handle delusions is to validate the feelings caused by the delusion, without feeding into the delusion itself. this can show up as you saying "it sounds like this is really upsetting you, can you tell me about it?" this helps the person feel seen without having their delusions worsen. obviously this is not an end-all-be-all statement, but you should keep this general sentiment in mind when interacting with someone experiencing a delusion.

dealing with things such as narcissism, psychosis, psychopathy, and more is actual hell on earth which i would never wish upon my worst enemy. please be mindful of the language you use to describe people/characters because there ARE real people out there who are affected by these things. i am one of those people, as are many others.

if someone out there actually takes the time to read this, i hope you learned something! i work as a therapist and am getting my master's in clinical social work, so feel free to ask me any questions you may have about this stuff! remember to be kind <3

tennas-t-v-time

EXTREMELY good read into this, thank you so much! I especially appreciate the view from folks w NPD as well(and people in the psychology field that actually care for mentally ill people!!), and it’s great seeing the clinical terms and a deeper look into the specifics! Extremely valuable, tysm!

tennas-t-v-time

Sorry that I'm adding another addition four months later- but this also has really been bothering me. I'd say it's incredibly annoying at best to see people referring to a canonically true thing as a "delusion". It's not! Spamton is meant to LOOK delusional to other people in game, but he isn't!

I think content where he has psychosis in some way is interesting, but it often hinges on the idea that something canonically true is what he's "psychotic" about. When it isn't. It can for sure trigger some other type of psychosis, don't get me wrong! Like him acting religious about it for sure could be something else, but it also could just be the fact that he's praying to an eldritch being. We don't know!

The point of this post isn't to go "this character is delusional but this character isn't". It's just asking "hey, you should do your research before you use words about mental health willy nilly or claim something!"