#ideas of reference

[intangible-thing]

Flags!!! It's been a bit since we last did a coining post, so we don't really remember how to do this, but we'll try.

These are for our lovely schizo-spec friends that, like us, experience less intense positive symptoms. We're starting this chain of posts with some sub-delusional flags based on some specific delusion flags we've seen. The names use the same pattern as the diagnostic criteria changing "delusions of reference" to "ideas of reference".

in order:

- ideas of reference

[sub-delusional belief that regular things or occurrences has hidden meaning and are directed at you in some way]

- ideas of persecution/persecutory ideation (or just psychotic paranoia)

[sub-delusional paranoia or belief of being persecuted]

- somatic ideas (or psychotic hypochondrias, unless it's for something that doesn't fit under hypochondrias)

[sub-delusional hypochondrias or belief that something is seriously wrong with one's body]

- ideas of guilt/sin

[sub-delusional belief that one has committed grave moral wrongs, sins, or unforgivable acts, or is inherently corrupt or deserving of punishment]

- ideas of isolation/isoloptic ideation

[sub-delusional belief that one is completely cut off from other people/society, or that others are absent, unreachable, or not truly real]

*note that this one is based on the current meaning of the colors on the actual account, not the archived meanings. the og meaning seemed to be delusions of insignificance, which it can still be found as on mad pride, but that post can no longer be found on the account that made the delusion versions of these. we can still try to make an ideas of insignificance flag eventually*

- ludotopic/ARG ideation

[sub-delusional belief that one's life or surroundings are part of a hidden game/puzzle/narrative or that reality is secretly structured like an alternate reality game (ARG)]

- ideas of thought broadcasting

[sub-delusional belief that one's thoughts can be heard/known by someone in particular or that they're audible/knowable to everyone]

(No IDs yet, working on the spoons)

[schar-aac]

"ideas of reference"

Image: An emoji yellow person with a red square on their chest is next to a blue rectangle, and has a thought bubble coming from their head showing a blue rectangle with an emoji yellow person with a red square on their chest in it.

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thank you @petrichoremojis for excellent delusion symbols, used to help work out how draw this

[marshfall]

My psychiatrist wants to have me tested for schizotypal personality disorder.

[mezzy69]

looking at lashes on amazon but getting the fear of god instilled in me instead

[bpdminds]

That feel when you're so paranoid about being watched by the government so you keep a piece of duct tape on the front and back cameras on your phone.

[bpdminds]

Someone in my near vicinity: *looks in my general direction* My paranoid ass: oh great, they’re reading my mind

[ryona-boy]

is there a term for like the opposite of looking for meaning in unrelated things and seeing patterns in coincidences?

sometimes i feel like i cannot make any inferences or judgements about the world at all because everything is so vague and there are so many possible explanations for every experience