Posted by capricorn on April 4, 2007, at 12:03:51
When does a belief/opinion transcend mere 'normal obstinancy' and become a sign of delusional thinking?
I am not talking about the transparently obvious kind of thinking that is so overtly delusion ie if i was to believe that my postman was transmitting rays through my letter box that were
slowly eradicating my brain cells.I'm talking about having a belief/opinion about someone/something that is within the realms of possibility that is held with great conviction
but is not interpreted that way by other people.For example i have a strong belief that someone who claims to be my friend very often dismisses/invalidates/trivialises what i have to say.She constantly denies this and i have been told by several other people that she has told them that she likes and respects me but i find this hard to accept.
This belief does die down after a while but resurfaces at fairly regular intervals.
poster:capricorn
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