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Imagine the dr*nkest/highest you’ve ever been in your entire life. Remember where you were and what you were doing. Now imagine you couldn’t tell what was real from what wasn’t — everything felt half-real, half-dream, all mixed together. Imagine your perception of time was completely distorted — you couldn’t tell whether ten seconds or one hour had passed since your last thought. Now imagine you’re also seeing, hearing and feeling things that aren’t actually there. You watch someone cross the road, but as they do they fade and disappear. You keep hearing people call your name. Imagine you’ve convinced yourself that people from the party or whatever, are looking for your and trying to hurt you in some way - you’re so incapacitated that you couldn’t defend yourself if they found you. Now imagine someone approaches you who you don’t quite recognise, but somehow feels deeply familiar — your mind tells you that you know them, that they’re safe, maybe a friend or someone you came with. You’re so belligerent that you can’t tell, but they feel trustworthy and seem to know exactly what they’re talking about. They tell you what you need to do to stay safe, and in that desperate, confused state, you don’t even have the capacity to question it; you trust them and follow their instructions because you genuinely believe they’re there to help you. Now imagine that person isn’t actually there at all — but to you, they’re just as real as anyone else. Multiply all of that by a thousand, and even then, you still may not fully grasp the extent of reality distortion in psychosis.
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