The Null Device
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2006/11/20
Shamelessly plagiarised from Mind Hacks:
A list of delusions taken from the psychiatric literature that don't seem that delusional when you think about them:To quote Salvador Dalí, "The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad".
- "The earth is doomed"
- Patient with Alzheimer's reported by Sultzer et al. (2003)- "Bill Gates is destroying my files and spying on me"
- 32 year old patient reported by Podoll et al. (2000)- "A local gang is going to mug me"
- South London patient reported by Freeman et al. (2001)- "I drove two people mad when I was 11 to 14 years old"
- Patient from a study by Rhodes and Jakes (2000)- "My thoughts are being controlled by TV newscasters"
- Inpatient reported by Noffsinger and Saleh (2000)
(via Mind Hacks) ¶ 0