Delusional Freedom

not particularly, as i am cispsychotic, buuuuuut fixating on something until you believe it is a very good method for convincing anyone of anything, so that could be a start!

Like, I can vibe with my distressing delusions to an extent. Minimally, they make me feel more valid as a psychotic person (as backwards as that sounds xD). I normally don't encourage them but reality checking still actively harms us wrt to those. Our most effective coping mechanism is literally "this IS real but it's a layer of reality I refuse to actively participate in".

(We're in your server too btw, we're just on anon for paranoia reasons rn.)

2) How you would define psychological freedom?

folie à deux (shared psychotic disorder), i lost the file though :(

2. psychological freedom is full independence and control over one's own mind (and in turn, body.) current systems are very sanist, and exert undue control over those labelled as mentally unwell. folk with psych illnesses and disorders deserve to be heard and believed when it comes to their own reality and experiences, and suppressing and forcibly "treating" us is what we get instead.

i personally am anti-psychiatry (pharmacotherapy) as i've had years of experience with being forced to take medications that are nothing more than suppressing me, my emotions, my actions, and beliefs. i am dulled out as a person rather than seen and given what i need. the psych system doesn't get at the root of your issues and help you treat what you need treated to live a healthier life, they instead label your symptoms as a sickness to be solved with a few pills and CBT.

psych wards are an extremely good example of this. you will be sedated far before you are spoken to should you step out of line. and they have full legal right to keep you even if you are well and want to leave. you will need an attorney to help convince the doctor to let you go. you obviously aren't sane enough to make your own decisions, right?

this isn't even to mention suicidism.

i am also becoming anti-therapy or at least therapy-critical with time, as therapy is also often a method of exerting control over those in society that are out of line. CBT specifically. i do believe therapy (including CBT) can be incredibly helpful for folk, but the fact that CBT is far too often used on traumatized individuals in order to suppress their negative feelings, rather than treat the source of them, is not something i'm looking to praise.

to clarify CBT is not bad therapy alone but therapy is in dire, dire need of some sort of reformation, as the current treatment methods can be catastrophically harmful. there is not enough of a safety net.

psychological freedom is to allow us to trust ourselves and know what is best for ourselves. it is to no longer be actively pushed down should we speak our minds.

psychological freedom is the freedom of information around psych conditions and psych as a whole, as well. the information blockage in the forms of paywalls or years of higher education at an overpriced school prevents the vast majority of us from obtaining the resources we need. we can self-treat, and the fact that we're explicitly told that we cant is an active effort to keep us dependent on the system that is hurting us.

self-treatment should be a right. but to self-treat, you need to be educated. so freedom of education must also be a right. all knowledge should be free. but given that "they" know that, we are kept ignorant as to continue to follow what we are told.

TLDR: your mind belongs to you and you only. that's abt it.

Double Bookkeeping 🌓📖 to be aware you are experiencing 'lusions

Single Bookkeeping 🌓📘 to be unaware that you are experiencing 'lusions

Monothematic 🌓📓 only experiencing one 'lusion at a given time

'Lusion/'Lusional To experience the world in a way that could be clinically or self-described described as delusional. To hold "a belief or altered reality that is persistently held despite evidence or agreement to the contrary."

Delusion/Delusional To experience a 'lusion that causes one (typically "clinical") distress.

Eulusion/Eulusional To experience a 'lusion that does not cause distress, or is considered enjoyable or positive to the individual.

Xelusion/Xelusional To experience 'lusions in a manner that can't be categorized as joy, passivity, or distress.

I don't believe there is any delusion that is harmful to have, but I do believe it may be dangerous to encourage some ideals that accompany them, particularly ones that are about harming others.

Encouraging someone to hurt someone else isn't okay.

If someone doesn't want their delusions then I don't condone encouraging those. If they do want them, then I believe encouraging them is fine. It's completely about an individual's wants, not how others feel about said delusions. This includes ones you personally deem harmful, inappropriate, or unhealthy.

The only delusions I wouldn't necessarily condone encouraging are ones that include fully intending to/actually hurting other nonconsenting beings. That's about it.

So yes, I am all for all delusions, as long as the one experiencing them is asking for/consenting to encouragement.

Personally I'd take caution with folk who aren't double bookkeeping (both living your daily life/being aware that your beliefs are a delusion while simultaneously still being immersed in said delusion) given it's harder for that person to give informed consent around their delusions, but yeah all delusions are valid and "fair game."

Welcome to the pro-delusion community! What is it and why am I encouraging it? Here's some FAQ!

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