Convictions? Delusions? (contains religious mentions)

[violetvoid]

Not sure what to call them, but we sometimes "know" things that other people wouldn't perceive as true - i.e., "There's a face in the window watching us," "There's a monster in the hall that will attack us if we leave the lights off," "I am a deity," etc.

These things feel true, but they have no real factual basis. Sometimes they feel good (like the ones involving divinity), but sometimes they're very alarming and distressing (like the ones involving faces/eyes in the windows). This is an issue we will be bringing up at our next therapist meeting, but I figure it's worth discussing here as well. Does anyone else deal with these convictions? How do you cope with the negative ones, and keep the positive ones from disrupting your life in negative ways?

-Six

[keep_it_together]

I've had and still have some strange convictions as you call them, for example, if I listen to rap music in my car I will have a disastrous day at work, and now I'm on meds I can objectively see that there's no rational reason to believe it, however my issue is anxiety so I wouldn't want to push my luck, I'd be too anxious doing whatever I'm believing will lead to problems.

An Antipsychotic and an Antidepressant that also helps for OCD and anxiety have been very helpful in minimising the impact of these delusions to the point where I can break the compulsion that they force if I want to.