On the MMPI II it indicated that I had tendencies to be schizotypal, but I don't accept that as fact. It was also over a decade ago that I took that test and I tried different medications for it, which made me realize I didn't have any such condition
I just wonder why all the sudden I'm not getting inspiration. I usually get inspiration during the day, which is like dialog in my mind that tells me I'm here to learn something even if it seems meaningless. Hopefully getting older isn't all about sitting around and doing work without any sense of purpose. I mean work doesn't have to be meaningful, but to have something meaningful in life is important to me. Otherwise I start to forget things and start remembering things, which is actually another form of being depressed; when you remember things that aren't even real memories
Any ideas or perspectives on what I can do? Maybe it's a mental thing and I can get out of this
Looking into it that kind of dysphoria and false memories is linked with depression, yeah.
“Although there is an extensive literature on the effects of depression and dysphoria on memory accuracy, few studies have examined the effects of depression or dysphoria on false memory.”
PTSD as well. Do you suffer any PTSD symptoms?
In clinical and court settings, it is imperative to know whether posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression may make people susceptible to false memories. We conducted a review of the literature on false memory effects in participants with ...
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“In clinical and court settings, it is imperative to know whether posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression may make people susceptible to false memories.“
It’s also linked to schizophrenia and bipolar, along with delusions of grandeur e.g. feeling “better than the world.
Current theories of confabulation are based primarily on observation of neurological patients. The present paper evaluates these theories based on evidence from schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is unique in that it presents with a pathophysiology which differs ...
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A delusion of grandeur is a false belief in one’s importance or greatness. A person may believe, for instance, that they are famous, can end world wars, or that they are immortal. Grandiose delusions are often caused by mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia, but can also result from...
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“ Confabulation can be defined as “statements or actions that reflect unintentional but obvious distortions of memory” (Gilboa et al., 2006). Two features characterize confabulations (Berlyne, 1972; Burgess and McNeil, 1999; Moscovitch and Melo, 1997). (1) They are false memories--either false in content, or false in the given context, and (2) the confabulator is unaware of the falsehood of these claims. Confabulation is a relatively rare form of memory disorder found in severe neuropsychiatric conditions like Korsakoff’s syndrome, traumatic brain injury, anterior communication artery aneurysm, Alzheimer’s disease, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and (in a milder form) among healthy people ”
“A delusion of grandeur is a false or unusual belief about one’s greatness. A person may believe, for instance, that they are famous, can end world wars, or that they are immortal.
Delusions of grandeur, also called grandiose delusions, often accompany other mental health symptoms, including other delusions. The may be related to mental or physical health conditions, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or some types of dementia.”
The last two links seem closer to what you’re experiencing than the first two. I really think
You should be screened again for schizophrenia, or schizoaffective in particular, and accept the diagnosis if you get one. It’s a tough, tough, thing to deal with. Denying the diagnoses and the delusion is one of the top problems with these things.
