This is downright terrifying…

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        17 days ago

        Eyyy, what a blast from the past, lol. Going full schizo to combat loneliness, a popular concept on a certain Mongolian basket weaving forum back in 2010-15. 😅

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      15 days ago

      Delusional disorder is a thing but that requires belief flying in the face of evidence. Can’t ascertain that without a good faith 1:1 convo.

      beyond that, clinical significance is a matter of what harm comes from it. People are allowed to choose idiotic things. we gotta assess harm based on outcomes and we don’t know anything about her, so.

      Id say this, if i were her doc and she came in reporting that stuff, it’d be hard to stay unbiased