Would you imagine the content of people’s delusions would change with the changing times?
Well, according to Vaughan Bell writing over at Mind Hacks, they do. Research that analyzed the content of people’s delusions over the past few decades found that people’s delusions do indeed change.
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Word to wise: infOrm yourself which is which.
My 59 year old brother suffers from Delusional Disorder and, unfortunately, his delusions have NOT caught up with the times. He’s being followed by the FBI in helicopters, cars, and by tapping his phones. Maybe it’s because he’s part of the older generation. I wish I didn’t fall into the uncommon club of a person who knows someone with this disorder.
A mental disorder itself is a social construct?
Or a person with a mental disorder takes up pieces of the current culture to manifest in their symptoms?