Question if that I am experiencing is similar to Fregoli Syndrome

[Oz67]

I don't know if that is technically Fregoli Syndrome, but I feel like the people going after me have the same personality attached to them.

Fregoli Syndrome, rare Delusional Disorder where a person has a delusional belief person that one (or more) people are the same person in disguise.

 

[tree]

Same (similar) personality characteristics?

Or same person in disguise?

Big difference.

 

[Oz67]

Same (similar) personality characteristics?

Or same person in disguise?

Big difference.

It's both, I get scared that they disguise themselves as an FBI agent that I know are somehow all going after me. It's a mild delusion.

 

[tree]

Mild delusion that causes anxiety,
due to the uncertainty.

 

[Oz67]

Mild delusion that causes anxiety,
due to the uncertainty.

Yes, that is what it is.

 

[stevens]

I don't know if that is technically Fregoli Syndrome, but I feel like the people going after me have the same personality attached to them.

Fregoli Syndrome, rare Delusional Disorder where a person has a delusional belief person that one (or more) people are the same person in disguise.

At last, a name for the similarity of 70% the managers I've had through a long work career. As someone else said, there is a difference between similar personalities and the same person, but it sure is hard to tell the difference sometimes.

 

[Oz67]

At last, a name for the similarity of 70% the managers I've had through a long work career. As someone else said, there is a difference between similar personalities and the same person, but it sure is hard to tell the difference sometimes.

That's true

 

[Oz67]

What I meant to say is it could be I used to talk with a nice old police officer who helped me with a mental health crisis. I used his personality and then applied it to my imaginary FBI agents following me for no reason and I hallucinated that they were all after me.

 

[stevens]

What I meant to say is it could be I used to talk with a nice old police officer who helped me with a mental health crisis. I used his personality and then applied it to my imaginary FBI agents following me for no reason and I hallucinated that they were all after me.

Hallucinated, or imagined? I guess there is a line between delusion and comforting feelings of someone not actually there being with you, or even fear that someone is there that we're not sure is. For example, everywhere I go on the internet there is some Wall Street algorithm trying to dox me and rat me out to every insurance company and commercial interest there is. This isn't a delusion, because it's been covered at length by reputable news sources and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

And then there are the people, long dead from long ago in my life, who I sometimes feel are here, with me. This is the result of just growing old and realizing that this probably is how they felt, when they were old. Also, like many autistic people I don't have a lot of social contacts and so I tend toward having "imaginary friends" or "imaginary conversations." I wouldnt' call these things delusions.

I guess if such situations have adverse effects on your life, then I suppose they might elevate to a "mental health" issue. I do think a lot of autistic people use the exact same thing as a coping mechanism. It's kind of a blurry line. You do after all acknowledge that the FBI agents are imaginary.

I used to work in a university setting and occasionally had opportunities to speak with schizophrenic people. It always amazed me how they could tell stories about their situations, and in a way that showed absolute belief and reliance on those perceptions. I knew what they were saying was not true, but if I actually took my impression of what they were saying at face value, I might tend to take it seriously. Most people with delusions seem to be pretty earnest.

 

[Oz67]

Hallucinated, or imagined? I guess there is a line between delusion and comforting feelings of someone not actually there being with you, or even fear that someone is there that we're not sure is. For example, everywhere I go on the internet there is some Wall Street algorithm trying to dox me and rat me out to every insurance company and commercial interest there is. This isn't a delusion, because it's been covered at length by reputable news sources and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

And then there are the people, long dead from long ago in my life, who I sometimes feel are here, with me. This is the result of just growing old and realizing that this probably is how they felt, when they were old. Also, like many autistic people I don't have a lot of social contacts and so I tend toward having "imaginary friends" or "imaginary conversations." I wouldnt' call these things delusions.

I guess if such situations have adverse effects on your life, then I suppose they might elevate to a "mental health" issue. I do think a lot of autistic people use the exact same thing as a coping mechanism. It's kind of a blurry line. You do after all acknowledge that the FBI agents are imaginary.

I used to work in a university setting and occasionally had opportunities to speak with schizophrenic people. It always amazed me how they could tell stories about their situations, and in a way that showed absolute belief and reliance on those perceptions. I knew what they were saying was not true, but if I actually took my impression of what they were saying at face value, I might tend to take it seriously. Most people with delusions seem to be pretty earnest.

It's both hallucinations and imaginary.

What you said also makes sense.