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Reality felt confusing after my delusional beliefs went away

Sentiments I've heard before.

Citing those "moments of clarity" which can be oddly disorienting at times.
 
It takes time to recalibrate, a bit like reestablishing your surroundings after being startled out of a dream. It is disorienting. New part of a familiar city without a map.
 
For me, this has been what it's like constantly falling in and out of love.
It makes me ask, "Now what?" when everything changes suddenly. Where am I supposed to put all that energy now? What am I supposed to think about now?

Not to mention the paranoid delusions that pop up every year or so. They seem so real, then they fade away again and there's no real closure or significance to any of it. It can make me feel like I've wasted huge swaths of time thinking, worrying about, and reacting to stuff that doesn't even matter. But when it's happening, I can't help it. I don't necessarily know I'm doing that until it's over.

Anyway, thanks for sharing and don't ever give up on yourself!
 
Are you less confused now? It is OK to feel confused with a shift in outlook or processing. In the 1970s after being socially isolated I broke out of my cage to enter that dating scene populated by people far more adept at it than I. A multiplicity of confusion when NTs interpreted reality differently than I did.
 
Gerald Wilgus said:
Are you less confused now? It is OK to feel confused with a shift in outlook or processing. In the 1970s after being socially isolated I broke out of my cage to enter that dating scene populated by people far more adept at it than I. A multiplicity of confusion when NTs interpreted reality differently than I did.
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I am not confused about reality anymore. Thanks!
 
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