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When Does a Thought Become a Delusion?
What separates an intrusive thought from a delusion? And at what point does your interpretation of reality become so rigid that contradictory evidence can no longer reach you?
In this episode of Decoded, Elisabeth McKay breaks down the difference between intrusive thoughts, delusion, and psychosis—and why understanding that distinction matters far beyond severe psychiatric illness.
Using the Lindsay Clancy trial as a starting point, Elisabeth examines how reality testing deteriorates, why emotionally driven interpretations can become self-sealing, and how persecutory, referential, grandiose…
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