Navigating the world when your senses conjure up phenomena others can’t perceive
Person with Schizoaffective Bipolar Disorder here. (I also have tinnitus but whatevs).<p>Doing this has been what I feel is my greatest accomplishment. You know, thoughts are a sense. You sense thoughts like you sense sounds. You do not think thought, that is just an illusion of the ego. You are not the thinker!<p>Once I understood this my life became so much easier. Nothing is reality to me anymore, everything is a loosely coordinated social hallucination. So when I see birds flying the corner of my room it makes sense, and I enjoy them. When I see a cat walk across the coffee shop I get to enjoy something no one else can. When I hear peoples thoughts and they are telling me they can read mine I open myself up to them and share my darkest secrets.<p>We should all realize that our senses are a shared hallucination. It might help solve a lot of problems in the world.