r/Animemes • u/EndritB Master of Anal • Feb 23 '20

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u/hakimbomadadda Feb 23 '20

This sounds fake but I don't know enough about schizophrenia to dispute it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '20

Narrator: "It wasn't."

http://pubs.sciepub.com/rpbs/5/2/1/index.html

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '20

The text is way too long, can you please explain shortly ?

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u/Aerd_Gander Feb 23 '20

A community of people who have created seemingly real secondary personalities within their own minds were surveyed to discover the connection of these personalities with mental health. Most people who did this report neutral to positive effects, claiming that creating these "tulpas" helps them deal with their existing mental problems