“Since no one could be influencing me, since I am sure I am not suffering hallucinations, I have to ask myself: who could it be? The ways in which all these torments are inflicted on me, as well as the hidden meanings contained in all these conversations and body movements, indicate that some evil supernatural being is at work here. It constantly affects me, it causes me suffering in the hope of destroying me completely. Do my experiences belong to the same category as those of the mentally ill, or are they unique in their own way? I feel that in the interests of humanity I must declare my conviction: if they are indeed of the same kind as those of other mentally ill people, then doctors are mistaken in thinking that the voices heard by mentally ill people are hallucinations.” — a patient cited by Karl Jaspers in “General Psychopathology” (translated from Russian)
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