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How can I prove that my experience is not just a very vivid dream?

NAS73180

Since the age of fifteen I have had the bothersome obsession that my mind is all that exists and that everything is just me experiencing it in my imagination. 
Weirdly you will always have instant proof that this is delusional because you sense your own reality as the most intense one. 

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  • My response is unlikely to be helpful, but just to say that there have been times in my life when I've momentarily questioned whether I'm actually here in a conscious state, or am just dreaming that I am.

    Sort of linked to this will be a fleeting sense of paranoia and panic that people can hear my thoughts when I'm out in a public place. I find that I have to make a point of checking that my lips aren't moving and that I'm not voicing my thoughts out loud. 

    I find these moments most bizarre and unnerving, but after a few minutes, I've usually forgotten all about them, so don't give them a second thought.

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  • My response is unlikely to be helpful, but just to say that there have been times in my life when I've momentarily questioned whether I'm actually here in a conscious state, or am just dreaming that I am.

    Sort of linked to this will be a fleeting sense of paranoia and panic that people can hear my thoughts when I'm out in a public place. I find that I have to make a point of checking that my lips aren't moving and that I'm not voicing my thoughts out loud. 

    I find these moments most bizarre and unnerving, but after a few minutes, I've usually forgotten all about them, so don't give them a second thought.

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