Posted by alexandra_k on October 22, 2005, at 17:57:35
In reply to Re: uh, just a question-, posted by Glydin on October 22, 2005, at 6:13:25
> A strange fact I learned a long time ago had to do with digitalis the heart med. Its made from foxglove and foxglove is pollinated by monarch butterflies. If one is overdosed on dig one can visually hallucinate and see monarch butterflies.
Wow. That is very interesting indeed. You wouldn't happen to have a link to anything on that - would you?
> I do think there are any number of factors that could go into the subject content of delusions. Perhaps it is a lot about fear, lack of control, resentment of something considered to be controlling or oppressing,Yeah. There are a lot of theories out there...
I have heard some stuff... Around how there may be a mechanism in the brain that 'tells' us when people are watching us or are aware of us or whatever. This would make evolutionary sense for us to be aware of in the sense of monitoring for threat etc. If something is going wrong with that mechanism then it might be the case that the person has the experience of being watched. They might scan the environment for the source of that experience and may reach some funny conclusions in order to make sense of the experience.
Just a thought...
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