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Originally Posted by Lasereth
I am fully willing to accept and even admit that this is what is actually going on. But what you just wrote is an argument against ghosts and paranormal activity. If it's all just made up in your head from sleep paralysis and hallucinations and schizophrenia, then it is nothing more than that -- made up shit in your head.
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I am not arguing
for nor am I arguing
against the physical existence of ghosts. I am giving my thoughts--not even opinions really; just thoughts--on one way in which ghosts can be explained. I know you weren't really addressing me directly with your statement but I wanted to clarify my opinion again.
I also want to reiterate that believing in ghosts and the paranormal doesn't necessarily mean that a person is schizophrenic or has any other form of mental illness.
I do have first-hand (second-hand?) experience with schizophrenia ... my grandmother was diagnosed paranoid-schizophrenic when I was a kid. She heard the voice of god and saw the devil and angels and spoke very matter-of-factly about it. When I was older and not totally scared of asking questions about it we had some conversations. I wish I'd talked to her more. This is part of what my thoughts on the subject are based on. That and the book I mentioned in an earlier post.
Also, just because
I don't believe in ghosts doesn't mean that another person has to believe the same thing. It's quite possible that I am wrong. Maybe, it's that part of the brain that actually picks up on ghosts that is being stimulated during these paranormal experiences and it's not a hallucination at all.