Overvalued ideation/ poor insight/ fixed beliefs

[Guest Orwell1984]

OVERVALUED IDEA

An unreasonable and sustained belief that is maintained with less than delusional intensity (.i.e., the person is able to acknowledge the possibility that the belief may not be true). The belief is not one that is ordinarily accepted by other members of the persons culture or subculture. DSM-IV, p.769.

Delusions can be difficult to distinguish from overvalued ideas, which are unreasonable ideas that a person holds, but the affected person has at least some level of doubt as to its truthfulness. A person with a delusion is absolutely convinced that the delusion is real.-mind disorders. com.

READING MATERIAL:

"An overview on delusions, obsessions and overvalued ideas":

http://www.fioriti.it/cn/pdf/02%20_yaryura.pdf

"Overvalued ideas:psychopathologic issues":

http://actaspsiquiatria.es/repositorio/13/69/ENG/13-69-ENG-70-74-435139.pdf

Pages 14-17 overvalued ideation/poor insight:

http://media.johnwiley.com.au/product_data/excerpt/56/04707112/0470711256-171.pdf

[Tez]

Thank you so much for publishing these links. I have experienced overvalued ideas with my OCD for a very long time, and have struggled as a consequence. It is great to be able to read more professional viewpoints on the subject.

Best wishes

Tez :original:

[Guest Saz]

I don't know which one I have because of how convinced I feel sometimes x

[gingerbreadgirl]

You're not convinced though saz because if you were you wouldn't be here. You have some doubt no matter how small. x

[Guest Saz]

But doubt doesn't make it ocd because everyone gets doubt. Sorry not meaning to hijack the thread xxx

[gingerbreadgirl]

Ruminating again saz.

What else can we say to convince you to stop? X

[Guest Saz]

I'm trying. Anyway apologises again for the hijack, that wasn't very nice of me.x