Dreams and psychotic ruminations have certain strange features in common, and psychiatrists have now measured the degree of similarity.
Both dreams and waking psychotic moments share cognitive bizarreness — a well-defined term in psychology. It consists of impossible plots, characters and actions: flying over Elvis’ first concert or conversing with Fido the dog.
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