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Originally Posted by Venom  I think the good way to investiguate this is to have more studies about fantasy-prone personality. I mean listening to this woman, for me, it was obvious that she has such personality. 
For exemple, if you listen attentively to what she said, it's pretty obvious that she constructed false memories about beeing able to influence insects during her childhood. It's pretty obvious that it's plain false memories because she said that she didn't remember it until when she was starting to believe she had such power. My bet is that when she started confabulating about having this hability, she started constructing also early false memories in order to back up her clam.
And also when she says she can sometimes have gut feelings, but sometimes also hear the animals in her head. That kind of vivid imaginations, close to an auditory hallucinations, is really typical of an FPP.
Very interresting case study, even if it's not for the claim itself. |
Hey wow, I didn't know we had someone with an advanced degree in clinical psychology and who had actually studied this woman in detail! And you must have known her personally for years in order to come to such detailed conclusions. Maybe if we have any further questions for her, we can just ask Venom.
Because surely you wouldn't just pull a bunch of defamatory psychology-ish sounding stuff out of your butt after hearing a one-hour interview with a person?
(I don't want to be a sarcastic dick here, and I'd probably agree that Venom's explanation is closer to the truth than hers', but jumping to that conclusion on almost no information is the opposite of rational)