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What's the definitive way to determine if seeing shadows and white figures is real and not a mental disorder?
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Get assessed/tested: Illusions are misperceptions of real stimuli or events. These are different than hallucinations which is the perception of sounds or images that are not real as existing in real life. A thorough psychiatric evaluation and associated psychological assessments can help determine the difference.
Answered 11/27/2017
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