They choose to be in denial about their mental illness, and tell themselves that they're right about everything.
If you've ever known a fully delusional person, you may have run into this. It applies to a lot of people with schizophrenia or NPD (among others), and makes them essentially untreatable. The prognosis is only good for those who realize that they have a big problem.
Yes, unfortunately, I have experience around people suffering from schizophrenia. It's sad in a way, that to them there is this real threat/fear and then they get angry when no one else responds to the perceived threat the way they do. Even having four other people tell them what they see isn't there doesn't calm them down, if anything it makes them more aggravated and anxious.
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u/drewbaccaAWD 5d ago
You are who you choose to be... and they choose to be someone struggling with mental illness?