distorted reality
Truth bent sideways
Distorted reality is perception or representation that deviates from what is accurate or true.
The phrase often describes psychological states where someone's grasp on facts has warped: His distorted reality made him believe everyone was against him.
It also applies to media or propaganda that presents misleading versions of events.
In philosophy and physics, distorted reality may describe how subjective experience or relativistic effects alter perception of the objective world.
- deepfakeAI-manipulated video mimicry
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
- altered stateModified consciousness experience
- solipsismOnly self surely exists
- derealizationPerception that surroundings aren't real
delusion · mind games · false memory · Mandela effect · augmented reality · cognitive bias · trompe-l'œil · smoke and mirrors · virtual reality · misperception · simulation · dissociation · fever dream · misinformation · cubism · algorithmic bias · psychosis · echo chamber
- altered statestrance, altered states, hallucination, altered perception, consciousness expansion
- surrealismdreamscapes, Rene Magritte, Max Ernst, automatic writing, automatism
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Existence independent of minds
sharp focus · 20/20 vision · objective view · unvarnished truth
distorted realitysound mind
Mental clarity and stability
sanity · clear thinking · mental clarity · lucidity · clear-headedness
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