r/creepy 5d ago

Does anybody knows what these are?

English is not my first language so I apologize for any grammatical mistakes. On the 26th of March, my younger sister and her friends found these folded paper in our street. She showed it to me and I found it really bizzare, our hair stood up. She also said that the plastic with a triangle, contained a cross (I am not sure if it was a pendant or wooden carving), but her friends took it and so they were not able to take a picture of it. Also, I believe this is not the original copy, but a printed copy cause it is noticeable. What I am certain of is that the original copy is surely written by hand.

My first thought was, these are used by 'mangkukulam' or witch because of the Latin words. I have seen a lot of witches in movies using Latin chants to cast spell. IDK. Let me know what u think.

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u/KorovasId 5d ago

'Delusions of Grandeur' is not exclusive to schizophrenia. It's where you end up with a lot of mental illnesses when they're turned up to 11. I had a bipolar uncle who though God was speaking to him through spiders. A lot of schizophrenic people go wild on numbers though and the patterns in OPs look very similar. Binging on certain drugs or sleep depravsion can cause the same thing too!

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u/0theHumanity 4d ago

I sometimes feel like they should change the name. These disturbed people are sometimes very humble and think you are insulting them when you say it. This bitch thinks that I think I'm some kind of king? Um no. Look at me lol.

As far as delusions of granduer are concerned. I would call them cryptic delusions. Stuff they think needs decoded. They sometimes think these codes are common we just can't see them for some reason.

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u/PacJeans 4d ago

There's so many things like that in psychology that is just completely antithetical to a charitable name. Delusions of grandeur, as you said, selective mutism, delusional parasitosis, etc.

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u/Steffenwolflikeme 4d ago

Yeah ADHD used to be called Minimal Brain Dysfunction. While ADHD may be a more kind name it arguably isn't any more accurate to the condition.