Thought Insertion: Believing That Our Thoughts Don’t Belong to Us

There have been many characters in film, literature, and TV with the ability to insert thoughts into other people’s minds. Although this may seem like the kind of situation that only exists in fiction, the truth is that it’s not far from reality. Indeed, patients who suffer from thought insertion have similar experiences. Can a person really have thoughts that aren’t their own? As yet, there’s no definitive answer to this question but this rare condition does raise issues such as the integration of the self, consciousness, and the context of the individual. Thought insertion This is a psychological condition…