Phantom Limb

A phantom limb is a reality in an amputees mind.  Evaluate a different situation where a reality only exists in a persons mind.  Have you every experienced a reality that only existed in your mind?

An example of a situation where a reality only exists in a person’s mind is when a person has multiple personalities known as schizophrenia.  A person who has schizophrenia has multiple personalities and believe that there are many people/characteristics in their mind.  They speak in many perspectives with many different characteristics.  Another example is when a child has an imaginary friend.  He/she may believe that this ‘friend’ really exists, but really it only existed in his/her mind.

I think that as a kid, everyone have had the experience of having an imaginary friend.  I think it happened to me when I was a kid because when you’re a kid, you believe everything in your mind.

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