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<onlyinclude>'''Personal meaning enhancement''' can be described as a considerably increased sense of personal significance becoming attributed to external stimuli, innocuous situations, and coincidences. For example, one may feel the lyrics of a song or events in a film relate to their life in a meaningful and distinct manner that is not usually felt during everyday sobriety. This feeling can continue to occur even when it is rationally understood that the external stimuli does not genuinely relate to the person experiencing it in such a direct manner.

<onlyinclude>'''Personal meaning enhancement''' can be described as a considerably increased sense of personal significance becoming attributed to external stimuli, innocuous situations, and coincidences. For example, one may feel that the lyrics of a song or events in a film directly relate to their life in a meaningful and distinct manner that is not usually felt during everyday sobriety. This feeling can continue to occur even when it is rationally understood that the external stimuli does not genuinely relate to the person experiencing it in such a direct manner.

At its highest level, this effect will often synergize with [[delusions]] in a manner which can result in one genuinely believing that innocuous events are directly related to them. For example, one may begin to believe that the plot of a film is about their life or that a song was written for them. This phenomenon is well established within psychology and is commonly known as a "[[Delusions#Themes|delusion of reference]]."<ref>Understanding delusions (PubMed) (PubMed.gov / NCBI) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21234155</ref><ref>Ideas of Reference | Encyclopedia of Psychology (PsychCentral) | http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/ideas-of-reference/</ref></onlyinclude>

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	<onlyinclude>'''Personal meaning enhancement''' can be described as a considerably increased sense of personal significance becoming attributed to external stimuli, innocuous situations, and coincidences. For example, one may feel the lyrics of a song or events in a film relate to their life in a meaningful and distinct manner that is not usually felt during everyday sobriety. This feeling can continue to occur even when it is rationally understood that the external stimuli does not genuinely relate to the person experiencing it in such a direct manner.		<onlyinclude>'''Personal meaning enhancement''' can be described as a considerably increased sense of personal significance becoming attributed to external stimuli, innocuous situations, and coincidences. For example, one may feel that the lyrics of a song or events in a film directly relate to their life in a meaningful and distinct manner that is not usually felt during everyday sobriety. This feeling can continue to occur even when it is rationally understood that the external stimuli does not genuinely relate to the person experiencing it in such a direct manner.

	At its highest level, this effect will often synergize with [[delusions]] in a manner which can result in one genuinely believing that innocuous events are directly related to them. For example, one may begin to believe that the plot of a film is about their life or that a song was written for them. This phenomenon is well established within psychology and is commonly known as a "[[Delusions#Themes\|delusion of reference]]."<ref>Understanding delusions (PubMed) (PubMed.gov / NCBI) \| https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21234155</ref><ref>Ideas of Reference \| Encyclopedia of Psychology (PsychCentral) \| http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/ideas-of-reference/</ref></onlyinclude>		At its highest level, this effect will often synergize with [[delusions]] in a manner which can result in one genuinely believing that innocuous events are directly related to them. For example, one may begin to believe that the plot of a film is about their life or that a song was written for them. This phenomenon is well established within psychology and is commonly known as a "[[Delusions#Themes\|delusion of reference]]."<ref>Understanding delusions (PubMed) (PubMed.gov / NCBI) \| https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21234155</ref><ref>Ideas of Reference \| Encyclopedia of Psychology (PsychCentral) \| http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/ideas-of-reference/</ref></onlyinclude>