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"folie à deux"

"folie à deux".. what a delightful term.  When two people have the identical delusion — believing something is true which clearly could not be — it's called a folie a deux, or sometimes a "shared psychotic disorder." This unusual disorder is more likely to occur in a closely related pair, like twins, or a married couple, who are isolated from other people. Folie à deux means "shared madness," or "madness for two" in French. If three people share the delusion, it's a "folie a trois." Reality is too often stranger than fiction. 

Who's correct?

The doc says I'm trapped in some sort of delusional world, that dreams aren't real. Weird. I say the same thing about him.  Who's correct? Probably both.