What is the longest amount of time you believed something to be true that wasn't?

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For about 37 years, give or take, I believed that the voice in my head that ran a commentary on my life was real. I actually thought it was me lol. What a silly idea.

I also believed my emotions were real, my depressions were real, my successes and failures were real, and my relationships with other people were real and I needed them to be happy.

All this time, only my body was real.