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I have always believed that reality transcends what I perceive to be real. Many elements of my own upbringing have lead me to these conclusions, and while I've always been on a quest of sorts to uncover the "real" and the "delusions" in my perception of the world, I'm slowly coming to realize that it doesn't matter. Reality is simply the sum of our perceptions, real or not.  Fantasy or "reality--"who's to say that one is more real/false than the other? Perhaps its all one big trick of the mind. In the end it's really all quite irrelevant. Knowing more about what "reality" really is doesn't change the fact that I still have to go class, so I can make the grades to go to grad school, get hired, and make money to support myself and a potential family. Fantasy or not, it is still very real to me. My question in a nutshell: is the pursuit of that which is true "reality" really meaningful to us? If it is, perhaps we should invest more energy in trying to understand different ways in which others understand the world from a more validating standpoint as opposed to comparing the "abnormal" to some sort of "norm."