What is the Meaning of Delusions? | Types of Delusions
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- This video answers the following questions: Do delusions have meanings? Do the different types of delusions have different meanings?
A delusion is a false belief based on incorrect inference about external reality that is firmly sustained despite what almost everybody else believes and despite what constitutes incontrovertible and obvious proof or evidence to the contrary. The belief is not one ordinarily accepted by other members of the person’s culture or subculture.
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My 90 year old mom has fun delusions. Sometimes she's gambling in Vegas, at Sea World or visiting long-dead relatives.
@@brusselsprout5851 lol true!
Lucky her. Sometimes the delusions can be aweful.
Thank you for bringing this to light, Dr. Grande!! It was the idea that was thrown out by my narcissistic hubby that I was delusional, without any future explanation on the point. He abused me severely, but no one cares. Now I got the point that he wanted me to see that I had lived a life of fake relationship around me. He chose to hurt me in the process to prove his point. Thank you again, Doc, and Happy New Year🙏🤞🎆
A most heartbreaking example of delusions comes from children who have been conditioned by a disturbed parent into believing that the other parent does not love them or even wants to hurt them. There are many stories of adult children figuring out how, when they were kids, they lost their father or mother. Some find letters the alienated parent wrote year after year, desperate for contact; letters hidden from the children. It is a massive trauma for a child to discover that they were used as a tool to harm themselves and an innocent parent.
charlotte webber Fortunately this did not happen to me. I do what I can to help other parents cope and strategize. It is a terrible predicament.
charlotte webber No worries. It almost happened to me, but I was able to avert it. Other targeted parents are stunned and bewildered and don't know what is happening until it's too late. Two pros in this field are Dorcy Preuter and Craig Childress. Dorcy runs The Alliance to End Parental Alienation.
This 🎯
Utterly heartbreaking.
I had been wondering just recently about what constitutes a delusion. Thank you for an extremely informative video on the subject.
You really do have an extraordinary gift for education and excellent presentation skills. I have found your videos to be very interesting lately as I seek to learn more about mental illness. Thank you for your efforts and have a safe New Year’s!
I totally agree. He would make an excellent teacher at a highschool or university level.
I'm not sure about the US or UK but in Australia, psychology is offered as a subject you can take in your final two years of highschool. I know because I did it myself.
Strangely, there were only 3 boys, including myself, in a class of about 20 people. The subject just seems a lot more popular with females. It's the polar opposite with physics and chemistry too. Biology, which is another subject I took, was the only science that seemed to have an even gender balance. Don't ask me why but I do find that very interesting.
Beware that most mental health topics are wrong. Psychiatry is about control of what is socially deemed normal and what is not. The diagnosis of Paranoid Schizophrenia and Persecutory Delusions are a fraud (DSM ICD-10 F20/F22). Research about Gangstalking and read the document "Making Prevention A Reality" available on the official FBI website and realize how the federal government is able to conduct active surveillance and illegal information sharing through local police, healthcare professionals and other local groups.
Also, are you telling me Jennifer Lawrence does not really love me?
Lol!
It's like wearing a transparency over your personality. It's like an overlay. And it creates havoc.
exactly.. its a spirit over the person. delusions are lies believed.
I heard somewhere that the voices that schizophrenics hear in Japan and similar countries tend to be kinder than the voices that American schizophrenics hear.
Although voices might be somewhat different than delusions, this could point to the possibility that experiences we have inside our heads--including hallucinations and delusions--can symbolically reflect our construction of reality, much like the dreams we have while sleeping do.
As a collectivist culture, Japan seems to put more emphasis on harmony than individualistic cultures like the US. So in some ways it would make sense that these voices would be kinder in Japan, but in other ways it seems counter-intuitive because aspects of Japanese culture still seem to be at least as competition-focused as our culture is. Their education system appears to be much more so.
@@juliettailor1616 I agree with all of your points. I kind of wish that we could start pushing people interested in earning a graduate degree in psychology, counseling, social work etc., to major in sociology or cultural anthropology as undergraduates. That would teach mental health clinicians to see the mental health of their patients more within the context of society.
Part of the reason why I am a little surprised at the idea of the voices being more positive in Japan is that from what little I know of Japan, I'm not really sure if they are healthier than we are or if they are just a different kind of sick. I have heard of Japanese kids committing suicide due to academic pressures after all.
It seems like Scandinavian countries are the ones I have heard the most positive things about. Wonder what schizophrenic people's voices say to them there?
@@juliettailor1616 Interesting that you say that it's American influence that is making Japan sicker. If I had had to give an estimate, I would have guessed that the ways in which we were both sick could be attributed to us being too extremely individualistic and them being too extremely communal, and that perhaps Scandinavian countries were healthier because they had figured out a happy medium. But you probably know more about Japanese history and culture than I do--because it really wouldn't take much to know more about Japanese history and culture than I do. :)
It sucks that the societal health of Scandinavian countries is now being eroded by consumerism, too. We just can't have nice things, can we?
Yeah, a wider base of knowledge and education about the societal context of mental health would make us all healthier, but that would put a lot of mental health professionals out of work, and there are too many greedy bastards in the profession who wouldn't want to see that happen, if you'll pardon my French.
I don't think that belief that systemic racial, gender, etc oppression exists is the same thing as most conspiracy theories that I've heard. Nor do I think that belief that the US public school system and industries tied to mental and physical health either were founded with some quite toxic and oppressive goals in mind and/or adopted other toxic and progressive goals along the way, is the same thing as belief in most conspiracy theories that I've heard of.
And I would have to respectfully disagree with anyone who didn't believe that systemic oppression existed, or who believed that the fundamental goals that the public school system and mental/physical health related industries were based on, were always benevolent and always had the public's best interest in mind.
If the latter were true, then we would be able to count on mental health professionals as a whole to support things that were in the best interest of societal health as a whole, but not in the best interest of their own pocketbooks. Such as more education about the societal context of mental health, which might lead to people becoming more politically active, bettering their own situations, and getting to a point in life where they no longer needed counseling.
Thanks you for this video. I wish my wife had you as a doctor. She stopped taking meds and had a bunch of delusions. I would try to show her that she was wrong about things through explaining to her. It never went anywhere, from one delusion to the next never resolving any of them. I had to keep checking with others to make sure it wasn't me losing my mind. I still love her even though she has done immeasurable damage to our family. It's a sickness that I wouldn't wish on anyone.
I was persecuted by $cientology Inc.: I have the court documents to prove it. I wonder what a health care provider would say if I mentioned this in therapy.
This is real persecution, those people are nuts.
I don't blame you, Jehovah's Whiskeynesses lol Witnesses persecute me to no end.I wish I could get court documents as proof of it, congrats.That's why I'd consider them Sneakientology lol Sneak/Scientology.
I did a self study course about cults. Extremely dangerous. Steven Hassan books may help. He was kidnapped by Moonie organization when he was in college. His parents rescued him. About the delusional aspects- they killed a woman in Florida and because of the local ‘revenue’ it (Scientology) brought to the local township it was never investigated. She gave them $80,000.00 and wanted a refund. They handcuffed her to the bed and didn’t give her water or food. Name Lisa McPherson (sp) The local authorities told her parents she was delusional.
exactly-- so many cases being misinterpreted for lack of knowledge.
A good therapist would ask you what happened and help you deal with how it impacted you , both a the time and any on-going issues it causes.
I absolutely love your channel, thank you so much for your hard work and detailed videos :-)
Dr. Grande loves me. 😊 The color of his shirt tells me how much.🙂 Poor doc, I don't always have time for him, since I have so many fans! 😊😊
Delusions are actually not a funny thing at all. But a totally realistic view isn't either. And who has it? Thank you for covering this kind of topic - aways much appreciated.
@Scott Whatever Yes this of course is true. "There're three aspects to everything: a bad one, a good one and a funny one." Karl Valentin
Thank you, due to your videos I will be getting psychologically evaluated soon.
Thanks: great topic!
another excellent video, dr. Grande! This reminded me of the Netflix show “You” - I would love to see an analysis on the main character (and if you get to the second season, the two main characters).
Dr. Todd Grande please cover repeated suicide attempts, the effect they have on families and more importantly how people should react to them.
from experience.. get the person spiritual deliverance. /exorcism with a qualified professional. ( you're welcome to call me crazy but I know what Im talking about).
Dana Keating Get them professional help immediately, work closely with them to understand. You might also seek some counseling or asking about a group you can attend for support. You need help too. Best wishes.
I believe they are a coping mechanism.
Great explanation!! Thank you , Doc!!
Fantastic, yet again, Dr. Grande. Appreciate all you’re doing. Wishing each and everyone a Eudaemonic New Decade! Hoping 2020 is a year of spiritual ascension, free of harmful delusions, for us all 🌏❤️🥳
My mother used to visit fortune tellers. They would always read the same thing - to my mother's delight: "someone is envious of you and is trying to destroy you." The solution to solve this problem always came with a price of course. Question: do the fortune tellers suffer from delusion or are they capitalizing on their clients natural delusional tendencies?
It’s a bit of both i would say
They likely were picking up on her own self destructive tendencies and trying to give her comfort. A fortune tellers job is to find out what the person needs to hear and share it. For their own safety they're going to edit what they understand
Will you speak to elder depressed individuals? My Father lost my mother and need some general advice.
I can remember, as a kid, feeling like everyone could hear my thoughts. Maybe at the time I was experiencing thought-broadcasting delusions... I would feel so guilty for thinking things because I felt like everyone knew exactly what I was thinking. I think I still struggle with that to this day. That’s... crazy.
@Anthony Ramirez I too had similar symptoms as yours during my 20s. At times I would try to stifle my thoughts.
It was a very disturbing time. I'm doing better these days but I don't consider my illness as a delusion. The belief is not fixed and unshakeable. I go back and forth from time to time trying to discern what is true and what is not. Hang in there.
What you’ve just described is an exact description of every born again Christian, and Republican Trump follower I’ve ever known in my life. And that is A LOT OF PEOPLE. How can that possibly be ok??
Very interesting, thank you! I wish you a Happy New Year 2020 and lots of energy to make lots of more great YT content for us! 💗
Interesting video. Thanks Dr. Grande 😃🇳🇱
Great video as always, dr grande! Would you be able to do a piece on the 2018 Horizon Air incident? I am fascinated by the audaciousness and would love your analysis as always!!!!
I love this topic, it's fascinating what a dysfunctional mind can produce and how somehow these people are barred from reality. I find them quite funny often, too, I mean the content, not the people. Though, from all disorders, it's one that I see as one of the worst to have, just like being a psychopath, taken objectively, is one of the "best" disorders to have in terms of its effect on the subject, having delusions is definitely not a welcome thing, as it usually results in permanent isolation and inability to pursue any meaningful goals.
Social networking has added a new wrinkle: people with similar delusions can join together and escape that isolation. But then what? I imagine treatment becomes impossible, as the delusion sufferer gets his or her delusion reinforced. They might become even more unshakeable as they now feel they are defending their group, magnifying their fanaticism and hostility. They might search for “experts” or authority figures who share their delusions to give their delusions credibility (and they might find someone who doesn’t share the delusion, but who has a desire to manipulate the group).
Does this match anything you’ve seen or experienced? I think it’s already a big problem, will only get worse, and I don’t see any clear way of addressing it.
Sometimes delusions can jump start your motivation but it’s just a temporary solution
My whole family deals with depression,anxiety,phitzophrenia I have a rare but serious type of epilepsy. I've always wanted to learn more about things that deals with that problem (even my disability) and my whole family hardly talks to me blaming that illness(why they dont) I'm 40 now and learning about new things of the "why's and hows" it fascinates me. I even found your page on Facebook.
Could it be that some people who are in one delusional about one thing only to recover from that delusion and pick up another unrelated delusion? Like moving from a religious delusion to an alien delusion, basically they only exist in a delusion of some kind.
No. But the entities do play any scenario to keep you chasing the delusions. It might start religious and then they’d mix in aliens. It might start with government agencies and then switch to religious. All I’m saying is they laugh at you the whole time as you question and get misled. They are real and can appear or put anything in your mind
Aww, I love the education, encouragement and answers back at me.Take care, thanks again and you're welcome.
Great vid AGAIN
So paranoid thinking and delusions are very similar
Dr. GRANDE this is a very good video that offeres a lot of important information. Thank you so much for all of your videos.
Many many lay people and people who work with others su h as police ifficers and many more, need to have access to this important information. Thank you. I hope these videos can becone part of a new traini g
Mom the enabler narc has a smear campaignthat lends to the delusions of my narc psychopath brother that is most dangerous. Neighbor worries, I called abuse hotline, mother denies as she has interesting accidents & hospitalizations. Toxic unfounded delusions for years with these two family members with much family history going back in history; textbook styles.
TNX
That's really hard to deal with. I hope you're, and everyone else, is safe. Wishing you the best.
Some times I wish I were delusional instead of hyper-mechanistic and rational; the real world sucks limes.
I believe a rational person can explore irrational and suprarational thoughts, but it does require a temporary letting go of ones rational framework, a stepping outside of it in a way. You don’t need drugs to do this, but if you’ve learned meditation or self hypnosis techniques they might be helpful. It might also be useful to keep a journal, notes, or some written record.
You might do it like this. Say to yourself, “Suppose that . . . .” and add something pleasant, but unlikely, unprovable, or impossible. And then suppose that it’s true. Discard thoughts about why it’s not possible, or how one could make it possible. Just suppose for the moment that it is true, and suppose what that would be like.
I want to stress that the thing you suppose can really be unlimited. Suppose I am a coyote. Suppose there were two planet earths and we could travel between them. Suppose God existed. Suppose our bones were stronger than steel. Suppose farts had medicinal properties.
Part of this exercise is to imagine what the experience is like living in a world that you just supposed. To imagine it so vividly that you almost feel like you have experienced it, to experience it as real.
Don’t worry about all the reasons your supposition is not possible. Don’t try to undermine it. Obviously, a part of your mind will want to analyze all the ways your supposition is absurd, wouldn’t work, or is impossible. Let those thoughts drift away, reframe the question, and continue imagining.
I suggested you use a pleasant supposition. The reason for this is an unpleasant or negative one, even a morbid one, might cause you worry and anxiety-this will impede you in two ways. One, it triggers your analytic mind which will strive to relieve you of the anxiety, most easily by explaining to yourself why the triggering supposition is impossible. Two, an unpleasant supposition could disuade you from repeating the exercise.
Anyway, I hope this is useful. It’s possible to take time away from the hyper mechanistic and rational self without becoming an idiot or a loony. It’s quite useful to do so. I don’t want to use the word “escape” because it’s not accurate. But it is stepping outside of it, and it is possible because we are larger than our rational minds.
My husband has delusions about our neighbors (whom we don’t talk to) sneaking into our attic so they can watch us have sex, he sometimes thinks they are physically us there or recording with small cameras, he accuses me of cheating all the time with gross old men, he has been convinced (despite what dr.s say) that he has worms and they are going to his brain, sometimes he thinks random coworkers are angry at him and they’re going to kill him…..he had a very traumatic childhood and I think has caused a lot of it. 75% of the time he is normal then all of the sudden the crazy comes out…..stress, alcohol, and weed definitely set him off. He wasn’t like this (at least noticeably) when we’re younger. I’m praying that he will take better care of himself, and get enough sleep and healthy habits because we have 3 children.
Fascinating topic. Just wondering where dysphorias fall on the scale of the "sematic delusions" you discussed, e.g anorexics who think they're morbidly obese, attractive people who think they're ugly, humans who think that they're animals, adults who think they are really infants, etc.
Thank you and Happy 2020
Apparently there is a thing called Schizophrenic dysphoria
Possibly the most relevant paper ever written on delusions is Bertram Karon's "On the Formation of Delusions", 1989, Psychoanalytic Psychology, 6 (2), 169-185, which is included in "The Widening Scope of Psychoanalysis: Collected Essays of Bertram Karon", published in 2018. Inevitably, delusions are a defense against intolerable, unresolved trauma that surfaces in symbolic form. Once you deal with the underlying trauma effectively the delusions begin to diminish and people feel more secure in reality now that they no longer need to defend against what had previously been an intolerable reality. Just my perspective having helped many people resolve these issues over the years.
Very interesting!
“If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; If you talk to the dead, you are a schizophrenic.”
Thomas Szasz
i was wanting a topic like this. do the paranoia (no reality to the worry) and delusions have connections, are they the same thing? To me, it seems the paranoid reactions come out when the narcissist doesn't have control of a situation. But they are not real.....just accusations, the situation is not real.
@@brusselsprout5851 when the paranoia is about accusing me and I know it's not true, then it's not true whether they think it is or it isn't. i can only attest to the accusations against me
Thanks. Wish my doctor explained things as well as you do. Been watching a bunch of your videos. They are very informative and helped me understand my condition better.
I just realized that Dr. Grande loves me and is sending me secret messages in his videos. Thanks Todd!
Sometimes voices are being projected into peoples heads... its a very provable tech now a days.
Sir, I have some symptoms such as severe hallucinations, illusion, visual hallucinations, relationship problems. It leads to delusional disorder. Before I took some medicines (Risperidone and gabapentin) but still I have delusional disorder. Please tell me that what kind of medicines can take to cure delusional disorder. Please suggest me some medicines.
Sad thing about abusive groups or groups covering for abusive people will call the victim(s) delusional; thereby Gaslighting the victim.
In those cases, you have groups, majorities, calling the singular victims delusional. Of course those groups will always deny and repudiate any evidence, even statements they themselves made, but by the sheer argument of quantity... they would be right, when objectively they aren't.
I wanted to tell you about a new phobia that I just heard about. It is called "Poppacanaphobia" it has to do with a fear of opening canned biscuit dough!! Thank you, I'll be here all night!! 😉😉😊😊🤣🤣
I definitely have this one
very smart and useful video.
There are a lot of delusions in my little corner of the world. I think delusions are actively encouraged by society because the further you are from reality, the easier you are to control.
in the war against reality, imagination is the only weapon.
My son is really struggling with religion dillusions to the point that he has iconography all over his room has to move it to different places so other voices people won't tell him negative things. Finally after 2 years he had enough wants relief so he is signing up for therapy. He is unemployed because he feels he has to protect the business he works out by bringing iconography there. Bless his heart. Finally last night he cuddle next to me said mom I'm scared. I said sweetie we are going to work it all out.
Sointeresting! Thank you!! xx
Thank you that’s super informative.What’s the difference between delusions and hallucinations?
Delusions are beliefs like someone thinking their phone is tapped or they are Jesus. Hallucinations are imagined things that are not there. Like seeing bugs or smelling foul smells.
Hallucinations are perceptions of audio visual tactile or olfactory stimuli but the source is internal. Delusions are beliefs that are unshakable despite all evidence.
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My main 'delusion' is that time isn't real. I have a lot of evidence of this being the case that doctors say are hallucinations and not what really happened. For me I know they happened because I experienced these things just as I experienced everything else in life. I disconnected from linear time for 2 months. I was seeing things happen outside of the causal order that things could happen if time was real. For example I had a full on conversation with a RUclipsr who uploaded a video 8 months before I was shown it by the AI on RUclips. I saw people walk past my house in the same direction multiple times. I asked people what time it was and they all said different times. I saw people going to university classes on my university campus at 4am for me, when I asked them the time they said 10am. (it was dark for me)
I no longer have these experiences but time being nonlinear and everything happening at once certainly explains a lot of weirdness that people describe.
I'd appreciate anyone's opinion about when a person keeps accusing another person "you're deluded!" in a nasty tone, and meant to hurt or undermine the other person's interpretation of an ongoing situation.
Imo this is impossible to answer in an universal way. It depends on wether the person is truly deluded or not. In the first case it's a pointless (but understandable) action, it just hurts but there is no gain, since a delusion isn't deliberately changeable by the individual who is affected by it. In the second case, when it's just a disagreement and both opinions have value, the reaction of the accusing person doesn't show the maturity to form a relationsship (yet) imo. Maybe not the best partner our world has to offer.
I'm gonna comment on every new video you make asking you to make one on Charlie zelenof the G.O.A.T. until you make one
@Admiral BLOODFIRE I know right?? Like I know he's sorta crazy but I wanna know what kind of crazy
Thank you, your video's are very helpful.
I have learnt a lot from your video's and I really do appreciate them. Thank you very much Dr Grande
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Violence from the mentally impaired is often revenge. Sometimes for a false offense.
I had been saving to buy my first home for years. Admittedly, I was nervous about buying somewhere. I was living with my mother, but when she died, I had four months to leave her home. I saw a nice house for sale that I could afford, but talked myself out of viewing it. My girlfriend invited me to live with her, which I accepted.
A few months later, I received an inheritance from my mum. I was in a great financial position. I could borrow less than my salary to buy a lovely house. But a voice inside me told me to keep saving. It also told me not to bother my girlfriend with the homebuying, as she would be too busy with her studies as a mature student.
A month later, I found out my job may be moving from 25 miles away to nearer to my girlfriend. The same voice told me to wait until I knew where my job would be based before buying anywhere.
Two years later, covid was sweeping the world, the housing market was in a frenzy and I found out where my job would be based. I couldn't afford the standard of house I could have bought when I first inherited, but 'the voice' told me to keep saving until I could 'catch up'.
My girlfriend dumped me, making me homeless. Looking back, I can see that I was suffering from anxiety. I've always been indecisive, but never thought I had anxiety.
When I found out my job may be moving, I was fairly certain that it would move, but I enjoyed where I was working. However, I had no promotion prospects where I was, but would have had lots when the job moved. I completely lost the ability to think rationally and spent all my effort trying to find someone who knew what was happening with my job. I was sure that someone must know and that there must be some conspiracy theory why nobody would tell me.
I'm normally so rational and logical, so looking back, it's hard to believe the way that I was thinking. I must have had an 'amygdala hijack', where the emotional part of your brain 'takes over' and stops your 'rational brain' from functioning.
While I was saving, I also thought that as long as I could save enough to keep up with inflation (or better) than I would be doing well and I should save for as long as possible. Other people told me I should buy a property sooner rather than later, but I had my plan in place. As far as I could see, the more I saved, the less I would have to borrow and I would be doing well.
Since being dumped by my girlfriend, I have been able to see how deluded my thinking was and that everybody else was right. If I was saving £1,200 per month when prices were increasing by £1,000 per month, then I was effectively going to pay £1,000 more for a house for every month that passed when I didn't buy it. I was so busy scrimping and saving to buy my house, when most of what I was saving was just funding the inflation. After I received my inheritance, inflation was greater than I was saving, so the standard of houses I could afford was getting worse, and even more so during the pandemic.
Now I am in a position where I 'need' to buy a house and the reality of my situation has hit me. I told myself that by saving, I would be in a better position to buy a house, but I can now see how wrong I was.
It turns out that I suffer from 'covert anxiety', so my 'emotional brain' makes up delusions to prevent me from getting in to anxiety inducing situations. I knew I was 'nervous' about buying a house, but I now know the source of the problem is much deeper. As a child, I didn't get to make many decisions. I was also punished for the slightest misdemeanours. I've always been of the opinion that 'my parents used to smack me and it never did me any harm', but I have certainly changed my opinion about this now. It was instilled in me that if I made a bad decision then I would be punished, so that has affected my whole life since. It explains why I'm indecisive. If I can't decide whether I want a sausage or a burger at a barbecue, what hope did I have when I needed to decide whether to buy a house near my girlfriend or near my work?
I used to hear stories about people who believed they had families of immigrants living in their loft and wondered how they could be so deluded. It's ironic that I was just as deluded in my thinking, and I really did believe everything I was thinking. When house prices were increasing by £50k per year during the pandemic and I was saving £15k, I was still thinking 'it will just take me a bit longer to catch up'. To make all of this worse, I'm a qualified accountant, so that just shows how powerful delusions can be.
Is there a predator/prey dynamic going on or likely between Cluster B Personality disorders and Avoidant Personality Disorder?
Would such (abusive) relationships end up in artificial dependency/co-dependencies?
or dependent personality maybe, even more likely. interesting question
How do you reason with someone who is planning a suicide and says God wants them to sacrifice themselves for him? Medications don't seem to be effective.
What if your “delusions” ARE consistent with your culture? Like believing in evil eye and having the ability to prevent harm to others. I have inherited the ability to prevent bad events from happening by conducting certain rituals. I’ve been told it’s just my OCD and bipolar but, I do not believe that. I may SAY I see the evidence against my gift in therapy when I know I do not truly believe that. People in my family do not think this is abnormal. Some also believe they have the same gift. We can go back and forth talking about the events we have prevented.
Hello, as a Schizophrenic whom has had delusions, and has overcome or fallen out of a delusional state, I think Delusions are influenced by your environment of consciousness, that is if you were thinking of religious topics before the delusion occured you might now have a delusion influenced by religious phenomenon. If you have symptoms that augment your experience of reality you could for instance think that people are hearing your inner thoughts and judging you based off of your thoughts, maybe you attribute this to a religious reasoning and your own interactions with them are simultaneously encouraging you to reinforce this because you are in an altered mind state and not interacting as a lucid person, and therefore you may be more harshly judged by people who think you are "on something". I think Delusions are one of the worst symptoms schizophrenics deal with because they are hard to have insight on.
I think part of human nature is to find a reason in everything. Helps us to survive. Hard wired in our brains. That’s why delusions almost always are about survival and reproduction.
I believe I am a seraphim; that being creatures of light, ardor & purity. They're beings with such emotional depth that they burn within because of the intensity of this lower realm that we're in, that of a dual nature and to such an extent that they find themselves in spiritual ecstasy. I am very HSP, empath. My type have not been given a proper or respectful personality type, rather just told that were bipolar, anxious, depressed etc.
With the vast amount of problems that we face today as a planet, society and even in our homes; if you feel you do not have some kind of purpose or mission to fulfill, then what in the hell is wrong with you?
Plant a seed in a desert it will be dysfunctional, and then theres people to tell you what disorders you have. Our environment today isnt exactly a utopia; look at the news for example, all based on fear, lies, manipulation... what plant will grow & flourish from that without dysfunctions?
Dr Grande When a person has a Psychotic Episode particularly with Mania is it fair to say Delusions are most likely demonstrated and included in a diagnosis or is it possible to maintain reality ?
Someone suffering major depression began to believe that his home was going to cave in and that nothing could be done about it. He believed that first the roof would collapse then, that would create a domino effect for the rest of the structure. How would you characterize that delusion?
What makes religious beliefs not delusional? How is prayer and thinking that "God love them" isn't delusional?
Thank you for your great work-- I noticed one delusion missing... when a person believes they are guilty of a horrific crime that they didnt commit. Can you expand on this one??
When people feel guilty of a crime they didn't commit, it may well be due to an underlying fantasy of committing such a crime. People need to understand that thoughts/ fantasies are just that, they don't hurt anyone. We can't control our thoughts, but we can learn to deal with our underlying feelings and fantasies, which will significantly reduce the likelihood that they'll ever be enacted.
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would forms of OCD be able to be seen as a delusional disorder? "regardless of what i've learned or what i'm told i'm convinced that deadly germs are constantly infiltrating my surroundings and will kill me if i don't do X Y and Z" ?
also, due to depression/anxiety/drug abuse a few years ago, i dealt with a 2 month long delusion that my next door neighbors and my towns police were conspiring against me. i didn't even think they'd come after me directly. i was convinced they were tapping my laptop/phone, talking to my family members to get incriminatory information, etc.... it was one of the most horrific events i've ever experienced, and of course, who can you go to when you delusionally can't trust anyone? incredibly isolating and frightening. really shed some light on the whole subject. would not recommend it for expanding a catalogue of personal experiences. ...
I watched the Netflix Docu Don't f*ck with cats. It's about Luka Magnotta. Can you please make a video on it?
Thank you so much for this presentation Dr. Grande. I am very interested in learning how alcoholism creates or exacerbates personality disorders and mental health conditions generally.
Does alcohol cause or reveal mental illness? And does the impacts change with prolonged use? Thank you!
Unfortunately, my best friend from high school experiences several of these delusions because of meth overuse. I can't have her in my life any more. I don't know how to broach the subject that she desperately needs help; neither does her dad. It's hard watching her spiral deeper and deeper.
If it’s at that point, all you can do is confront her. It might or might not be useful to do this with the father or other concerned friends/family, or to do it alone.
Some of the meth delusion stories I’ve heard are amazing and weird. One friend told me that she imagined her parents were vampires, but that isn’t the oddest part. Their vampiric nature would become more apparent and powerful the deeper she was in her house. So when she was at the entryway, her parents were completely normal. But with each step into the house (her bedroom was at the back of the house) they would become more and more vampires and less her parents. So she’d always try to interact with her parents at the doorway or in the front room, and then make a dash for her bedroom.
Here is what I don't understand why does the presence of cultural influence necessary for an ignorant belief to be considered a delusion? This has confused me as why an idenitcal belief with names changed that are not present in any religion. Such as speaking the word boxing, over a glass of water, turns it into the blood of Ghandi, would be considered a delusion. But someone believing saying a few latin words over wine turns it into the blood of christ, is not a delusion.
What about someone that comes home from work everyday complaining about the same thing everyday. Their house is falling apart. Their health is deteriorating. Everything is everyone else's fault always and they NEVER do anything wrong. This person walk in the door from work like Beaver Clever does and says the same thing every single day. All I can say witnessing it is that he is DELUSIONAL.
My partner has jealous dilusions about me. She believes that I cheated on her with a bunch of men. Because of these dilusions, such as me and our roomate having sex and making fun of her, me and our roomate doing meth at the kitchen table, me giving her and a coworker a date rape drug, ect.. She has been looking foor my replacement.. This traps me, because even though she is seeing other people, I remain faithful and alone because I am aware and she is not.. I spend all my personal time searching for an answer to help her, I watch her suffer and feel helpless to defend against the damage it continues to cast upon our lives.. I wish above all that I am, that we can be helped.. I feel like we are both dying inside.. And I know we aren't the only ones to suffer this hell..
Can you do a video on Folie à deux?
I am a support worker and I have a client who has a persecuted delusion and arado manic delusion. I want to know more about those topic and see how to help them but unfortunately is is hard to find the recourse like your video. Thank for your sharing and please give me more tips where and how I could get more information about it and hope it will helpful for my client.
Dr, how can i overcome delusion..
I have diagnosed c-ptsd but I’m worried that maybe they fell for my delusions.
I’m diagnosed with arfid as well because I believe my food is poisoned by the government. Which is true.
I also believe that my purpose on earth is to build a hidden city and save many people. though I’m also trying to achieve “normalcy” I have a boyfriend I want a life with but ultimately my life mission comes first, he can come along for the ride or I’ll go alone.
I also experienced sexual trauma with other females my age that I remember.
I accuse everyone in my head because so much is repressed. But is it repressed or is it made up?
I can’t remember male penetration, even though I’ve spent the past 8 years destroying my life because I believe I was hurt in that sense.
I also believed my ex boyfriend wanted to hurt me, humiliate me and was stalking me for two years-based off of…. Nothing
So I moved across the country.
I’m just struggling because I have no trust in the healthcare system. I’m in Canada. And I’m actually crazy.
I’m destroying my relationships and healthcare is not free.
Anyways I just went through another crazy episode because I do harm myself and I get a little scary. My boyfriend was like something is really off and you need to tell me what’s going on. And he started crying. Which made me realize he isn’t trying to date me just to degrade me LOL. Like where did I get that idea and why was I working against him for 2 months. My thoughts got so loud and so strong. Nothing was real.
Anyways if ur a psych student evaluate me up for fun I don’t need to know ur conclusions:)
Dr. Grande can you do a video on pyromaniacs ? Apparently there have been at least 24 people arrested for setting fires in Australia. What would make someone do this terrible thing ? Are they delusional?
Then why do they record everything we say and look through our cameras? Also samsung tvs etc?
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What about belief in spirits and ghosts visiting a person? is that considered by the therapeutic community to be delusional or does that vary according to the belief system of each individual therapist?
Can delusion make you have doubts on your personality? Please help me
wondering about the line between delusions and firmly held beliefs xD
When I had a manic episode induced by lexapro, I thought I could read minds for about a week. Does that count as a delusion and what type would that be?
Thats bayd
I really feel bad about myself now XD
How isn't thinking that a deity/deities being able to hear one's thoughts as delusional?
I make no assumptions
How does religion consistently escape comparative delusion? Seriously.
Flat earthers!
Can someone have Histrionic Personality Disorder and Erotomania?
Thinking you're a certain sex, race, orientation, object, etc when you're not.... That's pretty delusional. God made you as you are. Show some love and respect.
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This delusion of being a doctor is interesting. Being naked below the waist is a bit weird, though.