Delusion of Grandeur

boy looking bigger than he isA delusion of grandeur is the false belief in one’s own superiority, greatness, or intelligence. People experiencing delusions of grandeur do not just have high self-esteem; instead, they believe in their own greatness and importance even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Someone might, for example, believe they are destined to be the leader of the world, despite having no leadership experience and difficulties in interpersonal relationships. Delusions of grandeur are characterized by their persistence. They are not just moments of fantasy or hopes for the future.

Symptoms of Delusion of Grandeur

Delusions of grandeur vary greatly in their content, but they are similar to one another in that they involve the persistent believe in one’s own grandiosity. Common examples of delusions of grandeur include:

  • Belief that one has a special relationship with a supernatural entity. Cult leaders, for example, might believe they can communicate with a god or that they are a manifestation of a god on earth.
  • Belief that one has a special relationship with a famous person or authority figure, such as the president.
  • Belief that one has a unique destiny. These destinies often involve power, fame, fortune, or supernatural concepts.

Causes of Delusion of Grandeur

Delusions of grandeur are associated with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), which is a mental health diagnosis listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). A narcissistic personality may cause people to greatly overestimate their own importance and believe in their own uniqueness. These delusions can also be symptomatic of schizophrenia. Some people with schizophrenia experience delusions in which they believe they are a hugely powerful person or have a great gift to give to the world.

Treatment for Delusion of Grandeur

Treatment of delusions depends upon the underlying cause. It is important for practitioners to differentiate between delusions of grandeur and simple hopes for the future. A person, for example, who wants to be president one day is likely not experiencing a delusion of grandeur. A combination of talk therapy and medication can be helpful in treating delusions of grandeur. Depending upon the delusion’s cause, antidepressants, anti-anxiety medications, and/or antipsychotic medications may be prescribed.

Reference:

Colman, A. M. (2006). Oxford dictionary of psychology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Last Updated: 11-30-2016

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  • Jimmy

    April 23rd, 2014 at 3:01 AM

    can you recommend me a good doctor in the Hacienda Hts, CA area or Los Angeles for this treatment.

  • Mark

    June 2nd, 2016 at 7:26 AM

    I have believed and still believe i can communicate with god and god communicates with me, this has been happening for sometime now, it was alarming to start off with but now ive got used to it (medication helps with this).

  • Carol S.

    January 1st, 2017 at 10:46 AM

    I have a daughter who is 47 and believes with all her heart and soul that she is a Messiah. She has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, boarder line, depression, and BiPolar. She tried med’s many years back and said they gave her too many side affects, and were of no help for her. Now she thinks she is God and is not sick so she doesn’t need to go to a Dr. or get help. Her diagnosis is a new one as I talked her into getting on disability after being homeless and not working for years. How can I get her help when she thinks she is fine?

  • Miranda

    March 1st, 2017 at 8:51 PM

    Unless she is a danger to herself or others you really can’t do anything. Do you have an Adult Protection agency you can call? They may send a social worker out to see and evaluate her. If they feel supervision is required they will petition the court to order supervision. If so, a caseworker could be assigned to her, and they would have the ability to monitor her and in some instances obtain hospitalization. After the US deinstitutionalized the country many mentally ill ended up on the streets and in other institutions. Primary jail and prison. Deinstitutionalization caused more problems than it solved.

  • Laura

    May 8th, 2017 at 5:02 PM

    Carol S. – you should check out a book called
    I Am Not Sick-I Don’t Need Help
    by Xavier Amador,PhD

  • Mark

    July 28th, 2023 at 8:47 PM

    Sign your daughter up for some private Tai Chi or see someone who is familiar with qi gong and have them work with her on grounding techniques. She could have had alot of energy rising into her mind without it being cycled back down. As a Taoist this is known as kundalini rising. It can happen to anyone and the side effects range from bi-polar, different forms of psychosis, hallucinations. Even if you don’t believe what’s the harm in trying and examine what happens and go from their. I hope you find an answer best of luck!

  • steph

    June 26th, 2017 at 1:02 PM

    I have a sister she is 21, for about a year or 2 she has been having paranoid delusions…for example she believes she is a Hindu Goddess reincarnated, she believes people from certain cultures recognize her as this and are in awe of her. She believed the cable man came in my mothers house and set up secret cameras to spy on her. She called me a few days ago saying a man is trying to impregnate her…then take her back to his country to kill her and give her child to the devil. She was hospitalized in the psyc ward for about a month..and was diagnosed criminally insane she says when they let her out. She doesn’t think she has a problem and will not take medicine for it, she can seem completely normal to everyone around her…its one on one when she tells me of her delusions…she knows it sounds crazy yet doesn’t listen to reason. The issues here on top of that is my mom and disabled aunt live with her and she is EXTREMELY violent with them and cruel she actually hospitalized my aunt and rebroke my mother ribs in a fight….my older sister and I live a few states away so there’s little we could do from here at the time. We since moved my aunt down here…and my mom will moving here within a month. Leaving my younger sister back home 700 miles away from her family and on her own for the first time. I don’t know what to do…I’m so worried for my sisters safety that she can’t take care of herself, that she doesn’t recognize she has a mental issue, and also she is very promiscuous and will bring any man home with her she is too trusting of others. She has burnt her bridges with all her family we have all given her so many chances. We are doing the tough love thing and maybe she will smarten up and take the medication she needs in order to be allowed to move here with us. I’m just scared she will end up dead, living on her own in Boston, taking random men home with her she meets on the streets. She doesn’t have friends she can depend on its just her…no one has her back. Has anyone had a similar experience with a family member or anyone who can offer some advice as to what we can do as a family to help her please. We all love her and want her to live a good life….how can u help some one who doesn’t think they need to be helped? Any insight would be greatly appreciated…thank you and sorry for the novel

  • D

    July 31st, 2018 at 9:26 PM

    Could you get a guardianship? Then you are able to force the person to get help.

  • Carolyn

    July 9th, 2019 at 6:40 PM

    I have dealt with my Mother who is very similar to her. She is 78 now and has destroyed me with her mental illness. I just went to court and the judge appointed a public Guardian/Conservator . Unfortunately she is extremely uncooperative and I am having to evict her from my property. You must completely disown them and file for protective order. You CAN Not help them!! They are a lost cause and will destroy you!! Save yourself!! Took me 30 yrs to realize this!!

  • Melanie J

    December 17th, 2017 at 1:27 PM

    I have a friend who has been suffering from alcoholism and deep depression since his divorce 7 years ago.. He has been surviving in a house that is filled with hoarded junk.. His children have disowned him and he has no friends close by upon whom he can depend.
    He is currently hospitalized with major delusions .. He feels he is in the Nasa space program and is in regular communication with Donald Trump.. Something in his brain has snapped.. I am at a loss as how to help him.. I am truly the only friend he has willing to help.. family has no desire to help.. What advice do you have for me?

  • Ggg

    August 28th, 2023 at 1:18 AM

    Just call the police and let the professionals do the job

  • kels

    October 8th, 2023 at 10:49 PM

    Absolutely do not call the police in a mental health crisis unless it is a life or death situation. Oftentimes those only occur BECAUSE of police escalation. You can call EMS or look up if any hospitals or government run mobile crisis response units serve your area and call them directly, or if there are any community-lead organizations who can help. Calling the appropriate professionals in a crisis between helping someone, and tragedy.

  • Mary

    December 17th, 2017 at 2:00 PM

    I have 2 family members that believe they are a Manifest sons of God (basically God). It is a mother and son. Both have been through a lot growing up. It seems as they got older and went through some more “tough” times and had things happen to them both, that it turned into the delusion that they are chosen ones. The Mom never drank, and I am grateful the son does not drink anymore. It was bad because if he had one drink, it turned into not being able to stop, and then he would get a temper and act so unlike himself. Seems like after he got hurt and could no longer do sports professionally, that when it started worse. He was always really smart, and talented, so it must have really hurt him to lose everything. I heard the male grandparents had the same issue when they were in their 30’s, but not as bad. It hurts me so much that I just can not be around them anymore. Their moods are all over the place, and so are their thoughts. It is very uncomfortable to be around, so I had to withdraw which hurt so badly. The woman’s husband loves her, so he goes along with it all too. Or maybe now he believes it as well. Or maybe he is afraid to lose them? It makes me feel bad like I am being mean to not be around them, but it causes me really bad PTSD like symptoms from past issues with them, and I get scared. My husband and I just feel it’s best to love them from afar. I feel for everyone who deals with a similar situation. I am at a loss, but I know there is always hope if they will ever get the help they need. These 2 people at this point won’t after 15 years of trying, but I still hope. It messes with so many lives, and grandchildren, and that is sad. Thanks for listening. I was taught you never talk about “issues”, but this stuff hurts and affects your life too. Talking about it helps me.

  • Hope springs eternal

    December 29th, 2017 at 8:28 AM

    I hope you don’t mind me sharing my experiences. Let me just say that I am very fortunate that my illness is caused by certain Drugs and in particular to me, too much alcohol. When I am not induced I function fairly well. I have suffered from both Delusions of persecution and grandeur. The persecution side of it can be very dangerous, I would have literally been prepared to do anything to protect myself from my perceived harm when my feelings of persecution would arise. They have included over the years, thoughts of telepathy and people conspiring to kill me. I believed I was able to communicate with aliens. And at its worst, a feeling that I must sacrifice myself to allow good to transpire from it. And this would be done by allowing people to kill me in the most despicable way known to human life, a debilitating fear of everything. All severe, but very real to me at that moment in time. The delusions of grandeur were a very different and I have to admit it, a much more enjoyable experience, but none the less very extreme, if not, at least for me, less dangerous. I started these experiences by beliefs that I was very self important, I was reading a lot of religious texts at the time, and if anything this confused me. I started to believe I was part of these religious texts, like it was a stage play and I was God. (still I find this strange because I don’t really believe in god) The problem is when you reach that state of perceived enlightenment, you never wont to let go. I mean this from the bottom of my heart its like a pure state of Nirvana. Imagine standing on the top of Everest on a lovely clear warm day, and then think about coming back down to sea level, you just wouldn’t be the same again. And that’s the crux of the illness right there, its the transitioning from this moment of perceived absolute genius back down to be a mere mortal like the rest of civilisation. I will be honest and say its taken me years to fully accept the latter. I once heard someone say always leave room for someone greater than yourself to believe in. For me this has really helped, and imo it doesn’t have to be religion. Let me just say when science talks about the possibility of infinite Multiverse you get the drift. Like I said at the top of the page I am fortunate that my distorted take on reality is only momentarily in the grand scheme of things, but I know there is people out there who suffer on a daily basis and my heart goes out to all those struggling with their own reality. The brain is a very delicate instrument and can be wired up differently in different people. For me I had to work through my own reality to find some truth, but even then I suppose my own truth just becomes a opinion. Anyway I hope I haven’t offended anyone with my quick summery of my past experience with delusions. Take care.

  • Grace

    January 14th, 2018 at 6:42 AM

    Thank you for sharing. What I find fascinating is that so many people from diverse backgrounds and places all have the same or similar expression of delusions. It’s enough to make anyone feel paranoid.

  • Deb

    March 22nd, 2020 at 3:17 AM

    Thank you for your brave post
    . Very similar for me, and has caused embarrassment, fear of recurrence, and guilt at the effects it had on my family and life. Trying daily to not be disgusted with me. Im sorry, just trying. Thank you.

  • Adam J

    January 30th, 2018 at 3:29 PM

    I am physically immortal, many people think I am delusional but I am not. I found out about my immortality about 8 years ago on May 16 2011, when a man shot me in the head and the chest in an attempt to steal my cell phone. He shot me a total of 5 times; 2 times in the head and 3 times in the chest. They did penetrate into my body, but instead of dying or fainting, my body healed within seconds as I stood in front of him, as well as in front of other people, as it was at a public bus stop. After that I thoroughly tested whether this was real or not, both on my own and by forcing others to attempt to kill me; again I healed from everything done to me much faster than things I did to myself; yet I didn’t lose consciousness or need medical attention; everyone who has tested my claims has seen physical evidence of my immortality being true, while those who either weren’t there, or did not test it think I am delusional. How do I show others that I am not delusional?

  • jd

    August 15th, 2018 at 5:04 AM

    get some help

  • say so

    September 29th, 2018 at 2:30 AM

    delusional as f*”k. that is how delusions work. none shot at you and no one repeated the experiment on you. If it helps I was very sick too. At age 20 I thought gods had sent a lizard to deliver a message to me. dear Lord. Over 20 yaesand I am still struggling with mental illnesses.

  • Professor X

    December 4th, 2018 at 5:20 PM

    Ok Logan.

  • Nico

    December 18th, 2018 at 10:35 PM

    i think my brother might be a narcissist and have this delusion of grandeur. he says he has “special dreams” and that aliens, gods and cosmic races communicate with him and tell him about the future of humanity and his own. he says he’s destined to be the most recognized musician of the century (although literally no one pays attention to his music because of how badly produced it is and how uncharismatic and cold he is) and he says he is part of the illuminati. he literally thinks he knows everything, that he’s here to bring enlightment and he’s special, but at the same time he hates himself, has no friends, treats everyone like shit and manipulates people to get money. he has no control over his own anger and has hurted me and broken a lot of things many times. he’s also threaten with suicide for years. he keeps on justifying his misogyny and has really huge troubles keeping up any type or relationship. i am not in the position to just cut him out of my life since we live together. any suggestions?

  • PVN

    December 20th, 2018 at 10:12 AM

    To be in control is to know what is now in your control. You can’t control the action of others, only your own.
    I would give him space and back off as much as possible as you. As you live with him, keep contact to a minimal and keep things on civil terms only.
    Best of luck,
    PVN

  • Rajdeep

    June 24th, 2019 at 3:48 PM

    I had suffered from psychosis once. It was brought about by prolonged depression.
    Psychosis, delusion, paranoia a draft from reality, anxiety attacks, hearing voices all happened at the same time over a 3 day time span. It was severe but family members took care of me and I recovered in less than a week. It was perhaps brought about by a lack of sleep and excessive coffee drinking. I don’t drink alcohol or do drugs.
    During those 3 days I experienced both grandiose delusion as well as persecutory delusion. I had all the classic symptoms of insanity.

  • Christina

    October 14th, 2019 at 4:50 PM

    Thank you for sharing your story. My boyfriend gets like this when we have broken up a couple times. I always assume because he is depressed and works alone and then isolates. I think it’s because he has nobody to talk to so its a coping mechanism to feel loved or important. When we get back together the delusions go away.

  • rasim

    January 10th, 2020 at 7:10 PM

    delusion kleptomaia Gudea
    Gudea is Sümer civilization’s ruler king and same time God
    English name God comes from Gudea

  • MF

    April 5th, 2020 at 5:48 AM

    My wife has had paranoid grandiose delusions n has been diagnosed and is being treated for psychological breakdown
    she believes she is the messenger of God and everybody needs to follow her, all of a sudden she has become religuous and start following blasphemous cult of religion which considers all the people as infidels who do not accept her as the messenger
    we are treating her with medication and she has become less aggresive but with me she is very volatile as i confronted her before her treatment and proving her religious thoughts and her claim to be wrong, now i do not confront her any more and am keeping a very amicable dialogue with her and I speak with her with lot of care and try to make her laugh, she seems to get fine but as soon as she finds anything not of her taste she bounces back on me asking for divorce
    do you have any suggestions, she has been responding quite well to the medication and is far less aggressive than a month before but as soon she sees an opinion different than her opinion she becomes very defensive and starts to talk and blame me for things i did not do and asks for a divorce
    pls suggest how to handle her, will more time with medication make her more accepting to other than her opinion
    regards
    MF

  • ES

    April 10th, 2020 at 1:00 PM

    MF,
    I think if you have time you should look into a book by Xavier Amador called “I am not sick, I don’t need help!”. I downloaded it on audibles and it was about 4 hours. I learned a lot. My sister within the past week started out by saying she was able to speak with spirits. Then three days later it progressed to where she has been claiming she’s Jesus and “they” are going to come get her and take her to the moon for her transition and will return on her birthday April 25th. I don’t know if this has been brought on by her worry of the corona virus and the way the world has shut down. I too am in a position where there’s no way to currently communicate with her. Hope the book helps. It’s a starting point.

    ES

  • Angeal

    May 27th, 2020 at 4:40 PM

    I’m confused, how can someone say that objectively without feeling that the other person is lacking something isnt that the equivalent to belittling witch would mean that the person observing feels the need to devalue/ quantify the other person’s feelings how someone feels shouldn’t be undermined by critics and credential. Also the same could be said about most religions figures and politicians. Schizophrenia, I understand delusions that’s debatable, power depends on capability and resources. But this diagnosis to me eluded to an implication that dosen’t sit well with me. Even a trained professional would have to be very careful establish this diagnosis. Any mental disturbances in any way could result in an unfounded/ taradiddle stemming from personal inequities.

  • Angeal

    May 27th, 2020 at 4:47 PM

    Ps I made a few selling and grammatical errors.

  • frontncenter

    September 18th, 2020 at 8:24 PM

    I have to say, it’s an odd thing to see people referred to as mentally ill for believing absurd religious notions, like being the messiah, when the very people judging aren’t any better. The reality is, religion plays a huge role in mental illness. I know it must be easy for people to think they’re normal because they’re beliefs in god isn’t as extreme, but the truth is, those people are exactly the same. In both minds the subjects feel as though they’re normal, but anyone who believes in religious nonsense is mentally ill. That’s just a fact. People who go to church on Sunday and believe the crazy stories are no different from the people who believe they can speak with aliens. It’s all delusional thinking. And whenever those delusions are questioned, the brain kicks in to self defense mode to resist having to look at ones self. I’m sure right now someone religious is reading this and thinking “no way. that’s not true.” But it is. How can you want help for some one else if you can’t even admit your own issues and get help? The truth is, nothing else on this Earth has caused more wars, misery, pain, death, destruction, ignorance, hate and mental illness then religion. And yet for some reason people just can’t let it go. They’ll make every excuse to justify it as necessary, even though it’s not. No one needs religion to be a good person or to live. It serves no real purpose other than to manipulate & control. It separates people from each other, promotes indifference, and keeps us from having the real human connections required for us to grow healthy, both mentally & physically. Not to mention destroys actual knowledge and replaces historical facts with nonsensical fantasy.
    Here’s an example of how it retards common sense thinking. The Native language of Jesus was Aramaic, not Hebrew. People have claimed they’re similar, but it’s a lie. The bible shows Jesus greeted & departed with people using the phrase “Peace Be Upon You.” In his Native language of Aramaic, that’s pronounced “Asalamualykum.” This is a fact. If you read Mathew 26:39, it also states Jesus prayed on his face. Jesus’ native language wasn’t Hebrew because he wasn’t Jewish. He was Lebanese. He was born in Lebanon, in lower Galilee, not Jerusalem, Bethlehem or Nazareth. You have a middle eastern man who spoke an Arabic dialect greeting people with Asalamualykum and praying on his face. And yet people blindly believe the lies being told by a people who want to destroy his real truth & history for their own personal gain & benefit. So people will believe they’re the chosen people and cater to them. So they can advantage of other peoples faith and use it to steal things for themselves like land that doesn’t belong to them. They commited 2 massacres in the family village of Jesus, in Qana, Lebanon, in attempt to destroy all possible truths and history that might expose them. That’s what religion is being used for. So a people can capitalize on false hopes and distorted history to manipulate everyone else into giving them things, and hide the fact that they killed him. Just read the Talmud. More dangerous religious nonsense that will lead even worse things. If people can’t see that religion is the major cause of mental illness, depression, feelings of isolation, anger, murder, war and hate, then they too are absolutely just as mentally ill as their loved ones. Maybe not as severe, but ill & delusional nonetheless. Look how many people hate Muslims after Israel committed 9/11 to blame. And for what? More justification to steal more land, while having other people murder the innocent so they can fulfill the agenda of greater Israel. Not crazy conspiracy, but crazy truth. If you really want to help people then religion has to go. Simple as that.

  • Allan

    December 5th, 2020 at 8:23 PM

    Mental illness has long been associated with a number of religious people historically.
    In those times mental illness was not understood as it is today.
    I am a atheist myself, but suffer Bipolar2.
    When I was hyper, before I was diagnosed and had my medication sorted, didn’t realise how out of touch with reality I was.
    Now I self monitor, if I have rapid speech, ADHD symptoms and prone to racing thoughts and a desire to make impulsive decisions ….then I know I’m in a high….trouble is when like this you feel terrific.
    Some people get tempted to go off their medications then because of the elevated belief they are ok.
    Another problem is if people won’t accept the diagnosis and so won’t take there medication.
    I always take my medication but my anti depressant medication level varies depending obviously if I’m high or low.
    One good thing about Bipolar is they are usually very creative, Motzart, Shelly the poet, Winston Churchill and his speeches….Jimi Hendrix was also Bipolar. The condition is not limited to males, females also suffer. The condition can be triggered by excessive stress over a long period of time.

  • douglas

    April 5th, 2021 at 6:09 AM

    last year i thought i was the devil and had demons protecting me. i really don’t know if i should see if i have schizophrenia or not. i don’t want to think like that again though.

  • DSG

    April 12th, 2021 at 8:41 AM

    My son is now 26 years old I believe he suffers from delusions of grandeur and possibly a narcissist. He believes he’s going to be rich in the hundreds of millions and talks about being successful at stratospheric levels. The problem is he thinks this is all going to happen by some sort of magic I guess because he just talks about doing these things and does not really do them but somehow expects that they are going to happen and has felt that way for several years now. When I explain to him that he needs to work to make these things happen and that he is not doing the things it takes he becomes totally defiant and it causes major anxiety for everyone. He will often refer to his athletic career back in high school and embellish his achievements. He believes his so-called accomplishments validate what will happen to him in the future as far as his successes which at this rate are never going to happen. He will often try to motivate others To be as successful as he believes he is as if he has done these things and others should follow. How do I help this man? Thank you

  • jy

    May 1st, 2021 at 3:34 PM

    Hi ,
    After going through this page i really wanted to share my experience . My brother is 23 last year 2020 he started having this delusion that is the a hindu god maybe because of all this covid situation , spirit of the god is with him and he has came to restore the balance . For the first few week he was very aggressive and sometimes violent too. we started medication immediately and did all we could. after 3-4 months of his continuous episodes and medication he finally started behaving normally, he recovered and then now it is the same time of the year and with this covid situation rising again like hell his delusions are back. my parents are heartbroken seeing him like this again as they have gone through a lot with him. i don’t know how to help my little brother or my parents.

  • Sara GT

    May 2nd, 2021 at 1:11 PM

    Hi jy, You totally can help your brother and your parents with this situation. If you would like to consult with a mental health professional, please feel free to return to our homepage, http://www.goodtherapy.org/ , and enter your postal/zip code into the search field to find therapists in your area that might help your family. If you’re looking for a counselor that practices a specific type of therapy, or who deals with specific concerns, you can make an advanced search by clicking here: http://www.goodtherapy.org/advanced-search.html

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  • Joe

    May 14th, 2021 at 10:33 AM

    Reading all of these comments and experiences really bring up so many emotions for me. I lost my dad in April of last year, and my mother 3 weeks later. For as long as I can remember (I’m 44 now) my dad suffered with these type is delusions. He believed his father was God and he himself was someone from the Old Testament. He also believed each member from our family was someone from the Bible..and occasionally a celebrity as well. He also believed my brother, who had passed away in 1987 was King David from the Bible and one day would come back to earth to save us all..every few years he would have a date in mind when Gos (his dad) and King David (my brother) would come and when those dates would come and go, he’d stop believing for a while but would go back to believing once again. What is amazing is that he functioned pretty well in society and even when my mother was diagnosed with Lewey Body Dementia (Parkinson’s with dementia) he remained as her primary caretaker until the very end..unfortunately his believes prevented him from ever going to doctors and he had an underlying heart condition no one was aware of. I bring this all up because given my family history (dad with these delusions, mom with Parkinson’s and brother who had epilepsy) I fear that the smallest deviation from “normalcy” from me. I fear as I get older I’m bound to develop something..I’d love to better understand how my dad became this way, and how it maybe affected my mother, if at all and how all this may affect me..I’ve seen some book recommendations, but would welcome any other research material or even personal experiences..it’s been a year since I lost my parents and their conditions and death is something I’ve yet to confront..but I want to for my own sanity.

  • marsha

    July 2nd, 2021 at 12:22 PM

    My son diagnosed w paranoid schizophrenic 30 yers ago…he took risperdol finally and improved but in the past 5 years he stopped. He is 60 years old now and not paranoid but delusions of grandeur remain, he is very smart and writes books and articles on modern culture and the arts which he believes influence movie directors and other influencers.

    I have risperdol which I bought over the counter in Mexico (no prescriptions needed for meds there) so should I have these administered to him in a low dose? He took 2 mg so I think half a I mg for starters. Let me know please.

  • Stu

    September 8th, 2021 at 3:30 AM

    Can a person be delusional if they honestly think that [a] the election was stolen from Trump [b] Democrats dance in the blood of children, [c] the Queen of England HRH is a lizard from another galaxy etc?

  • Copper

    June 19th, 2022 at 7:48 PM

    I feel connected to the universe there is an energy that’s is unprecedented that I get from this connection I’m also writing a book that I hope will change societies perception on addiction. Does this sound like delusional grandeur? I have hopes for this book to go down in the history books there is nothing like it I read constantly and have yet to read anything of this magnitude is this high self esteem and confidence or am I losing my mind?

  • Megan

    June 25th, 2022 at 5:04 AM

    I got high an researched narcissistic traits borderline personality disorder and Grandiose thinking and I just think I had an epiphany and realized that for the last 33 years I was raised by narcissistic mother which in return caused me to have borderline personality disorder and on this particular day maybe even schizophrenic!!

  • Kay

    August 26th, 2022 at 11:31 PM

    If you believe this rubbish you are mad as the proverbial hatter. Get help

  • Stacey

    May 17th, 2023 at 1:27 PM

    Megan, I think you may be correct. How do we know what is illusion? One that acts without reason? Definition of reason is to act average. What if the average is wrong? Be bi polar! Be weird! Be whatever you want! Fuck it

  • Stacey

    May 17th, 2023 at 1:34 PM

    Megan, you are probably right. My summary, who is to say what is real and what is an illusion. Insanity is someone who is unreasonable. The definition of unreasonable is someone who isn’t the average. What if the average is wrong? The average person in Germany thought Hitler was great. Screw it! Be bipolar or schizophrenic, go ahead be the messiah. Think your going to be rich. I think I’m forming the radical feminist army since the overturn of roe and wade. Sometimes it’s called visualization and then you manifest it. But don’t try to be someone who already existed, now that’s crazy! Be a ruler or a god that is you and don’t hurt any one, well unless they are Republican. But, you already know that

  • Ms good good

    December 30th, 2023 at 6:54 PM

    What should I do if someone with this problem think they are me

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