can u pls give examples..ppl who have experienced?
doest it happen to "insane ppl" or can it effect anyone?
2007-01-25 04:57:28 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
A delusion is a belief that is clearly false and that indicates an abnormality in the affected person's content of thought. The false belief is not accounted for by the person's cultural or religious background or his or her level of intelligence. The key feature of a delusion is the degree to which the person is convinced that the belief is true. A person with a delusion will hold firmly to the belief regardless of evidence to the contrary. Delusions can be difficult to distinguish from overvalued ideas, which are unreasonable ideas that a person holds, but the affected person has at least some level of doubt as to its truthfulness. A person with a delusion is absolutely convinced that the delusion is real.
2007-01-26 12:07:12 · answer #1 · answered by msjerge 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Delusions, simply put, are when someone has a belief of something that is not based in reality.
People often mix up hallucinations with delusions. Hallucinations are where someone can see, feel, hear, taste or smell something that is not real while a delusion is based on a false belief - a "thought."
What can differentiate the two is a person who is having a hallucination can (with enough insight) identify that what they are seeing or hearing is not real (while it is happening.)
However because a delusion is a belief or a "thought" - it is real. You cannot argue with this while it is occurring. Later on, when a person has returned to a state of wellness, they may be able to recognize that it was a delusion.
For example:
Someone might see bugs crawling on the ceiling. This is a visual hallucination.
Someone might believe that everyone is watching them - this is a paranoid delusion.
In summation, you do not have to be "insane" to have delusions. Insane, is again, a clinical term (albeit outdated) and would refer to someone who is currently ill. I have met many people who continue to have delusions but are not currently ill. ANd lastly, delusions can happen to anybody for a variety of reasons including mental illness.
2007-01-25 05:07:49 · answer #2 · answered by barbieisthe1 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
What Are Delusions
2016-11-01 12:08:08 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A delusion is a false belief. Richard Dawkins, the famous British evolutionist, recently wrote a book titled "The God Delusion". In it he outlines why he thinks anyone who believes in God or a god is suffering from a delusion. He is an atheist. So in his opinion the majority of the people in the world are delusional!
I am a schizophrenic (DDD outpatient) and I am supposed to be delusional. To me, for DDD patients, a delusion is the explanation they come up with to explain what they think is the cause of what is happening to them (i.e. hallucinations such as seeing things or "hearing" voices). It may work for them (satisfy them) but to the diagnosing doctor, who is sure their brain is malfunctioning, it is a false and pathological belief. It often is enough to get the individual committed.
To the religious person his "delusion" explains satisfactorily for him what is happening to him (i.e. Life) and it is accepted as true because religious people are in the majority and make the rules. I think the prophets and authors of most religious scripture were early schizophrenics. The delusions they had and have serve to explain their hallucinations and have come to be accepted.
2007-01-25 06:36:14 · answer #4 · answered by Mad Mac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A delusion is commonly defined as a fixed false belief and is used in everyday language to describe a belief that is either false, fanciful or derived from deception. In psychiatry, the definition is necessarily more precise and implies that the belief is pathological (the result of an illness or illness process).
Delusions typically occur in the context of neurological or mental illness, although they are not tied to any particular disease and have been found to occur in the context of many pathological states (both physical and mental). However, they are of particular diagnostic importance in psychotic disorders and particularly in schizophrenia.
2007-01-25 05:00:35 · answer #5 · answered by Great Dane 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they are unreal perceptions. example: a delusion of grandeur would be like believing you are alexander the great reicarnated. that's an extreme, and yes they are mentally ill. other cases would be perhaps that you believe in your own mind that someone is out to get you, when in fact , they probably don't even know you exist. the latter is more common, and takes either counselling with mental health experts or a good look at why you experience your delusion
2007-01-25 05:09:42 · answer #6 · answered by bodogdog 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A delusion is a belief that is held no matter what evidence is given to disprove the belief that person has
2015-02-22 11:30:01 · answer #7 · answered by jordan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A delusion is looking in the mirror and thinking you are beautiful, at least it is for me. There is a difference between delusions and delusional.
Look up a psychiatric dictionary on the net to see what these differences are. That is the real answer to your question.
2007-01-25 05:14:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
My delusion that I am a nobody
it is a wrong convincing that you can have about anything
something that you see yourself from your POV but it really does not occur in reality
a delusion is a wrong belief about anything
2007-01-25 05:01:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A delusion is a "false belief",many mental illnesses can cause this to happen, and you don't have to be "insane" to have them. Most people that suffer from an over inflated ego, self importance complex .You see it every day,with the Hollywood crowd even with our president,not only does he "see" his "new clothes" he believes himself the "emperor"! take care. SW RNP
2007-01-25 05:08:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋