what is the correct word for someone who constantly thinks that they are someone else?
as in like a famous person or a fictional character.
Dont write stupid answers like 'insane' or 'losers'
I want the proper term. even a medical one, whatever.
thanks
2007-09-17 05:14:55 · 11 answers · asked by shel 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
IT IS DELUSIONAL. not schizophrenic. people that are delisional actually believe they are other people or live in an alternate universe. schizophrenics are more the "paranoid" type, thinking someone is out to get them or they are being attacked by something.
2007-09-17 07:02:06 · answer #1 · answered by sarah 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know a medical term for this condition, or even if it is a medical condition. And I am not joking when I say that I would imagine that this person is either schizophrenic or is practicing for an acting career.
2007-09-17 05:23:47 · answer #2 · answered by masince1986 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An impostor poses as another person.
A person in a co-dependent relationship loses his sense of self.
http://www.purgatory.net/merits/delusional.htm
The above site describes delusional abnormal psychology.
See the definition of the Eroticmatic type and the Grandiose type.
I feel confident this is what you seek.
2007-09-17 05:39:33 · answer #3 · answered by four feet six 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hillary
2007-09-17 05:22:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Schizophrenic.
2007-09-17 05:41:30 · answer #5 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Delusions of grandeur - the false belief that one is famous or publicly important
2007-09-17 05:32:56 · answer #6 · answered by raf_krayzie77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Split personality.
2007-09-17 05:22:37 · answer #7 · answered by veg_rose 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like Munchausen Syndrome, though if conscious act, Imposter works...unconscious, Amnesiac?
2007-09-17 05:20:43 · answer #8 · answered by Goethe's Ghostwriter 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
.They could have a split personality, or multiple personalities.
They might also have delusions of grandeur
2007-09-17 05:22:48 · answer #9 · answered by ghouly05 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
delusional
2007-09-17 05:39:08 · answer #10 · answered by papa_lightning 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋