Delusions are a serious mental illness whereby a person cannot tell what is real from what is imagined. There are a lot of different kinds of delusions:
Depressed Delusions – a person believes they have committed horrible crimes or sinful deeds;
Somatic Delusions – an individual believes their body is rotting away or that it is emitting foul odors;
Delusions of Grandeur – a person thinks they are extremely important, even royals or have some connection with God;
Delusions of Influence – an individual feels they are being used, controlled or influenced by others or by unseen forces, even aliens;
Delusions of Persecution – a person thinks that “others” are out to get them, i.e., paranoia;
Delusions of Reference – an individual gives great personal meaning to unrelated or unimportant events, or where a movie or tv program is revealing a subtle, secret message only to them;
Delusions of Jealousy – a person has an all-consuming but unfounded belief that their spouse or partner is having a secret affair.
The most common delusional disorder, often referred to as Paranoid Psychosis, centers around Delusions of Persecution in which an individual strongly believes they are being plotted against, poisoned, followed, spied on, harassed or cheated. This of course requires them to always be on guard. Although not generally dangerous to others, because their beliefs that terrorists, government agents, or gangs are getting “close,” they can easily be moved to acts of violence or desperation. Delusional disorders are rare. The most common form of psychosis is Schizophrenia (DSM-IV-TR, 2000).
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