What is the Meaning of Delusions? | Types of Delusions

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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[@wildwill1970]

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.

[@KB-wl4ip]

My 90 year old mom has fun delusions. Sometimes she's gambling in Vegas, at Sea World or visiting long-dead relatives.

[@KB-wl4ip]

@@brusselsprout5851 lol true!

[@sagebias2251]

Lucky her. Sometimes the delusions can be aweful.

[@kevinhornbuckle]

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.

[@kevinhornbuckle]

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.

[@kevinhornbuckle]

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.

[@ethanpoole3443]

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!

[@skippy8696]

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.

[@selfelements8037]

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.

[@trishrobinson5828]

It's like wearing a transparency over your personality. It's like an overlay. And it creates havoc.

[@mistaleesreversespeech7728]

exactly.. its a spirit over the person. delusions are lies believed.

[@somethingyousaid5059]

I had been wondering just recently about what constitutes a delusion. Thank you for an extremely informative video on the subject.

[@juliatamalo7916]

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🙏🤞🎆

[@user-gy7bg1rv6o]

I’ll rephrase my previous question What is the the clinical meaning of enabling? What are the features of maladaptive dependency? How does healthy attachment manifest itself? Thank you Dr. Grande for your educational content. I trust this channel because it has a scientific basis and there are no strange fictional meanings, that need to be learned.

[@ryarbrough1195]

...book a session

[@futurekillxbox972]

The answer will be fractured by the very nature of a very vague understanding of the specific topics . I have just randomly passed by this channel ( unknown, unwittingly .. a poker victim via key word I suspect!) This chap is a parrot. Reading yet not actually taking in the content of the passage . It’s highly amusing that he has liked your comment but did not address the content. I Hashspazfraud!!!

[@EmeraldMaverickMuse]

You mean analogies? I love Dr. Ramani's analogies. Today I heard her say a great one. She said "We are building this airplane in the sky", referring to our understanding of technologies impact on our children's development.

[@messinalyle4030]

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.

[@messinalyle4030]

@@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?

[@messinalyle4030]

@@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.

[@lizsteilkie]

Thank you for explaining this my son is currently manic and has a jealous delusion about his brother, no I know this is a life long thematic acting out. Wow.

[@sueware8377]

Thanks, Dr. Grande...You are a GREAT teacher.

[@Desertphile]

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.

[@jadetaylor2443]

This is real persecution, those people are nuts.

[@dawnelizabeth1828]

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.

[@qiuwbr091]

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.

[@mistaleesreversespeech7728]

exactly-- so many cases being misinterpreted for lack of knowledge.

[@marty9464]

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.

[@sparky4747]

The topic of ideas (or delusions) of reference really interests me. I am very aware of concepts like confirmation bias and selective attention yet I had so many experiences in my life where my private thoughts and ideas seemed to have “leaked out” and materialised in the form of strange coincidences. It really made me think whether the relationship between consciousness and the outside world is a two way street in more ways than we like to admit.

[@charliecharlton9782]

Dr. Todd Grande please cover repeated suicide attempts, the effect they have on families and more importantly how people should react to them.

[@mistaleesreversespeech7728]

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).

[@debrajones7344]

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.

[@thegreatpumcshadts406]

I've started to have to resist worrying about the possibility that I may be caught up in an eternal recurrence of a nightmarish life that I've been living from the beginning. It's only because I have no empirical evidence for it that I have no rational justification for believing it. Therefore I don't. I still have to resist worrying about it though.

[@somethingyousaid5059]

It's a random (but worrisome) idea that can plant itself in the fertile soil of the mind like a seed and then begin to take root there.

[@KandyKoatedKrafts]

Thank you Dr. Todd, this has been a helpful video!!

[@GIFT1FROM1THE1GODZ]

I absolutely love your channel, thank you so much for your hard work and detailed videos :-)

[@goodcitizen3999]

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.

[@mrs.reluctant4095]

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.

[@mrs.reluctant4095]

@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

[@SpaceShowFeature1]

Thank you, due to your videos I will be getting psychologically evaluated soon.

[@linsaa]

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).

[@dawnelizabeth1828]

Lots of love and happy holidays back at me.This is quite a compliment, honor and privilege!

[@jamessimon3433]

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!!!!

[@Desertphile]

Also, are you telling me Jennifer Lawrence does not really love me?

[@barbaraadams2645]

Lol!

[@dawnelizabeth1828]

Aww, I love the education, encouragement and answers back at me.Take care, thanks again and you're welcome.

[@universe2198]

Great explanation!! Thank you , Doc!!

[@amandareynolds9644]

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.

[@camuscat123]

Thanks: great topic!

[@jayabee]

I wonder if religious delusions are more common in places where a religion tends to be of a more fundamental type. Fundamentalism of whatever religion tends to provoke anxiety and judgement of self and others.

[@anthonyramirez7272]

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.

[@carbunkle5643]

@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.

[@evolle3000]

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 🌏❤️🥳

[@sundaypie2088]

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?

[@lucyyaffe7997]

It’s a bit of both i would say

[@evangelineesposito9484]

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

[@pocoeagle2]

Interesting video. Thanks Dr. Grande 😃🇳🇱

[@kirstylee6723]

Love your videos ✌🏼😊 very informative, keep it up.

[@gingermummy8025]

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! 💗

[@jadetaylor2443]

Will you speak to elder depressed individuals? My Father lost my mother and need some general advice.

[@maidenmarian1]

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

[@DistopianUtopia]

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.

[@funknowhereman]

very smart and useful video.

[@susantompkins4254]

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

[@franmellor9843]

Great vid AGAIN

[@freiza79]

I believe they are a coping mechanism.

[@angeladestefanodestefano4557]

Very interesting!

[@arturczerwinski2616]

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.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

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.

[@freiza79]

Sometimes delusions can jump start your motivation but it’s just a temporary solution

[@valcat9877]

Sointeresting! Thank you!! xx

[@alexbartley3610]

Thanks for this video

[@newtimesnow]

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

[@loverainthunder]

That's really hard to deal with. I hope you're, and everyone else, is safe. Wishing you the best.

[@AdrienneJung.M]

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.

[@yourbossismyslave3409]

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

[@brownleaf_o1]

Apparently there is a thing called Schizophrenic dysphoria

[@ByndTheEye]

true science pyscholgy, thanks Dr Grande!

[@kevinsturges6957]

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??

[@Desertphile]

A question: does do mental health care professionals demarcate between delusional schizophrenia and religion?

[@wendyleeconnelly2939]

As he alluded to in the video, delusions with a religious theme are not the same thing as being religious as a person. If you're asking whether a person who reports themselves to be Christian or Jewish or any other religion, while in counseling. would be diagnosed on that basis alone as having delusions, the answer is no, they would not. I can tell you that as a mental health professional.

[@mistaleesreversespeech7728]

do mental health pros list all people with TDS as delusional?... cuz they are.

[@mistaleesreversespeech7728]

@shasta x When you can disprove Skinwalker ranch.. with all of its military involved research, you can tell us about 'magical creatures' haha.

[@calebpaulsen3159]

I do not know how you can claim to be correct at such a base level and not display narcissistic traits. How is church attendance?

[@skippy8696]

As a Christian who has spent hours upon hours discussing biblical topics with Jehovah's Witnesses, I definitely believe they exhibit strong delusional thinking based on the definition Dr. Grande provided. When exploring topics like the deity of Christ, the personhood of the Holy Spirit and the doctrine of the trinity for instance, it doesn't matter how much evidence you provide from history, archaeology, the original languages or the bible itself, they still persist with their false, illogical beliefs. I don't believe this is subjective or a matter of interpretation/opinion at all. There's a solid reason why every major denomination on the planet -- everyone from Roman Catholics, eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicans, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Baptists, Pentecostals etc. -- all hold to these core tenants of Christianity despite numerous other theological differences and disagreements. Naturally, this is largely dependent on JWs meeting the textbook definition of a cult to a tee but is just one example of delusional inter-religious thinking.

[@Desertphile]

Some times I wish I were delusional instead of hyper-mechanistic and rational; the real world sucks limes.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

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.

[@natekeyes2297]

I just realized that Dr. Grande loves me and is sending me secret messages in his videos. Thanks Todd!

[@monicasmessages]

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!

[@jenanne31]

I found your definition of a delusion very interesting, Dr. Grande. Have you done an analysis of religious beliefs in general? I know this is a sensitive topic, but I find it interesting what we consider delusional. Talking to demons can mean one has broken from reality, but talking to god can be considered sane. It's interesting. Thanks for your content; I find it fascinating.

[@conniethingstad1070]

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.

[@conniethingstad1070]

@@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

[@marty9464]

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.

[@pamelaconley9744]

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!! 😉😉😊😊🤣🤣

[@AdrienneJung.M]

I definitely have this one

[@deedlessdeity218]

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.

[@zhuamy3742]

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.

[@jemgem9593]

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.

[@mrs.reluctant4095]

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.

[@mistaleesreversespeech7728]

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??

[@marty9464]

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.

[@thinkingjohn2099]

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 ?

[@informationsense4621]

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.

[@Kat-wo7ix]

I watched the Netflix Docu Don't f*ck with cats. It's about Luka Magnotta. Can you please make a video on it?

[@billhildebrand5053]

Comment 177: 4,752 views with 470 likes, 4 nonlikes. Great Video, Dr. Grande.😃🥰😀

[@avery6394]

Some of these delusions sound very similar to ocd obsessions. Could you do a video explaining the difference between these disorders

[@rawdahhf]

Thank you that’s super informative.What’s the difference between delusions and hallucinations?

[@hearme4581]

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.

[@jayabee]

Hallucinations are perceptions of audio visual tactile or olfactory stimuli but the source is internal. Delusions are beliefs that are unshakable despite all evidence.

[@rawdahhf]

Judy Lee Good Idea 👏🏾

[@rawdahhf]

Simone Washington Thank you 🙏🏾

[@rawdahhf]

Jill Bates Thank you 🙏🏾

[@Unkn0wn1133]

“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

[@Supercodebreak]

I went to a video game store, the type where people play magic the gathering and such. I go home after making no internet activity towards any sort of magic the gathering criteria. However.. on my web browser I begin seeing magic the gathering advertisments...

[@ReubenAStern]

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.

[@andagain9826]

Is it possible to have a degree of dissociation where a co- conscious awareness exists of both delusion and awareness of the delusion?

[@IoOLOoOfficial]

OCD obsessions can have varying degrees of insight, and there is a border between obsessions and delusions, so what you are describing could be experienced in OCD patients.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Have you ever experienced the fear that someone or some group meant you harm, and then told yourself, maybe I’m being paranoid?

[@beautifulragdoll7739]

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.

[@louisefitzgerald4400]

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?

[@musicobsessive123]

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. ...

[@oliviergerdes1849]

in the war against reality, imagination is the only weapon.

[@AnimalsMatterMorally]

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?

[@deedlessdeity218]

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?

[@wendyleeconnelly2939]

or dependent personality maybe, even more likely. interesting question

[@canonicalgio7837]

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 KZbinr who uploaded a video 8 months before I was shown it by the AI on KZbin. 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.

[@clarascorner6253]

Interesting! Would body dysmorphia count as a somatic delusion?

[@veronicawatson1880]

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.

[@maj1260]

Delusions. I live on a farm. I have many geese in my pond. These geese are rather strange, self absorbed, and grandiose. Dr. Grande Chalupa, are these delusions of .... gander??????

[@marlenestewart7442]

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?

[@Dolores5000]

Sooo freaky!!!!! I love you dr! Hahaha!!!!

[@manueleduardovargasvasquez3507]

So paranoid thinking and delusions are very similar

[@jemgem9593]

Also, can anyone tell me how one should reply when a person accuses / labels you as deluded (when it's just a family argument / bullying) I'd appreciate to know how to reply. Thank you.

[@daryljonesfoster4102]

Punch them in the nuts , duh !

[@minaharker6641]

You can be deluded about something, no one is perfect, think about it, also it can be just gaslight if the other person is toxic.

[@bricy6437]

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?

[@sickofhobos]

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

[@sickofhobos]

@Admiral BLOODFIRE I know right?? Like I know he's sorta crazy but I wanna know what kind of crazy

[@yukiwecker895]

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.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

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.

[@Supercodebreak]

Anyway, I have bi polar schizophrenia my name is andrew. I have been in threapy over 15 years... its hard, the hardest part is feeling the doctors are the enemy...

[@michaelgreen9909]

Violence from the mentally impaired is often revenge. Sometimes for a false offense.

[@dreamceline2093]

Can you do a video on Folie à deux?

[@rishaa682]

honestly i dont understand how a person educated in psychology could possibly think that dreams dont have any meaning. all one has to do is take some time in your life to analyze your dreams and analyze your own self and you will see how much it correlates

[@MarketResearchReading114]

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.

[@catharinepizzarello4784]

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.

[@S3RAVA3LM]

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?

[@SuperEvilC]

Then why do they record everything we say and look through our cameras? Also samsung tvs etc?

[@williamoldaker5348]

What makes religious beliefs not delusional? How is prayer and thinking that "God love them" isn't delusional?