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de·lu·sion
de·lu·sion/dəˈlo͞oZH(ə)n/
noun
a false belief or judgment about external reality, held despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, occurring especially in mental conditions.
"he began to experience hallucinations, delusions, anxiety, and agitation along with dizziness and nausea"
synonyms: misapprehension, mistaken impression, false impression, mistaken belief, misconception, misunderstanding, mistake, error, misinterpretation, misconstruction, misbelief, fallacy, illusion, figment of the imagination, fantasy, chimera, fool's paradise, self-deception
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May 22, 2022 · A delusional disorder is a type of psychotic disorder. Its main symptom is the presence of one or more delusions, which are unshakable ...
Jan 3, 2024 · Delusional disorder, previously called paranoid disorder, is a type of serious mental illness called a psychotic disorder.
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 ...
A delusion is a false fixed belief that is not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence. As a pathology, it is distinct from a belief based on ...
Delusions are fixed beliefs about something that are not based in reality, and that others in the same culture, religion or other social group do not share. For ...
Nov 28, 2023 · A delusion is a strongly-held or fixed false belief that conflicts with reality. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, ...
May 14, 2023 · Primary Types of Delusions · Mood or atmosphere: This involves an uncanny, strange feeling that the world around you is threatening or odd.
Delusions of infestation: also known as the delusions of parasitosis or Ekbom syndrome, is an infrequent psychotic disorder characterized by a firm and false ...
Aug 23, 2022 · Delusions are untrue beliefs and may be a symptom of conditions such as delusional disorder and schizophrenia. Learn more about delusional ...
But a delusion is usually a belief that nobody else shares and which other experiences or perceptions show cannot be true. It is natural for delusions to feel ...
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