Delusions: I have no answers

I mean to me, someone who is delusional is suffering obviously. But looking at peoples delusions I think back to when I was kid. As I rode my bike or wrestled or fought with my friends or had water balloon fights or whatever, none of these grand delusions manifested themselves in any way. It was simple: I got on my bike and peddled, I threw a football, I played in the dirt. I came home and my mom fixed me soup and a sandwich and I ate it and then went outside and romped with the dog.

Even when I got older and smoked pot all it involved was passing the bong ( never, ever, drink bong water lol.) and feeling high and going to eat ice cream and then sitting there listening to Led Zeppelin or Aerosmith in the first phase of their career. I hope Iā€™m not insulting anyone but delusions arenā€™t giving anyone special answers. Realty is driving to work, coming home and fixing dinner and cleaning house. This is how life works.

Like I said, I have delusions too and I include myself in this mess of life. But my delusions donā€™t mean anything once I step out of my house. If Iā€™m shopping at Safeway or getting stamps at the post office why doesnā€™t any of these grand delusions manifest themselves in any way? Iā€™ve never seen god at Rite-Aid, I see vitamins on sale for half price or ex-lax- buy one-get another one half off. Now thatā€™s reality in spades. I donā€™t know the answer except if you see someone is delusional, at the very most try to talk them down or something. At the very least, donā€™t feed into their delusions.

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Iā€™m sorry you were never taught to reach further than your grasp.

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I taught myself.

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God is real and has to talk to someone. Why canā€™t it be me?

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Yes @77nick77 . Delusions and other positives are very seductive. Itā€™s hard when your mind is telling you something that is false. Believing in it doesnā€™t make it anymore real because itā€™s not. I still like the line from the Dire Straits song. Two people think theyā€™re Jesus- one of them must be wrongā€¦

Iā€™ve met a lot of people who thought they were Jesus in psychosis. I can even say Iā€™m one.

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It seems like your main question was why donā€™t the delusions manifest in public. Is that what you were asking?

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Yes, thatā€™s part of it.

When Iā€™m delusional it keeps going in public but I try not to be noticed so I donā€™t act on things. I have never had a delusion of grandeur though.

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Apologies are in order big time for putting words in your mouth yesterday surrounding this topic. Alice is a solid heroineā€¦ and that is it.

The girl(who singed my memory) that I spoke of yesterday expresses herself incessantly and I must do it on some level to feel closer/or make up for loss.

But it may be organic/genuine now, and consistent with that, I canā€™t help but include here that

I am super partial to all things ā€œNightmare on Elm Street 4ā€,

just bear with meā€¦

when I was real young I read the book to it, bc I had a ā€œnon sexual crushā€ on ā€œKarate Rickā€. He had [Daddy issues] and landed some punches on ā€˜true fearā€™, I guess you could say.

Anyway the best part is Alice [another solid heroine (and sister!)]ā€¦ in the off chance you havenā€™t seen it. The best part is her arc and final scene in the mirror.

So, I will back you up!

Lastly one more example is I remember I also would secretly emulate The Lead singer in the 80ā€™s group A-ha on their famous videoā€¦ the boy is like going [in and out] but is a total hero and fights those guys with wrenches (demons?).

I just look to outward comparisons to fill in gaps, because Iā€™m like Iā€™m ā€˜Locked Outā€™ of my personality. I donā€™t see myself clearly.

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I never thought I was Jesus. Just that I hear the voices that he heard and will hear again when he returns

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