Religious delusions

Does anyone have religious delusions, such as thinking your Gods chosen or a prophet, etc?

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The self taught ā€œmarkerā€ for me, is when i start going down the Rabbit Hole, and think that i am an Angel For Children. In fact it causes me great distress on days like Fathers Day - and my Daughters Birthday.

Its a combination of my religious background being a Cathedral Singer as a Boy, And the fact ive lost my Daughter.

Ruddy well catches me out everytime - no matter how much insight i think i have.

My voices have never been nasty - in fact they are comforting at times, so in a strange way its easier to accept them, no matter how mad it seems lol.

During one of my episodes, I believed I was the Angel of Death (yes, one of the Four Horsemen). During another, I got convinced I was the reincarnation of Jesus and had all kinds of wild religious ideas, like that I would fight God to save humanity because he supposedly said he was going to simply scrap humanity because humanity was a mistake.

It was quite strange and terrifying at the same time.

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I have had delusions I was the Jewish messiah.

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I have had what I would call 3 distinct ā€œepisodesā€ now.

My ā€œsecond episodeā€ involved me thinking I was some sort of prophet and would ā€œbecomeā€ God, so yes. I thought I saw signs everywhere.

But not currently.

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I had religious delusions thinking I was chosen to help mankind

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I thought I was Hermes.

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i had religious delusions in my very first psychotic break too, after treatment it just disappeared

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Yeah, I had delusion I was a prophet.
At one point I thought I was Jesus, but in meditation I was told ā€œthere’s no need for another Jesusā€. So I just felt like a prophet, doing things for God and with God in my heart. That was huge delusion.
At some another time I thought I was the character from ā€˜meet Joe Black’.

It is wired how life turns and how many things can trigger one person while in a certain state of mind.

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Normally a Delusion stems from the current technology at the time, popular movies and your own life experience and religion.

Hard as it is - just try to keep yourself Grounded. Its a minefield - and what coping skills i may use, will probably not suit you.

I call it ā€œThe Rabbit Holeā€.

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I used to think of myself as Krishna and have been preoccupied with thoughts of being a legend and have been very helpful to society without any direct involvement.

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