A shipping clerk begins to think he’s been given a secret task of geopolitical significance. A government employee believes that descriptions of a certain actor in the newspaper are actually about her ...
Delusions of grandeur, also known as grandiose delusions (GDs), are a type of delusion, or false belief. People who experience delusions of grandeur may believe they are famous, God-like, wealthy, ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Erotomania, also known as De Clérambault’s syndrome, is a rare psychiatric ...
When it comes to studying and treating people with artificial intelligence-related delusions, UCSF Dr. Joseph Pierre and his ...
The delusions of people with thought disorders have had consistent themes of persecution for decades. But new technology ...
The most repeated phrase in my group chats throughout 2021 and beyond remains, “I'm running off of spite and delusion.” I've personally uttered some iteration of that line nearly every week since the ...