Delusions

Delusions are very strongly held beliefs in something that is true. They defy all logic, and all proof presented that contradicts the belief. [Again, these are subject to cultural differences. Some beliefs held by other cultures may seem completely irrational to outsiders, but that doesn't make people from that society delusional.] Often these delusions are accompanied by emotional responses that seem to contradict the circumstances they believe themselves to be in. There's so many different interesting delusions that WhiteWolf never touches on. Although there's some major categories of delusions, there's also some differences in definitions and how its categorized across countries, so I did the best I could when assembling this list. Many of the delusion subcategories have more specific syndromes within those categories that are stranger than fiction... Paranoid             Grandiose             Jealousy             Erotomanic             Somatic             Mixed

Paranoid Delusions also known as Persecutory, or Querulant delusions Thought insertion Thought withdrawal Thought broadcasting Capgras syndrome - The belief that someone close to them has been replaced by an identical duplicate. More information on Capgras syndrome can be found here. Fregoli syndrome - The belief that some of the people you encounter are actually a person who is familiar delusions of control

Grandiose also known as Delusions of Grandeur

Jealousy also known as Othello Syndrome, Morbid jealousy syndrome

Erotomanic also known as Clérembault's syndrome

Somatic Delusions of the body Cotard Syndrome (Nihilistic Delusional Disorder) hypochondria body dismorphic disorder

testamentary capacity (mostly paranoid 1999 summary on delusional disorders Delusions of reference religious delusions delusional misidentification delusions of guilt delusions of catastrophe sexual delusions delusions of derealization delusions of depersonlization delusional misidentification syndromes delusion of substitution descent delusion (relational misidentification) subjective doubles, autoscopic type "reverse" subjective doubles "reverse" Fregoli reduplicative paramnesia (you have another self or original self was replaced) intermetamorphosis (others are mistaking you for someone else or you have exchanged identities with someone else somatic summary Have information/links/etc you think should be added to this page? Send them to Malkchic. Return to Derangements Return to the House of Hatters