Question 1

can delusions be of inferiority?

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Yes: Actually more common than grandiose delusions. Part of depression syndrome when patients feel worthless. Body dysmorphic disorder can also have this symptom.

Question 2

wondering what kind of delusions make me weird?

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Speak to someone you: Can trust or a doctor.  Although some delusions are seemly more bizarre than the others, a doctor's goal is to understand your experience within those delusions, rather than judging whether they make you "weird" or not.  Good luck!

Question 3

could a delusion be a delusion if the person knows it's a delusion?

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Delusions: Psychotic symptoms involve a loss of touch with reality. Patients with psychosis have an impaired reality sense/experience, meaning that what they see, hear, or believe is erroneous or false. However, psychotic patients can have good reality testing. That is, some can identify that the delusion (fixed false belief) or hallucination is false even though their is impairment in reality sense.

Question 4

what are delusions and delirium?

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Neuropsychiatry: Delusion: is a false belief that is maintained even though it is contradicted by reasoning. It is a psychiatric disorder. For example if i think I am george washington or that i talk to god, that I am a special mesenger from god all these are delusions. Delirium is acute brain syndrome produced by disease during which patients  are confused, hallucinate, and have  global impairment of thinking;.

Question 5

how typical are alcoholic delusions?

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Not sure what you: mean by "alcoholic delusions."  Delusions are false beliefs, usually ones that the person cannot, even with every effort, be brought to understand are false. True delusions are a sign of psychosis.  THOSE delusions are not typical of alcoholism. Defense mechanisms like denial, minimizing, rationalizing, intellectualizing etc are similar to delusions, but they know they aren't true deep down.

Question 6

what are delusions and hallucinations?

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I'll explain: Delusions are when you think something is happening and it's not. For instance you may think you're the president of the United States, but you're not. That's a delusion (unless you're an african american senator from illinois).
A hallucination is where you sense something that's not there. It can be something you think you smell or see for example that's not really there.

Question 7

can too much estrogen cause delusions?

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Low estrogen levels : Can cause psychotic symptoms.

Question 8

does stress and delusions have a connection?

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They can be related: Stress can lead to sleeplessness, fatigue, and delusions. When we are stresses our judgement is al's impaired. If you or someone you know is suffering from stress, i would encourage you to reach out for help from professionals to learn stress management techniques and discuss in therapy ways to solve problems in your life that are leading to stress. Feel free to ask more questions re therapy.

Question 9

what causes illusions, delusions, and hallucinations?

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Illusions are simple: perceptual distortions, seeing things that aren't there because of low lighting, atmospheric distortion, etc.   Once light is shined on the cause, the illusion disappears.   Delusions are fixed patterns of thought that do not respond to reality.   Hallucinations are psychotic manifestations that have little to do with reality.   The latter two are usually brought on by drugs or mental illness.

Question 10

do people who claim to be a god experience delusions?

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Yes, but claim how..: If they are incredibly built like a bodybuilder, and say 'now this is what god looks like', or if a knockout  lady says, 'i'm a sex goddess', and it is not stated in serious, scary manner, then don't suspect we're dealing with delusional.  If they truly believe that they are a god and as such can use their power as they wish...Yes, these are dangerous delusions. A pro must assess the whole picture.

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