Delusional Thinking vs Logical Thinking: How to spot a delusional thought

I'm delusional. But I'm glad I genuinely want to succeed enough to research and change my mindset

I would argue that delusional thinking can in fact have a logical flow, and a system of delusions can be rational and internally consistent. What makes it delusional is its incoherence with actual experiences

Thank you for this video. I struggle with this “manifestation “ era where being delusional is promoted. Saying affirmations everyday, pretending to be something you’re not seems delusional to me. This video helped me understand the concept a little better.

Thank you for making this video. It is comforting that walking out the door and freaking out that I forgot my wallet and turning back to get it before I go to the store is not delusional, it is just disorganised logical thinking. Although these days thinking there is still such thing as a video store might be a little delusional.

3 years ago, I used to suffer from a mental illness, I had history symptoms of Bipolar, some symptoms of psychosis related to Schizophrenia, I had seen and seen people that were thought to be one of my kind, but instead, I talked to a bunch of strangers, I used to see and believed that Aliens exists, I was in a delusional universe, so, if a person tries to talk to me, I would not respond, I also used to have symptoms of catatonic state, I also beloved that the world was against me, that the military was after me, had an incident once where I ran outside, looked at the sky, and saw what was beloved was a military helicopter ( but, it wasn't), I talked very strangely to others, I also was paranoid, because I used to believe that everything was against me and used to hear voices in my head and seen pictures of my voices in my head, it was scary, it was not fun AT ALL! I was officially and legally been diagnosed with Bipolar by a person with an official and legal medical degree Symptoms of my mental state at that time: * delusions * hallucinations * delusional dreams and nightmare * paranoid * scared * aloof * suspiciousness * changes in mood swings * High energy * symptoms of the cationic state That is basically it, although, it was not fun at all, because I also had symptoms of ADHD, Autism, I couldn't handle all of the symptoms at once, it was too much, I was once diagnosed with PDD-NOS when I was much younger than 3 years old, I am now just identified as a person with Autism, in my teens years I was also diagnosed with ADHD, alongside with Bipolar Disorder, because I am very active! I was always different since birth, had seen things that others couldn't understand, that is because I am Autistic!

Wow. Very interesting. It makes a lot of sense actually

Lots of people that are capable of Abstract Thought seem crazy, most geniuses are. Thinking outside the lines of reality.

I just saw your Video on delusional thinking. I had several questions but the comments were close. It was a good video just the same.

such a beautiful speech

I wish i could talk to this man. I live with someone who is delusional and someone else who uses it to their own gain

Delusional thinking is positive thinking. That is all. "I am going to pay my car off" "I am going be good at this game as long as I continue playing" "This girl will like me" "I will still be employed" All of these ended in failure for me.

You are spot on with your description. I am bipolar and I recall doing the same things. In that state of mind I feel like i make sense. I feel like it's similar to the concept of faith in religion or hyper-optism. All I know is it feels good. Sure as hell beats the depressive phase. Is the fact that I can remember the staff I said and recall how nonsensical it was a sign that I am deliberately manipulative?

awesome video

I can't tell because my mental health diagnosises means to me that I'm delusional regardless of how realistic things look

Sometimes I get delusional for like 1-2 months then I realize I’m delusional.l. But then it comes back again?? Why? And when I am like that, they seem and I’m pretty sure they actually are logical??

Mate you just described the conundrum I have to deal with on a daily basis. How do you keep a level head with someone that far gone? After ten years of trying to reason with this type of person I have just given up even listening to them out of sheer exhaustion, It doesn't seem right but anything that is said is taken to the extreme like you mentioned and there is never any logical connections to the conclusions they cook up in their head. It seems impossible to make them understand that they're spewing nonsense.

Before year and a half for example i see a post from famous person in the social media and i was 1000% sure the person secretly tells me something in a way only i can understand or i watch a video and i thought the person who post the video knew i was watching and the video is made for me....now i am a little better sometimes i feel like my neighbor is in love with me😆😆And i know she doesn't even know me but at the same time when i saw her i imidiently forgot about that...p.s i abuse with synthetic cathinones almost all the time i'm in hypomaniac state with psymotor agitation i will spend from 9-12 hours only doing one task i get so focused to the point when i realize i didn't do anything only i waste a couple hours

As a mother, I'm worried about my son's delusions. He's 25 and was Dx with drug induced psychosis and schizophrenia about 6 months ago. He denied those diagnosis and ended up not taking the meds the drs. gave him. He reduced his drug use, but still uses methamphetamines (speed) and pot. His delusions have been increasing lately and he's completely in denial about his mental health diagnoses and gets violent when the words delusions or psychosis are said. I have no idea how to talk to him when he's in this delusional state. Because he's over 18, I have no right to his doctors or his treatments, etc. Help!

Great explanation... any video about this topic from the other team?

I have been trying for a long time to figure out what is wrong, I have pretty bad anxiety. I think it came from OCD, and whenever I think now, I have extremely delusional thoughts. But I know for certain that they aren't real. Im not sure if this is a biproduct of OCD, but they will not leave. Do you know about these? (Sorry, I know you said you aren't a therapist but idk)