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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. We all know that one couple who seems to do everything together. They share an ...

Back in August, a retiree and single mother booked a flight to go see her son. He was in a bad way. Formerly a successful young professional in his early thirties, his mother and other family members ...

A young woman starts to become suspicious of her cellphone. She notices it listing Wi-Fi networks she does not recognize, and ...

“Be delusional,” Kierra Lewis, a TikTok user yells into her phone. “Fuck what everybody else talks about, this whole be realistic thing. My key to life, the reason I be having so much fun is because I ...

The AI hype is a "classic example of a big market delusion," Rob Arnott told the FT. It's just like the dot com era when everyone was laying huge bets the internet would change everything. "The ...

Trump’s obsession with crowd sizes is part of his lifelong quest to prevent reality from blocking his path to success. A section of empty seats at an event headlined by former president Donald Trump ...

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 ...