News of Delusional Disorder Forum

I don't know if this is in the right place but I have wanted to ask about this for a long time. I have been diagnosed with Bipolar 1 with psychotic mania. When I am manic, I have delusions that I become a famous person and genuinely believe I am this person, sometimes for months at a time, but they are dead in real life. Before I experience this, I often experience him talking to ...

About a year ago, I went completely insane. The nature of the insanity is quite horrific, and shameful. I harmed others in the process. It happened over the internet, luckily it happened over the internet. But there are others who are aware of what happened, who were effected, and I have no idea who they are (it happened on social media). So I am also struggling with remorse. If anyone has any questions about what ...

Is delusional beliefs caused by creating false memories or making up lies and believe at those false memories or lies pervasively and believing those beliefs so strongly and sometimes with lack of true insight?

I started to understand reality better.

Why is Megalomania, Egomania and subtypes complex not in DSM-5-TR and ICD-11?

Some researchers say that Delusional Disorder is a partial psychosis, and I wonder what that means, because delusion(s) falls under the definition of psychosis.

Hi, I'm new-ish here. I tend to lurk, but this is my first post. Recently, I have not been diagnosed with a dissociative disorder (DID) and schizophrenia, though they're being heavily considered, among other things, if that helps contextually with what I'm going to write here. I am not looking for a diagnosis of any sorts, just concerned about arising symptoms and wanting to express those feelings. Not a big fan of reality checking / ...

Hello everyone..
I registered here because i need to ask someone for advice about my friend. She is driving me to the point of seeking a restraining order against her. I'm sorry I'm advance since English is not my first language.
I never heard this ever happened to anyone before and i think that my friend needs some serious help.
First of all i am a female and my friend is also a female. I'm ...

Having Fregoli-like beliefs was scary, people and also environments looked the same. It's just creepy.

Hi, I’m new and I hope this is the right place for this topic.

At first, when my partner started acting strangely, I thought maybe it was me giving off the wrong impression somehow, or perhaps he was just abusive or narcissistic, but his behavior has morphed into something else and him into someone I don’t recognize. We’ve been together for 2 years and are living together. His main behaviors are:

- wanting access to ...