I Have Magical Powers

Haha good question. You see I am on magical forums. The reason I'm on this mental health forum is because I recognized inverted and covert narcissist traits in my personality and it was stunningly eye-opening. So I'm here to learn what I can about that part of me.

The reason for this thread is I'm getting a chuckle out of knowing to myself fully that I have these powers and knowing that none of you will ever believe me.

Sometimes I feel fragmented but, like I turn against myself, so I always wonder other possibilities vaguely too. Like if I'm more crazy than I believe/know

I would love to meet someone that had magical powers. The first thing I would ask them to do (if they were kind enough to) is to make my ex-husband's delusional disorder fix itself and beg my forgiveness for the horrible way he has treated me for the last three years. I doubt we would get back together now that I know what he is capable of, but it would help me come to terms with the whole ordeal and help him get his life back on track.

Zoicite23 wrote:I am convinced that I have magical powers.

No you're not.

People who know they have something don't use expressions like "I'm convinced," because it implies evidence that no one has asked for.

What you're looking for is an audience for your notion, and it's subjective and vague enough to defend without the ability to test and check.

If you could make a gold nugget come out of your arse then I'd be more impressed, but I'm sure "that's not the way it works."

Realistically, if it were true then you'd not be working, you'd be living the life of a rock star.

Then perhaps the fact that I am almost entirely convinced clashes with the fact I'm still aware of what a fantastical claim it is to make

Interestingly something comes to mind, a phenomenon which makes it even harder to figure out what's really going on with people's minds.

I observe at work that people with dementia lie. Apart from experiencing honest lapses in thought or physical ability, they also lie and "put it on" at times which is extremely thought-provoking... When someone with dementia lies it can be very hard to determine *why* they're lying in that instance, how skewed their perception and motivation for it is. They undoubtedly have real problems, but in those instances they are lying about things that don't make sense to a rational observer.

So maybe I'm convinced I have magic powers. Maybe the slim idea I might be "crazy" excites me so there was enough consideration that I may not be convinced, so I said "I'm convinced". And if I am lying, I ponder the real nature of whatever disorder I could have that would have me make such claims.

Delusion isn't a binary thing. People delude themselves constantly, with regard to their health, relationships, religious / political beliefs etc. People choose to believe things because it makes them feel better.

Most of it is normal human behaviour, so it doesn't necessarily have to be something specific to a condition; perhaps just some coping mechanism.

I would say with a degree of confidence that your belief in your magical powers is, at best, a distraction from feelings of lack of power somewhere. That said, it's more fun to believe that you're vaguely influencing something somewhere by magic than dig into all of that, I guess.