"I couldn't leave my house for months... people were messaging me all over my social media, like, 'Are you safe? Are your ...

Take a look around America right now. Do you see any behavior reflecting a highly personal idea or belief system, not endorsed by one’s culture or subculture, that is maintained with conviction in ...

The flow of stories of people losing their grip on reality following extended interactions with AI has gone from a trickle to a flood. Terms like “AI psychosis” and “ChatGPT psychosis” have ...

In reference to a narcissist, the term splitting has two different connotations. The first describes a narcissists’ tendency to see themselves as honorable at all times. If you disagree with this ...

Creative individuals have fresh perceptions and may make important discoveries that only they know about. A delusion is a belief that is sustained despite what almost everyone else believes and not ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Erotomania, also known as De Clérambault’s syndrome, is a rare ...