I have delusions all the time. Lately they have been delusions of grandeur, with my thinking I am God, or at least very powerful and able to strike down tons of people with my mind. I think the major difference between making cockeyed connection in a normal state of mind, and delusions, is that normal states bring me pleasure, and delusions scare me or make me unmoored from reality. Not good. I've heard people argue that mental illness is just an alternative way of seeing reality, but I'd disagree with this. Mental illness disconnects one from reality instead of letting one see it in another way.