[jesusplay]

I keep thinking I'm going to get an iron man suit and save people. I also keep thinking I'm gonna get a million dollar check in the mail everyday. I also think that If I went to a hospital and I touched people I could heal them. I feel I have this great power in me that is untapped. I feel I can save the world.

[Victoria'smom]

None of them are harmful but they are delusional.

Sounds delusional. xoxo

[jesusplay]

I know these things aren't real but I believe it at the same time. Is this related to bipolar? I'm in a depressed phase, I could understand if I was manic.

[Curiosity77]

If you know these things are not real than they are not technically delusions. Depending how much you believe versus doubt then they could be "fixed false ideas." Or it could just be wild imagination. If you believe these things it's delusions, but it sounds like you know them not to be true.

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[Dix888]

Manic delusions like this are common for folks like us. Don't worry, just be sure you are on the right meds for you & figure out a way to check reality. This forum helps me with that. Until I got on the right meds, I kept hearing the moon telling me to get up out of bed at 3:00 a.m., go 2 miles from my home to a particular willow tree & climb it for a "special message." I did this & there was no message!

Originally Posted by jesusplay

I keep thinking I'm going to get an iron man suit and save people. I also keep thinking I'm gonna get a million dollar check in the mail everyday. I also think that If I went to a hospital and I touched people I could heal them. I feel I have this great power in me that is untapped. I feel I can save the world.

[pawn78]

Originally Posted by jesusplay

I keep thinking I'm going to get an iron man suit and save people. I also keep thinking I'm gonna get a million dollar check in the mail everyday. I also think that If I went to a hospital and I touched people I could heal them. I feel I have this great power in me that is untapped. I feel I can save the world.

This sounds like me in a full-blown mania. At least you have the sense to question your delusions.

[BipolaRNurse]

Originally Posted by pawn78

This sounds like me in a full-blown mania. At least you have the sense to question your delusions.

I was thinking the same thing. When I'm in full-blown mania I sometimes get religious delusions and think that I've been put in the right place at the right time to make things better for people, as if I were touched by God. (Although who knows, maybe I am??)

[usehername]

I get a lot of magical thinking too, sometimes even on meds (though less clear).
Sometimes they're less fun though... Like the time I kept seeing the grim reaper everywhere I went. I was convinced everyone around me was going to kill me. I was actually, totally unsafe because I was completely manic and trusting all the wrong people, but the grim reaper??
Being fresh out of a 6 month depression, happy delusions are kind of far away from my thoughts... But there are some interesting ones in there somewhere.

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[Secretum]

If you know your thoughts aren't real, they're not delusions. But you've got to be careful, because you could start believing them, and then you'd be delusional.

I get psychotic slowly. It starts out with some weird thoughts that I don't really believe, progresses to me sort-of believing them, ultimately I end up believing them so much that they become assumptions, unquestionable, and able to influence my behavior.