delusions

NOUN

mental illness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

insanity mental disorder

WEAK

crack-up craziness depression derangement disturbed mind emotional disorder emotional instability loss of mind lunacy madness maladjustment mania mental disease mental sickness nervous breakdown nervous disorder neurosis neurotic disorder paranoia phobia psychopathy psychosis sick mind troubled mind unbalanced mind unsoundness of mind

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Her symptoms included hallucinations and delusions that began after the birth of her third child.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

The defence have said Clancy experienced hallucinations and delusions after giving birth to Callan and she was undergoing medical treatment for psychiatric problems.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Many of its symptoms were virtually identical to the delusions of paranoid schizophrenia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

The elder Garson’s initial delusions resolved, but later returned and were treated with antipsychotic medications.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

“At first they thought bipolar one, but when the delusions got increasingly psychotic, and I started to have auditory hallucinations, they changed my diagnosis to schizoaffective.”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

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