Delusional

 

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Ikaw kibali an pinaka-brayt? There are people who think that they are better than others. They have this mindset that they are endowed with perfection in terms of intelligence to the point that they belittle and disrespect others.

There’s nothing wrong with being very smart. It’s when an individual lets his pride in being smart, go to his head, that problems start to occur. Such swollen-headed individuals exhibit a condition known as intellectual arrogance.

Intellectual arrogance refers to a state and frame of mind, where an individual considers his/her intellect to be superior to others, his/her knowledge cannot be challenged and he/she judges others based on their intellect (socialmettle.com).

But what if the feigned intellect is also limited? What if the individual is just having some sort of delusions of grandeur?

People experiencing delusions of grandeur see themselves as great, highly accomplished, more important than others, or even magical. The delusion may be persistent, or it may appear only periodically.

However, a delusion of grandeur is more than just very high self-esteem or an inflated sense of self-importance. It marks a significant disconnection from the real world. A person with delusions of grandeur may continue to believe in the delusion in spite of contradictory evidence (Legg, 2018).

Even if the person is NOT that intelligent, the delusion continues due to the inflated sense of importance. Psychologists believe that this is being caused by poor parental affirmation and lack of affection during childhood.

So, those who insult us for not being able to cope with their BELIEVED intelligence, let us examine their childhood and investigate how their parents raised them.