Sentence examples for delusional idea from inspiring English sources

"All along, I've had this obsessive, delusional idea that I could somehow be outside culture, which is, of course, patently absurd," he said.

From the left comes the proposition that given the slow economy, we should defer attending to the problem of mounting obligations — and the truly delusional idea that growing federal debt doesn't matter because we owe most of it to ourselves.

Given that the Pixelbook can run Android apps, that's not a completely delusional idea.

It is something that does worry me, people sometimes write off their knowingly high alcohol intake on the basis that it's high quality alcohol, therefore it can't possibly harm me, almost sort of bordering on the sort of delusional idea that just because I've spent a lot of money on this bottle of wine then it can't possibly harm me in any way.

Or perhaps you have this delusional idea that people who believe in God can't study material nature (a view based on the false dichotomy of Greek philosophy with its conflict between matter and spirit - a thoroughly non-Christian view, by the way)?

San Francisco-based psychiatrist Laura Davies, who works with children, adolescents and adults, said sometimes two children can fall into a syndrome called folie a deux, in which two people can share a delusional idea.

From the youngest age I had romantic delusional ideas about being jaded.

Many had delusional ideas, but few heard voices; still fewer abused drugs or belonged to militant groups.

The main character is schizophrenic and he has delusional ideas about this particular painting called The Hunters in the Snow.

Neal Hunt, a consultant psychiatrist, said the main symptoms of Gray's illness were a "complex set of delusional ideas centred around Lily Allen and Mr Gray thinking that he has produced lyrics that have been stolen by her".

Dr Norman Nuttall, consultant psychiatrist at Royal Edinburgh Hospital, had told the hearing that Mr James "was voicing delusional ideas".