@fmf saidYou are missing the point. If I don't use delusion in the every day sense and only in the mental health sense, can't you see why I won't use the term in this thread? Delusions to me are a symptom of a psychotic disorder. Nobody in this thread has such a disorder.
I do understand it. It is you who doesn't seem to understand that I am not pretending to be a psychiatrist and I am using the word in its everyday English sense. You seem to want to say over and over and over again that I am using it incorrectly simply because I don't use it in the same restricted sense that you use it for.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidI am not missing the point at all.
You are missing the point. If I don't use delusion in the every day sense and only in the mental health sense, can't you see why I won't use the term in this thread? Delusions to me are a symptom of a psychotic disorder. Nobody in this thread has such a disorder.
Why do you keep insisting that I am using the word incorrectly when it is a standard English word?
Suzianne's claim about bribing Russ is delusional to my way of thinking: how is this usage incorrect?
Remember, I am not pretending to be a psychiatrist when I use the word.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidI am not talking about "a psychotic disorder" as might be diagnosed by a psychiatrist.
Delusions to me are a symptom of a psychotic disorder. Nobody in this thread has such a disorder.