I'm pretty sure seeing reality the way that it really is would count as delusional behavior. Given that is indeed the case as well as some of these other normal (yet delusional) behaviors: hearing voices, talking to oneself, visual hallucinations, and paranoia; (More paranoia than is normally usual) since all of these and more that I didn't bother to mention are both delusional and normal at the same time, the whole thread's question seems rather irrelevant.

I'm thinking something such as this would be wide open to one's perception.

Irrelevant to what?

Delusional is a psychiatric term that has a very clear definition.

Delusional disorder, as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), refers to a group of conditions in which the central feature is the presence of delusions in the absence of other symptoms.


Subtypes of Delusional Disorder

Erotomanic Delusional Disorder:
Believes that a person of usually higher status is in love with them.

Grandiose Delusional Disorder:
Has delusions of inflated worth, power, knowledge, identity, or special relationships.

Jealous:
Believes the sexual partner is unfaithful

Persecutory Delusional Disorder:
Believes they or someone they are close to is being maltreated

Somatic Delusional Disorder:
Believes they have a physical problem, defect, or illness.

Mixed type of Delusional Disorder:
More than one of the previous types is present.


Diagnostic Criteria of Delusional Disorder

Nonbizarre delusions (i.e., involving situations that occur in real life, such as being followed, poisoned, infected, loved at a distance, or deceived by spouse or lover, or having a disease) of at least 1 month's duration.

Criterion A for Schizophrenia has never been met. Note: Tactile and olfactory hallucinations may be present in Delusional Disorder if they are related to the delusional theme.

Criterion A of Schizophrenia requires two (or more) of the following, each present for a significant portion of time during a 1-month period (or less if successfully treated):

delusions
hallucinations
disorganized speech (e.g., frequent derailment or incoherence)
grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
negative symptoms, i.e., affective flattening, alogia, or avolition

Apart from the impact of the delusion(s) or its ramifications, functioning is not markedly impaired and behavior is not obviously odd or bizarre.

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I meditate and pray for universal peace... I have been told I'm delusional.
I would think all would, if they looked find someone they believed to be delusional..

well, I mean that delusional to one person is sanity to another, of course there is the medical definition as well.

yep..and I'd rather be happy and peaceful and considered delusional by some
than miserable and pissed off.. and considered by some..not delusional.

faith

exactly my point...faith, which is something so important to some comes off as delusional to others. We are all delusional, in some way, to some one.
I don't think anyone is...what ever works for ya, to each their own.

faith provides a haven where delusion is acceptable and where it can fester and go undiagnosed, in fact the concept of faith relies on delusion to even exist as a concept

the equation is ...the more faith/religion one has the more delusional their actions will be and the more they will become isolated from society

in psychiatry one is diagnosed as delusional when he/she holds strongly to a belief in a concept in spite of evidence that supports an alternative concept.

praying for universal peace is not delusional ladylid. thinking it will ever be achieved would be delusional though. but on this i'm with ya. we can keep up the struggle.

eh, I realize it can not be attained, yeah, gotta keep positive, better to think that it could than to look for reasons why it wouldn't. Just for the feel good factor if nothing else. Besides, I'm an airy, fairy, artsy, fartsy, head in the clouds emotional thinker..

and i'm the very definition of a pragmatist. yet we've both been called delusional. go figure huh?

yeah really, imagine that..your universal answer.."I like the easy ones..no such thing"...

indeed. some see that nothing is easy. perception is everything huh?

everything is subject to perception and perspective..I don't rule out anything..all things are possible, to many mysteries to just go with no such thing, for me anyway...
As an emotional thinker, not logical, it is easier for me. I don't need a logical reason to have someone prove or disprove anything. I feel, think differently and strengthening my intuition over the years had served me well. What I do now is soooo much more effective than a pro's and con's list. I don't ever want to get old and stuck in my ways..staying open to all possibilities keep me young and keeps my brain muscle working...

indeed