I want to know how this possible since people with grandiose delusions truly believe they are superior.
Best Answer:
Andee at 06 May,2013
I think the grandiose delusions can grow out of the inferiority complex as a coping mechanism in order to compensate. A lot of self-conscious people I've met tend to romantasize themselves and their lives. For example, someone who has trouble socializing might attribute the problem to their inability to connect with lower beings. Someone who does poorly in school might be too intelligent for the inferior education system to recognize their abilities. Or they might feel inferior in one area, and make up for it in another area. Ex: someone lacks social abilities (or perceives a lack of social abilities) but makes up for it by trying to convince themselves and others that they're brilliant in some other area.
Other Answers:
- Welcome to my world.
- well, we DO have two heads...
- Many people are bipolar.
- A fair question! Because both an inferiority complex and a superiority complex are the two sides of the same coin. Some people delude themselves that they are superior, by burying their feelings of being inferior. It's their way of coping.
- I think the grandiose delusions can grow out of the inferiority complex as a coping mechanism in order to compensate. A lot of self-conscious people I've met tend to romantasize themselves and their lives. For example, someone who has trouble socializing might attribute the problem to their inability to connect with lower beings. Someone who does poorly in school might be too intelligent for the inferior education system to recognize their abilities. Or they might feel inferior in one area, and make up for it in another area. Ex: someone lacks social abilities (or perceives a lack of social abilities) but makes up for it by trying to convince themselves and others that they're brilliant in some other area.