Also termed as delusion of exaltation
- This is a delusion of pleasant belief or feeling. The
sufferer remains in a state of feeling of greatness, power and wealth. He
may be extravagant in his thinking and action and may commit some crime in
such a state of mind or may ruin his money or property.
- Erotomania is a type of delusion of grandeur, where the
sufferer believes that a person of very high rank or social status loves
him/her. The sufferer also believes that the imaginary person communicates
his love in some manner or other, by posture or by communication in a
secret or symbolic way.
- When a person suffering from delusion of grandeur,
believes that he will be killed by another person for the huge property he
possesses and if as remedial step he kills that person then he will have
diminished responsibility for the commission of the act because though in
this case there are elements of fear and apprehension about his own life
and to safeguard his life he has killed the person, yet he is not fully
absolved from the act he has committed because in such a case he could
have tried lawful protective steps for his life i.e., he could have sought
for the help of the police…
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