Delusions of Grandeur

Let me start with the definition of it, which is more clear and concise from a page in webmd.com about delusional disorders.

Delusions of grandeur are one of the more common ones. It’s when you believe that you have more power, wealth, smarts, or other grand traits than is true. Some people mistakenly call it “illusions” of grandeur. Source

I first encountered this word in my Psychology class, during the exam I answered "Illusions of Grandeur" and our professor marked it wrong because it should be Delusion, anyway, since then I can't forget about it.

Lately, I heard my colleagues discussing about this popular Netflix exclusive series "Inventing Anna," and I got intrigued when they said that it's a real life story about a narcissistic person who was able to fool around the elites and the big banking firms in New York.

You might want to watch the trailer, I attached it here below.

I then watched it, and mind you I finished it fast because I love it! Not because of her insanity, but because my memory took me back to our Psychology class. The classic signs of Delusions of Grandeur are so fitting in my opinion.

Her delusions kept going back to his wealthy German father that will be handing out her inheritance at the age of 25. But, her driven self would want to go out to the world and make money. She has this delusion that her family does not support her passion and kept on seeing the mistakes she made. While she has proven herself strong, confident and smart, she's also ridiculously insane in orchestrating scams to fulfill her lifestyle and power.

What supports the fact that Anna was living in delusion? The journalist who wrote an article about Anna from Manhattan's Magazine made a thorough research and interviews from the people and friends of Anna. The article became popular all over the internet and in all social media platforms, that even stirred more curiosity to the author to fly all the way to Germany to dig more about the roots of this so called "German heiress."

Moreover, this exposes Anna even in her childhood, was indeed a narcissist, no doubt as her former classmates would say. She loves herself and wouldn't even care about what others might think and feel. You can't even see any remorse from her after being convicted. You can see her cry, not because she feels sorry for her actions, but rather disappointed why people won't give her the chance to succeed.

Last Thoughts:

This mental illness can be around us, in our peers or relatives. Just sad, that we can't help them because we fail to see that this is a disorder of the mind, not just what we often call "gold-digger" attitude, or perhaps just an ambitious pursuit of our dreams. If these people could get help early on, then maybe they could've avoided the rude comments social media brings, or worst the cold prison.

Anyway, one thing I love from this film and with her was her drive and passion to make her ambitions work was superbly hardcore, still I don't think that it has to be done insanely like scamming people of their money and making the world believe that you are some kind of a "German heiress."

"Do not let anyone define you by your past. But show them the bright future you are building." - Anna Delvey

Well, this quote from her thus sounds inspiring though. We can always look forward to that bright future, make it stir your heart and soul to work for it, but with a heart...

Glad to get an inspiration to write about, I have been slacking here for some days because of life...

Anyways, catching up and thanks again everyone!

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02/16/2022

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