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===Themes=== In addition to these categories, delusions often manifest according to a consistent theme. Although delusions can have any theme, certain themes are more common. Some of the more common delusion themes are: * ''[[Delusion of control]]'': False belief that another person, group of people, or external force controls one's general thoughts, feelings, impulses, or behaviors.<ref name="minddisorders.com" /> * ''[[Delusional jealousy]]'': False belief that a spouse or lover is having an affair, with no proof to back up the claim.<ref name="minddisorders.com" /> * ''[[Scrupulosity|Delusion of guilt or sin (or delusion of self-accusation)]]'': Ungrounded feeling of remorse or guilt of delusional intensity.<ref name="minddisorders.com" /> * ''[[Thought broadcasting]]:'' False belief that other people can know one's thoughts.<ref name="minddisorders.com" /> * ''[[Thought insertion|Delusion of thought insertion]]'': Belief that another thinks through the mind of the person.<ref name="minddisorders.com" /> * ''[[Persecutory delusion]]s:'' False belief that one is being persecuted. * ''[[Ideas of reference|Delusion of reference]]'': False belief that insignificant remarks, events, or objects in one's environment have personal meaning or significance. "Usually the meaning assigned to these events is negative, but the 'messages' can also have a grandiose quality."<ref name="minddisorders.com" /> * ''[[Erotomania]]'': False belief that another person is in love with them.<ref name="minddisorders.com" /> * ''[[Religious delusion]]'': Belief that the affected person is a god or chosen to act as a god.<ref name=ReligiousDelusion1>{{cite web|title=Religious delusions are common symptoms of schizophrenia.|url=http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=51361|access-date=17 April 2011|archive-date=22 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222182646/http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=51361|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=ReligiousDelusion2>{{cite web| vauthors = Raja M, Azzoni A, Lubich L |title=Religious delusion |url=http://www.sanp.ch/pdf/2000/2000-01/2000-01-058.PDF |access-date=17 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322210939/http://www.sanp.ch/pdf/2000/2000-01/2000-01-058.PDF |archive-date=22 March 2012 }}</ref> * ''[[Hypochondriasis|Somatic delusion]]'': Delusion whose content pertains to bodily functioning, bodily sensations or physical appearance. Usually the false belief is that the body is somehow diseased, abnormal or changed.<ref name="minddisorders.com" /> A specific example of this delusion is [[delusional parasitosis]]: Delusion in which one feels infested with insects, bacteria, mites, spiders, lice, fleas, worms, or other organisms. * ''Delusion of poverty'': Person strongly believes they are financially incapacitated. Although this type of delusion is less common now, it was particularly widespread in the days preceding state support.<ref>Barker, p.. 1997. Assessment in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing in Search of the Whole Person. UK: Nelson Thornes Ltd. p. 241.</ref> <!-- removed cn-tag because both two sentences are fully supported by this source. * ''Gender delusion'': Person strongly believes not being of the same gender as their biological body. Affected individuals sometimes refer to themselves being of demi-genders. -->
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