Being delusional is a person, place, or even as simple as a feeling or situation. However, what if there's more to it than that? Scientists, Research, Statistics, and other things point to delusion as a disease and the topic is commonly misunderstood. However, understanding delusions, how powerful they are, and how to cope with them. It can give you an aspect of what being delusional is. 

Understanding delusions can help create a clear aspect of what is going through a person's mind. Research by the National Library of Medicine states, “A delusion is a false belief that indicates an abnormality in the affected person’s thought content. The key feature of a delusion is the degree to which the person is convinced that the belief is true. A person with a delusion will hold firmly to the belief regardless of evidence to the contrary.” (As supported by the author. This describes what delusion is and gives you a better understanding of what delusion means to a person. As stated by the author, another key piece of evidence can help better understand, “Delusions can be difficult to distinguish from overvalued ideas, which are unreasonable ideas that a person holds, but the affected person has at least some level of doubt as to its truthfulness. A person with a delusion is convinced that the delusion is real. Delusions are a symptom of either a medical, neurological, or mental disorder” This evidence explains what a person believes and how it affects the brain. 

Understanding the power of delusions is incredibly important. By comprehending the strength of delusions, we navigate the complexities of human cognition and develop strategies to challenge and overcome them. There are beneficial ways such as a tool when it comes to parenting. For example, the article states, “Nearly every parent has the experience that I had when my daughter was born, which is you believe that this child is the most special in the universe. You know that this belief has to be a delusion, even though for me it doesn't feel like a delusion. But there's a reason that our brains produce this delusion when we have children.” Followed up by the author stating, “Parenting is incredibly hard and time-consuming and costly and difficult. And when parents are deeply invested in their children, when they see their children as unique and special, parents are willing to invest the time and effort needed to raise children properly.” These two pieces of evidence perfectly describe and show how beneficial delusions are to a parent when raising a child. This can help support the claim on why it's important to understand them to benefit someone.

And lastly, understanding how to cope with delusions is important. It allows individuals who experience delusions to navigate their daily lives with greater ease and well-being. For instance, there are many ways to deal with the disease. The author states from personal experience, “Attending group therapy, where I can listen to others describe their delusions and verbalize my delusions, has helped me to identify my delusions. While knowing medical terminology can be important, we learn the most from each other by describing our experience to understand the unreality of a delusion.” This is a perfect example of a way to understand and help cope. Another example that the author states is, “Clarifying my thoughts and digging deeper to understand how a delusion makes me feel at the time I am experiencing it. Accepting that I needed this kind of help has been an important step for both my writing career and my personal growth. For those of us who have a severe mental illness diagnosis, there is no shame in asking for the help or accommodations we need.” This contributes to the topic by showing how someone understood, coped, and benefited from delusions.

To sum things up, understanding delusions is educating yourself on the human mind and exploring the factors that contribute to the false beliefs that commonly are misunderstood about the disease. However, As proven in this text being able to understand delusions, how powerful delusions are, and lastly how to cope with them. It can give you an aspect of what being delusional is.