http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah_complex

A messiah complex (also known as the Christ complex or savior complex) is a state of mind in which an individual holds a belief that they are, or are destined to become, a savior. The term "messiah complex" is not addressed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), but symptoms of the disorder closely resemble those found in individuals suffering from grandiose delusions (GD) or delusions of grandeur. This form of delusional belief is most often reported in patients suffering from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Little is known about the disorder, but it is believed that as many as 10% of the population may hold similar beliefs in one form or another, though not significant enough to warrant a diagnosis.[1] Examples include Jim Jones, David Koresh[2] and Imran Khan.[3][4][5]

A god complex is an unshakable belief characterized by consistently inflated feelings of personal ability, privilege, or infallibility. A person with a god complex may refuse to admit the possibility of their error or failure, even in the face of complex or intractable problems or difficult or impossible tasks, or may regard their personal opinions as unquestionably correct.[1][2] The individual may disregard the rules of society and require special consideration or privileges.[1]

God complex is not a clinical term or diagnosable disorder, and does not appear in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).

The first person to use the term god-complex was Ernest Jones (1913-51).[3] His description, at least in the contents page of Essays in Applied Psycho-Analysis, describes the god complex as belief that one is a god.[4]

Mental illness is a horrible thing.

Mattywisk wrote on Dec 14^th, 2014 at 5:33am:


Why shatter their delusions of grandeur?

Two very bad sports when it came to the public voting their egotistical arse out of office was Gough Whitlam and Paul Keating ... and Rudd, of course.

Mattywisk wrote on Dec 14^th, 2014 at 5:46am:


During one of my voluntary stays at one of Sydney's Psychiatric hospitals many years ago, we had someone there who thought he was Lord Nelson or Napoleon (I can't remember which). You would think this would have made him happy, but he spent a lot of time crying (when he wasn't violently snatching the glasses off the face of anyone who came within grabbing distance of him).

Mattywisk wrote on Dec 14^th, 2014 at 6:05am:


After several personal acquaintances as an inpatient and as an outpatient with the psychiatric profession ~ I'm no longer a Believer. They are a Victimhood industry that does very little of any practical benefit for their patients.

The best that can be said for psychiatrists is that occasionally, more by fluke than good judgment, they prescribe medication that has an improving effect upon a patient.

That was not the case with myself, my elder brother who was schizophrenic, or my mother who was a bundle of nerves.

I would bump into patients who had been released from the hospitals, who were just as bad as when they went in. Crying on my shoulder and full of despair.

I had suicides going on in the same ward as I was in. Three of them in just a short time ~ and the psychiatrist in charge of them taught at the University of Sydney on Thursdays. What a joke. I signed myself out in disgust.

Useless as tits on a bull.

So what's your interest here, Mattywisk?

Yadda wrote on Dec 14^th, 2014 at 8:44am:


Maybe you read a different psalm 147 than me

Bobby. wrote on Dec 14^th, 2014 at 9:55am:


Apart from It_is_the_light you mean??

Bobby. wrote on Dec 14^th, 2014 at 1:44pm:

He fits the description. (And it's quite possible that he does)

Bobby. wrote on Dec 14^th, 2014 at 4:38pm:

Well Bobby, read the highlighted definition in the preceding posts.