Most folks survive with average or normal delusional disorders:
Persecutory: Believing you're being harmed, spied on, or conspired against.
Grandiose: Believing you have exceptional abilities, wealth, or fame.
Jealous: Believing your partner is unfaithful without evidence.
Erotomanic: Believing someone (often famous) is in love with you.
Somatic: Believing you have a physical defect or medical condition that doesn't exist.
My wife had a 'friend' who had the erotomanic-type....thinking her doctor was in love with her. This went on for about eight months....thinking some text messages were from him. About once every ten days...some text would arrive to her cellphone...suggesting something but not intense. Eventually, the guy realized that he was sending the text to the wrong number. The gal in question? By 7th month, she was discussing the idea of dumping her husband and hanging out/marrying-up with the imaginary doctor. She was probably two months away from opening up a divorce 'path'.
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