Let us first see what Megalomania means. Megalomania is a behavioral characteristic where a person has delusional superfluous thoughts of being wealthy or powerful or when one thinks that he is a genius or omnipotent. Megalo in Greek means “large”, something very grand. Mania means obsession.
Megalomania hence means the self estimation of having achieved enormous social or political or corporate influence, or having acquired wealth and grandeur. It is a psychological state of a person.
To be precise, Megalomania is a preoccupied thought and representation of one’s dreams in real life. What one actually tries to achieve in life is prematurely expressed in a manner that one has already achieved it. It is also termed as delusion of grandeur.
Megalomania is a dangerous psychological disease. And this disease ruins one own self. A person suffering from megalomania which is almost equal to paranoid schizophrenia tries to maintain an inflated status in the society. He thinks that he is a well acclaimed personality in the society and that every body must honor him for his deeds. Megalomaniacs usually try to take shortcuts to their success. They dream to become one of the most popular figures in the world and hence try to reach that goal in the shortest possible way. During this process, the individual tends to maintain the standard that he has not reached yet and looses everything that he has presently.
Megalomania is an illusion and is an ego which is often ridiculed. It can also be termed as Narcissism or can be considered a part of Narcissism. Narcissism in psychology means love with one self, self appreciation and self admiration. This also means that a Megalomaniac has higher than normal love for himself. This abnormal narcissism can be called as malignant narcissism.
A megalomaniac over estimates his capabilities and hence usually turns out to be a failure.
Linus Orakles
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