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ideas of reference

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ideas of reference [ī′dē·əz əv ′ref·rəns]
(psychology)
A symptom complex in which, through the mechanism of projection, an individual incorrectly believes himself or herself to be the direct object of casual remarks or incidents or of external events.


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Psychotic users also have paranoid, reality-based delusions and ideas of reference, and are restless and agitated.
It also erodes the reality test of the victim and encourages self-delusions, paranoidal ideation, and ideas of reference.
Most narcissists are paranoid and suffer from ideas of reference (the delusion that they are being mocked or discussed when they are not).
 
 
 
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