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| A '''god complex''' is an unshakable belief characterized by consistently inflated feelings of personal ], ], or ].<ref>{{cite book |last=Christian |first=Danny |author-link= |date=October 2021 |title=Reversing Willie Lynch's Slave Making Method |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SclGEAAAQBAJ |location= |publisher=Xlibris US |page= |isbn=9781664109612}}</ref> The person is also highly ] in their views, meaning the person speaks of their personal opinions as though they were unquestionably correct.<ref name="Kaplan (1972)" /> Someone with a god complex may exhibit no regard for the ], and may request special consideration or privileges.<ref name="Kaplan (1972)">{{cite book|last=Kaplan|first=Harold I.|title=Modern Group Book, volume 4: Sensitivity through encounter and marathon|year=1972 |publisher=J. Aronson|author2=Benjamin J. Sadock}}</ref> | A '''god complex''' is an unshakable belief characterized by consistently inflated feelings of personal ], ], or ].<ref>{{cite book |last=Christian |first=Danny |author-link= |date=October 2021 |title=Reversing Willie Lynch's Slave Making Method |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SclGEAAAQBAJ |location= |publisher=Xlibris US |page= |isbn=9781664109612}}</ref> The person is also highly ] in their views, meaning the person speaks of their personal opinions as though they were unquestionably correct.<ref name="Kaplan (1972)" /> Someone with a god complex may exhibit no regard for the ], and may request special consideration or privileges.<ref name="Kaplan (1972)">{{cite book|last=Kaplan|first=Harold I.|title=Modern Group Book, volume 4: Sensitivity through encounter and marathon|year=1972 |publisher=J. Aronson|author2=Benjamin J. Sadock}}</ref> | ||
| ''God complex'' is not a clinical term nor diagnosable disorder and does not appear in the '']'' (''DSM''). |
''God complex'' is not a clinical term nor diagnosable disorder and does not appear in the '']'' (''DSM''). The recognized diagnostic name for the behaviors associated with a god complex is ] (NPD). A god complex may also be associated with ] or a ]. | ||
| The first person to use the term "god complex" was ] ( |
The first person to use the term "god complex" was ] (1913–1951).<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120231931/http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/about/index.html |date=2012-01-20 }} at the ] Retrieved 2012-01-22</ref> His description, at least in the contents page of ''Essays in Applied Psycho-Analysis'', describes the god complex as belief that one is a ].<ref>{{cite book |first=Ernest |last=Jones |title=Essays in Applied Psycho-Analysis |pages=472 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W1OZ5NRz3egC |publisher=Lightning Source Inc |date=15 March 2007 |access-date= 2012-01-22 |isbn= 978-1-4067-0338-2}}</ref> | ||
| ==Jehovah complex== | ==Jehovah complex== | ||
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Inflated feelings of personal ability, privilege, or infallibility For the Doctor Who episode, see The God Complex. Not to be confused with Playing God.A god complex is an unshakable belief characterized by consistently inflated feelings of personal ability, privilege, or infallibility. The person is also highly dogmatic in their views, meaning the person speaks of their personal opinions as though they were unquestionably correct. Someone with a god complex may exhibit no regard for the conventions and demands of society, and may request special consideration or privileges.
God complex is not a clinical term nor diagnosable disorder and does not appear in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The recognized diagnostic name for the behaviors associated with a god complex is narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). A god complex may also be associated with mania or a superiority complex.
The first person to use the term "god complex" was Ernest Jones (1913–1951). 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.
Jehovah complex
Jehovah complex is a related term used in Jungian analysis to describe a neurosis of egotistical self-inflation. Use included in psychoanalytic contributions to psychohistory and biography, with, for example, Fritz Wittels using the term about Sigmund Freud in his 1924 biography and H. E. Barnes using the term about George Washington and Andrew Jackson.
See also
- Abnormal psychology
- Cult of personality
- Egotheism
- Fanaticism
- Grandiose delusions
- Hubris
- Mental health of Jesus
- Messiah complex
- Narcissism
- Omnipotence
- Personal fable
- Playing God (ethics)
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
References
- Christian, Danny (October 2021). Reversing Willie Lynch's Slave Making Method. Xlibris US. ISBN 9781664109612.
- ^ Kaplan, Harold I.; Benjamin J. Sadock (1972). Modern Group Book, volume 4: Sensitivity through encounter and marathon. J. Aronson.
- Deep Blue Archived 2012-01-20 at the Wayback Machine at the University of Michigan umich.edu Retrieved 2012-01-22
- Jones, Ernest (15 March 2007). Essays in Applied Psycho-Analysis. Lightning Source Inc. p. 472. ISBN 978-1-4067-0338-2. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
- Sigmund Freud: His Personality, His Teachings and His School, by Fritz Wittels, 1924
- "Some Reflections on the Possible Service of Analytic Psychology to History", by H. E. Barnes, Psychoanal Rev 1921, 8(1):22-37
External links
- "The Shrink with a God Complex" by Ronald Hayman (April 22, 2001), Newsday, at McLemee.com
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