Whats better, being logical or being delusional?

[DownwardSpiral]

Trying to be logical & perfect all the time is exhausting. Nobody is perfect, everybody has biases, & everyone lives different lives. Why not just think you're right about everything all the time, even if you're not? It's your life after all. For all I know, I'm the only real person alive & everyone else could be an AI simulation or hallucination. You don't get an award on your death bed for always being logical, or for being correct/right. What matters in OUR lives is feeling good about ourselves, & being delusional seems to be the best way to do that. Look at religious people for example, a lot of them are happy even though their belief makes no logical sense.

 

[dragonofenvy]

The only thing logic did for me was hate the world that I live in.

 

[DownwardSpiral]

The only thing logic did for me was hate the world that I live in.

same

 

[tiramisu]

my therapist thinks i'm delusional because i spend several hours every day talking to an ai about certain topics, but i don't care. i do it because it helps me.

 

[Always-in-trouble]

I am voting delusional because I actually think I am to some degree.

 

[m3nhera]

Being dead.

 

[Forever Sleep]

I think extremes of either is probably bad. I suppose the best is to have a balance. So say- to enjoy a film as a suspension of reality. Be able to really get into it- whilst also knowing it's fantasy. Too much logic can ruin something though- like a film. If you're constantly insisting certain things can't happen or, don't make sense. Or, an earlier version with a different actor was better.

I think you can be slightly delusional- without having lost mental capacity. You might choose to avoid the news because it's too depressing and instead- watch anime or whatever. That doesn't necessarily mean you're delusional or illogical. Just that the real world is too distressing to examine closely.

I suppose it depends on the definition of delusional. If it's to the extent of truly believing in things that aren't real- that could be problematic if it means a person can't function in the real world.

Have you seen 'Dancer in the Dark'? It's such a disturbing and sad film. But, the protagonist in that is blind and creates a fantasy world in her head based around musical theatre, even while she is doing her monotonous factory job. I used to think that was a good idea though. I hoped I'd be able to do the same in my former retail job (that I detested) but, alas, no. Of course- it means you aren't fully paying attention to what you're actually doing of course so- mistakes creep in.

Personally, I like being more on the side of being delusional. Or- imaginative at least. I've gotten through life via maladaptive daydreaming, getting lost in fiction, films, series, games. I'd still argue that isn't exactly delusional- because I recognise they are fictional. But, I appreciate the ability to suspend reality for a while and get lost somewhere nicer.

 

[itsgone2]

Trying to be logical & perfect all the time is exhausting. Nobody is perfect, everybody has biases, & everyone lives different lives.

I'm not sure why you include perfect with logical. I think you can know things aren't perfect, deal with mistakes, etc, in a logical fashion.
I spent my life too delusional. Thinking things would just be ok, that my worries wouldn't come true. They all did. I should have approached each with discipline and the logic I was ignoring.

 

[fedup1982]

You can be both logical and delusional - it's weird. Beliefs are rarely based on hard logic anyway. It's all fuzzy judgements. So a person can be both good at logic but delusional because that internal judgement is off.