Artwork by Samuel Lee
As students feel pressure from the overwhelming amount of work, they tend to overthink about their grades, their future, and every little detail that comes to their mind. This causes anxiety and high levels of stress, which is obviously unhealthy for an individual. However, school work is not the only factor that causes overthinking. Relationships and friendships are also a key factor in causing people to overthink as interactions with other people are what shape a person’s ideas and personality. When a person continues to overthink, this causes delusions.
Delusions are when people have false beliefs or imagine false things. When someone is being delusional they usually do not listen to the opinions of others and think that whatever they believe is correct. However, being delusional may actually harm a person’s mental well-being. Recently, as TikTok videos are viewed by more and more people, the phrase has become popular amongst teenagers. It is “delulu is the solulu,” which just means that being delusional is always the solution. However, being delusional causes more problems than benefits. For example, if a person had a crush, they may be delusional so that they can believe that their crush likes them back. From the perspective of his/her friends, they obviously look very stupid, since they are just tricking themselves to believe their crush likes them back. When reality hits for this person, and they realise their crush was just being nice to them as a friend, they struggle to recover from their feelings being hurt. Thus, delusions cause people to become more distant from reality.
Furthermore, the mental state of the person with delusions can get worse. Once people realise their delusions are not true, they either do not know what to believe to be true anymore or continue to be delusional. Either way, it is harmful for their mental well-being as when they come face to face with the truth again, it is painful. Even if the truth hurts, it is always better to face it than try to run away from it.
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