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But what it shows — contradictions, failings, rationalizations, self-delusion, despair — is moving, particularly if you’re familiar with the neon-bright dread of addictions that can’t be loved away.

Do had “received no actual payment to himself—all significant funds were provided to his daughter Rhiannon Do,” the defense wrote in a court motion, claiming he had been “willfully blinded to the violations by the desire to see benefit to his adult daughter.… He now recognizes how completely wrong he was in this catastrophic self-delusion.”

Former president Joe Biden isn't a narcissist — he clearly has empathy for other people — but he does have an ego so large it veers into self-delusion.

The public outpouring of support for Depp reflected a widespread willingness to choose self-delusion over facing hard truths, especially about the dangers of male domination.

There is no room for self-delusion.