ABSTRACT
As we already documented, it is difficult to label specific forms of illusion construction as less mature or more pathological than others. Our own inclination is to assume that normal pretending flows imperceptibly into what is regarded as psychopathological distortion. Indeed, we would say, as have others (e.g., Sarbin & Mancuso, 1980; Szasz, 1961), that the difference between “normal illusion” and “crazy” elaboration is often embarrassingly hazy.
