Gone are the days when being delusional held a negative connotation, at least online. Thanks to TikTok, the clinical term—which suggests a departure from reality—has been rebranded as a playful new buzzword, “delulu,” to describe someone who holds an especially idealistic (and often unrealistic) view of reality. People are embracing the term as a means of manifesting the kind of positive outcomes that could only occur to them in a state of being, well, delulu, or unapologetically optimistic. Apply that energy to relationships, and you get the meaning of a “delusionship,” or a relationship so ideal, it actually only exists in the mind of its delulu creator.
The supportive idea behind being delulu is that being able to envision the positive future of your dreams (however big those dreams may be) is the first and necessary step to making that future your reality. It’s the same general concept behind manifestation or intention-setting: You have to make clear to the universe what it is that you want in order for that thing to eventually happen. On TikTok, one user claims that being delulu took her from being homeless to owning a seven-figure business. And
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