I don't know if it's really delusional... yes, it can come across that way and yes, they have certainly spent a lot of time convincing themselves of how (their) reality really was and is...
Perhaps more the truth of the matter, especially with those who are full on, classic MLC... but in many cases it seems...
They really do appear to express and present themselves as they feel and thing IN THAT MOMENT. And that moment can last a week, a day... or a few minutes... and then they're off on some other tangent and their short term memory appears shot and they speak, behave and present in a different way.
I saw this in my W a month or so ago at an event. Within that 3 or so hours, she was distant, close, happy, aloof, sullen... literally moment to moment, a few minutes here, a half hour there...
Right now she seems to be wavering between pissed off at me and confused or thinking it's some technical glitch, because I'm not responding to non essential communication...
And so it goes...
Stay off the roller coaster... and try not to poke the bear...
