#self-deceived
- Self-deluded — Having deluded oneself, feeding on empty illusions or accepting a false situation as true in order to avoid facing a painful or uncomfortable reality; gripped by a harmful self-deception or a persistent illusion.
- Self-deluded — Creating vain illusions for oneself and refusing to see the truth; being in a state of conscious or unconscious self-delusion regarding the reality of objective facts. The term describes a person who has fallen victim to their own defensive mechanisms of reality distortion or a belief system built on willingly accepted false premises.