Question

An individual's false belief that outside forces, such as aliens, the government, or random people, have power over him and can influence and manipulate his actions or thoughts is called a delusion of:

Answer 1

When an individual strongly and irrationally believes that these forces manipulate and influence his actions and thoughts that is called a delusion of being controlled. Delusions themselves are mistaken beliefs that even when presented with real evidence to the contrary are still held. This is pathologically different from beliefs stemming from incomplete information or false ones or dogma and illusion.