Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: messiah complex

  • Calibrating the messiah complex: A success and a failure

    Daniel LuftigUnited States It had been Fat’s delusion for years that he could help people. His psychiatrist once told him that to get well he would have to do two things; get off dope (which he hadn’t done) and stop trying to help people (he still tried to help people). — VALIS1 The term “messiah complex,” though…