According to science, self-deception is called anosognosia. This is a severe mental illness that completely deprives a person of hearing and vision in all that concerns his sins and vices.
In someone else's eye we see a speck, but in our own log we do not notice this is a proverb about self-deception. Especially well their sins are visible in other people, but in themselves are not visible.
The most important symptom of pride is self-deception, which deprives a person of sight and hearing. Pride is generated by ignorance and paralyzes all the tools of knowledge in a person. You can only treat a proud person with pain and depression.
The drug gives a person a false sense of wholeness. An addict is a person who lacks integrity, this person constantly feels the lack of love. After taking the drug, it seems to be assembled entirely from some ridiculous pieces... Alas, this feeling is false.
Pride (neurosis and depression) this is a clever drug lie (self-deception), when the mind, dependent on pleasure, specifically fills the world with suffering and pain, in order to turn pleasure into a pea, to enjoy it as much as possible. Pleasure concentrates are a very powerful drug.
The purpose of the devil's temptations is to deprive you of your faith... that is, to restrict your movements. The devil undermines your faith with doubts. The devil tempts you with pleasure and rest... " Why should you go anywhere? - says the devil... - lie down, rest, and let it make itself. I'll give you everything, just wait."
Before you fall in love with the illusion of feelings or are afraid of them, try to compare this situation with the movie. You're smart enough not to fall in love with movies and go crazy with horror movies, aren't you? You should treat all your other emotions in the same way.
A cunning subconscious mind can rigidly substitute a dependent, cowardly or lazy person who for some reason does not want to work and realize their dreams. The body can get sick to give the mind an excuse that it is not able to implement its ideas. This vile lie must be stopped at the root and ignored.