Rielle Hunter: Losing Touch with Reality?

I was blown away by Oprah’s interview with Rielle Hunter yesterday. It was the most surreal interview I have seen in the five and a half years I have been watching interviews. I do not say that lightly.

Rielle appears to have lost total touch with reality. The first thing I did after that interview is look up the definition of “delusional”.

The Free Dictionary.com defines delusion as:

1. a.The act or process of deluding.

b. The state of being deluded.

2. A false belief or opinion: labored under the delusion that success was at hand.

3. Psychiatry A false belief strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence, especially as a symptom of mental illness…

I think the only thing I can say is that definition truly fits the behavior displayed by Rielle in yesterday’s interview. Her behavior goes way beyond what I would even classify as a lie or deceptive. She seems to have convinced herself that what she was saying was the truth. The place where Rielle is at now is not only hard to watch, but causes me concern for her safety.

While I am no medical expert, I hope that Rielle gets the help that she needs soon. I apologize, but I don’t think there is any purpose to try to dissect her utter and complete nonsense. It’s pointless.

The lesson in this? When everyone you know tells you not to do something, its good to sit back and listen. They likely have good reason to be giving you this advice.