#wishful thinking

• Self-delusion — The act of deluding oneself or its result; a psychological process whereby a person conceals the truth from themselves and fosters their own illusions or false beliefs to protect themselves from emotional stress, a harsh reality, or a failure; self-deception.
• Self-delusion — The act of deluding oneself and its result; the psychological process through which an individual or a group constructs a false, unrealistic belief system designed to mask an unpleasant or traumatizing reality. In the study of ideologies, the phenomenon can take a collective form, where entire communities accept comforting political or economic myths to the detriment of rational and factual analysis.