Learn English – I’m looking for a word/term that describes someone who creates conflicts that don’t exist

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I have heard of people who create conflicts (non-violent) in their minds (and nowhere else) with other people that don't exist (the conflicts don't exist, not the people involved) and for no particular reason. I remember seeing a word with that definition and I cannot remember it.

Best Answer

A person who experiences unreal conflicts in their mind is "paranoid" or "delusional"

  • paranoid (adj) - having or showing an unreasonable feeling that people are trying to harm you, do not like you, etc. MW

  • a paranoid personality

  • paranoid delusions

  • delusional (adj) - suffering from a false belief or opinion. TFD
  • labored under the delusion that success was at hand.
  • having delusions of persecution

EDIT - If the person is perfectly aware that the conflict isn't real, a "fantasizer" may fit.

  • fantasizer (noun) - one who experiences dreams or daydreams.

One who fantasizes about nonexistent conflicts deserves the title "masochistic fantasizer"

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