Strangely, this happens more then we think. There are several cases of it, and there is a disorder associated with it that deals heavily with denial and displacement of reality
very sad stories
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"Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?"
-- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
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