cathex

I was recently approached by friends who told me that i have been claiming ideas to others that were not originally mine. I had no idea that I was doing this and actually have completely different recollections of the conversations. They swear up and down that i said things one way- and i remember them a totally different way and can't even imagine that I would claim ownership of an idea that I KNOW was not mine. This is after I have already been struggling with feelings of persecution from loved ones. No matter what my closest friends say or do, I seem to think they are trying to hurt my feelings. They have brought this up numerous times and I try to head off these feelings by remembering that they are on my side, but the problem continues. As well as feelings of being better than everyone else- i am very critical of people. This becomes a constant problem in working with people or making and keeping friends. Strange thing is, I have very low self esteem and in general think to myself that I suck, but still think I am better than everyone else. It is a strange feeling, hard to explain. I was then told that my friends feel I may be clinically psychotic. Well of course this is very disturbing to me. What are your feelings on it?