Messiah Complex

A messiah complex (also known as the Christ complex or savior complex) is a state of mind in which an individual holds a belief they are, or are destined to become, a savior. The messiah complex does not appear in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).

Famous quotes containing the words messiah and/or complex:

    “If another Messiah was born he could hardly do so much good as the printing-press.”
    —G.C. (Georg Christoph)

    “The human mind is so complex and things are so tangled up with each other that, to explain a blade of straw, one would have to take to pieces an entire universe.... A definition is a sack of flour compressed into a thimble.”
    —Rémy De Gourmont (1858–1915)