delusion
illusion **
head game

Stop playing head games with me, he thought, or you'll be sorry.

Having to play along with their rules and head games was an onerous task.

So am I playing their little head games already?

In Safin's case, success comes down to a head game.

Maybe he flew home early to plan new head games for Gordon.

And with the recent head games, it would have been a cracker.

The business of intelligence analysis was so often like those computer "head games."

This persistent sense of implicit change made the music a real head game.

I shouldn't tease you with head games at a time like this.

The head games Johnson played with his team are legendary.