You cannot apply the terms "delusions" and "hallucinations" to the "paranormal;" they come from a completely separate ontological perspective. That is, those words are used to discount and judge as abnormal experiences that cannot be explained by strictly empirical methods of analysis.
"Paranormal" indicates acceptance and search for understanding of inexplicable experiences, many of which occur outside the realm of what empirical methods can measure.
So they're both just a way of judging the same experiences as good or bad, and judging others by how they talk about those experiences.
It's sort of funny that if you hear one voice in your head, you're normal, but if you hear more than one you're not. Why is one okay? The biggest delusion is to let yourself be led by a voice in your head that you cannot identify, much less accepting it as your own identity. The real question is why any of us feels the need for external judgment of our experience, as though there is any greater arbiter than our own heart. If we feel we need help because of conditions that we cannot handle on our own, then it's useful to get help. But the label does not give help.
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