Schizophrenic Hallucinations and Reality Posted: 06-08-07 03:14am
I am trying to research Schizophrenia to
see what a Schizophrenic person actually
witnesses in their Hallucinations. My
neighbor accross the street from me, walks
all over town talking, yelling, to thin
air. It looks to me as if he thinks he is
talking to a croud of 10 people, but he
can be inside an empty room and go on
forever. What does a Schizophrenic person
actually see, witness and experience other
then, 1 Hallucinations of voices that are
not there, 2, Hallucinations of seeing
things that are not there, 3
Hallucinations of smells that are not
there, 4 Hallucinations of touch that are
not there, 5 Hallucinations of tastes when
there is no food in the mouth, other then
the 5 sences being twisted into something
false to create a Hallucination effect,
what does a Schizophrenic person actually
live through in that false world that
their illness creates? Why do they act it
all out? What delusional beliefs do they
hold other then "The TV is broadcasting
special messages to me" ?
Hallucinations are not the main symptoms
of schizophrenia. Rather, hallucinations
are accessory symptoms present in some
forms of schizophrenia. They are usually
acoustic but can be also tactile,
olfactory or gustative. Hallucinations are
usually followed by delusive ideas.
There are 4 main types of schizophrenia:
hebephrenic, simplex, catatonic and
paranoid. Symptoms that are present in all
types of schizophrenia (main symptoms)
are:
1. disorders of associations (disturbed
thinking processes);
2. lost emotions (apathy, lost ability for
joy or sorrow);
3. ambivalence (the presence of two
opposing ideas, attitudes, or emotions at
the same time), and
4. Autism (a condition where the contact
with reality is lost but the consciousness
is still present)
Accessory symptoms present only in some
types of schizophrenia include:
1. hallucinations;
2. delusive ideas;
3. catatonic symptoms;
4. poor and bizarre speech etc.
Hallucinations and delusive ideas are
typical during paranoid schizophrenia.
Most people can’t understand a
schizophrenic's delusive thoughts because
these people live quite literally in their
own world.
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