Different Types of Delusion

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Different Types of delusion Persecutory

Persecutory delusions are the most common type of delusions experienced by schizophrenic people, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR). These types of delusions are based on suspicions of being targeted by someone or something. Schizophrenic people with these types of delusion mistakenly believe that they are being followed, harmed, poisoned or tormented. Delusions of persecution are suggestive of the paranoid type of schizophrenia.

Referential Referential delusions are another common type of delusion d elusion reported by schizophrenics, especially those of the paranoid type. This type of delusion is based on an egocentric interpretation of information. Schizophrenics with referential delusions believe that gestures and words of others are specifically directed at them. They The y become convinced that they are the focus of song lyrics, books or comments made by someone on television.

Grandiose Delusions of grandeur are based on the schizophrenic person's mistaken idea that he is someone of extreme importance. Schizophrenic people with this type of delusions may believe the they y are a  popular celebrity or a powerful political figure. Since they believe they are well-known or famous, it is disturbing to them when others do not recognize or acknowledge them as such.

Religious Religious delusions center around misguided ideas about one's on e's relationship with God. Schizophrenic people with this type of delusion may believe they have a special relationship with God or that God has given them special powers. They may profess an ability to speak directly to God or a responsibility to carry out God's plans. In some cases, these individuals may actually  believe that they are God.

Somatic Somatic delusions involve a preoccupation with one's body. These delusions commonly consist of erroneous beliefs that they are suffering from a physical ph ysical condition, such as a tumor. However, the perceived source of the physical malady is usually bizarre, such as having a foreign substance in one's body.

Control Delusions of control involve the belief that one's thoughts and actions have been taken over by some outside force. Schizophrenic people with delusions d elusions of control believe that their thoughts have been involuntarily taken from their mind. Therefore, they are convinced tha thatt the thoughts in their mind are not their own. Delusions of control may also include the belief that their bodies bod ies are being manipulated to perform certain actions.

 

Different Types of Hallucination Visual The most common modality referred to when people speak of hallucinations. These include the phenomena of seeing things which are not present or visual perception which does not reconcile with the consensus reality. There are many different causes, which have been classed as psychophysiologic (a disturbance of  brain structure), structure), psychobiochemical (a disturbance of neurotransmitters), and psychological (e.g. meaningful experiences consciousness). Numerous disorders can involve visual hallucinations, ranging from  psychotic from psychotic  disorders todementia todementia  to to  migraine migraine,, but experiencing visual hallucinations does not in itself mean there is necessarily a disorder. Visual hallucinations are associated with organic dos orders of the  the brain brain  and with drug and alcohol related illness.

Auditory Auditory hallucinations (also known as Paracusia), particularly of one or more talking voices, are particularly associated with psychotic disorders such as  schizophrenia as schizophrenia  or mania, and hold special significance in diagnosing these conditions, although many people not suffering from diagnosable mental illness may sometimes hear voices as well. Auditory hallucinations of non-organic origin are most often met with in paranoid schizophrenia. Their visual counterpart in that disease is the non-reality-based feeling of being looked or stared at. Other types of auditory  auditory hallucination hallucination  include exploding head syndrome and musical ear syndrome, and may occur during sleep  sleep paralysis paralysis.. In the latter, people will hear music playing in their mind, usually songs they are familiar with. Recent reports have also mentioned that it is also possible to get musical hallucinations from listening to music for long periods of time. This can be caused by: lesions on the brain stem (often resulting from a  a  stroke stroke)); also, tumors,  encephalitis tumors, encephalitis,, or abscesses.

 

Other reasons include  include hearing loss  loss and epileptic activity. Auditory hallucinations are also a result of attempting wake-initiation of lucid dreams.

Olfactory Phantosmia is the phenomenon of smelling odors that aren't really present. The most common odors are unpleasant smells such as rotting flesh,  flesh,  vomit vomit,, urine, feces, smoke, or others. Phantosmia often results from damage to the nervous tissue in the olfactory system. The damage can be caused by viral infection,  infection,  brain tumor, tumor, trauma, surgery, and possibly exposure to toxins or drugs. Phantosmia can also be induced by  by epilepsy epilepsy  affecting the olfactory cortex and is also thought to possibly have psychiatric origins. Phantosmia is different from parosmia, in which a smell is actually present, but perceived differently from its usual smell. Olfactory hallucinations have also been reported in migraine, although the frequency of such hallucinations is unclear.

Tactile Other types of hallucinations create the sensation of tactile sensory input, simulating various types of pressure to the skin or other organs. This type of hallucination is often associated with substance use, such as someone who feels bugs crawling on them (known as formication) after a prolonged period of cocaine or amphetamine use.

Gustatory This type of hallucination focuses typically on food and is common to individuals presenting persecutory perceptions along with the experience of epileptic aura.

General Somatic Sensations General Somatic Sensations of a hallucinatory nature is experienced when an individual feels that his body is being mutilated i.e. twisted, torn, or disembowelled. Other reported cases are invasion by animals in the person's internal organs such as snakes in the stomach or frogs in the rectum.

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