**Consciousness loss** is a pathological condition in which the patient’s consciousness is disrupted. Disorders of consciousness can be associated with various diseases and mental disorders. With clouded consciousness, a person may not be aware of the world around him or his own personality and actions.
In modern medicine, various types of clouding of consciousness are distinguished. Among them: **twilight oneiroid**, which is characterized by impaired perception of the surrounding world, the presence of visual and auditory hallucinations and loss of contact with reality. This condition may last for several minutes or hours. The patient's consciousness deteriorates, so relatives and doctors must ensure his safety and care.
Oneiric clouding of consciousness may also be accompanied by **catatonia**. This symptom manifests itself in the form of changes in the patient’s motor skills and behavior, which characterizes him as a patient with emotional
In the time of Homer there was no such term as “clouded consciousness,” but there was such a state as darkened reason. The first is mentioned in the Odyssey: when the sailor went down to Hades to the goddess of death. Taking Eurydice, they crossed the space of the underworld. The deceased stood along the path, a shadow covering their minds. Crows flew around their heads, shaking the silence with their screams. Homer speaks of loss of reason where one should speak of clouding of consciousness: at moments of clinical death, insight, prophecy, vision. These are all common aspects of the same disease. That very case when “whether you like it or not, you will act according to your conscience.”
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