Pseudohallucinations Visual

Pseudohallucination is the phenomenon of observing images that exist in reality, but are not perceived by the senses. Psychiatric practice describes more than two dozen similar types of disorders. They are often defined as neologisms to denote psychogenic disorders. Among the most famous simulations are magic tricks, invisible ink, illusions, projections, inserts, visual disturbances, altered states of consciousness. They completely fall under the category of subjective hallucinations.

Visual impairment

Pseudogallucinosis is a disorder of visual perception in patients, in which they are able to see non-existent images. According to this concept, the body is capable of remembering and creating illusory visual simulations. Most often they appear in the following categories of people: those with a genetic predisposition; taking antipsychotic medications; those suffering from personality disorders such as schizophrenia, schizotypal disorder, obsessive-compulsive, psychopathic, bipolar disorders; wishing to cause mental stimulation to take drugs.

Symptoms of pseudohallucination may vary, depending on the cause that caused it. The main signs in this case come down to the following factors: in any environmental conditions, a person is convinced that he sees a non-existent image; the patient experiences these pathological manifestations spontaneously, and not under the influence of stress or trauma; the hallucination is “real” in nature, that is, the patient clearly understands the illusion; Patients can oppose such distortions of perception to the generally accepted laws of visual perception.