Paraphrenic syndrome

__Paraphrenic syndrome__ is a mental pathology in which a person develops delusional ideas about himself or the people around him. This diagnosis is a variant of delusional disorder. Paraphrenia is also called false identification syndrome.

Let’s start with the definition of “nonsense” itself. “Delirium” means “lie” in Latin. In simple terms, a person has invented something and believes in his own invention. This could be delusions of persecution, delusions of relation, alternihilation delusions, and so on. The doctor’s task is to get to the bottom of the truth and show how a person is mistaken. Only then will it be possible to help him cope with his mental disorder. In the case of paraphrenia, delusions have a slightly different nature. Unlike the usual delusional imagination, when a person is sure that he is better, smarter, richer than he really is, here the belief is fixed specifically about another person. Paraphrenic illusions usually involve a bad attitude of the subject towards people who come under suspicion. Usually they are completely convinced of the depravity of their environment. Many people are familiar with this mental problem firsthand: for example, each of us has ever said the phrase: “We know everything about you! We’ve all conspired against you!”

A patient with paraphrenia syndrome invents a variety of stories, none of which have anything to do with reality. If a person finds out that this is nonsense, his confidence only grows stronger. The justification for this opinion can be absolutely anything: the influence of a chemical in the body, bad genetics, and the like. The man is so convinced of his opinion that he does not allow anyone to ruin his plans to take over the world. Paraphrenia is expressed in constant depression, which is aggravated by deep introspection. On the one hand, such a person feels as if he is being bullied, and on the other hand, he independently tries to destroy himself due to the inability to change reality. Patients with paraphrenia develop a special dependence on authorities, especially teachers; Often “false identity syndrome” can be observed among adolescents. After a certain