Distorted perception of reality arises quite often. Illusions and hallucinations can disturb both mentally ill people and healthy people. What and how can cause hallucinations? Read more about this.
Causes of hallucinations
To begin with, it is necessary to answer the question, what illusion differs from hallucination. The latter occurs in the absence of the subject. Illusions, on the contrary, refer to any object of the material / non-material world. Another distinctive feature is that hallucinations are more common in mentally unhealthy people. Consider the example of illusion and hallucination:
- love illusions. Very often we endow the object of the opposite sex that we like with non-existent qualities. In this case, the character of a person is illusory for us. We see in it what we want to see. In most cases, we rarely notice shortcomings, and we invent our own merits;
- see what you want. Being a long time without food and drink, for example, wandering through the desert, a person is hallucinated. He can see an oasis, a village, a food store.
We list the reasons:
- use of drugs or alcoholism . Alcoholic hallucinations are the most common. A person can see anything after a fair amount of alcohol. This can be familiar to you people, fairy-tale characters, etc .;
- sleep. Hallucinations in a dream occur because of the state of "alpha". When a person suddenly opens his eyes and sees something, he is between a dream and reality. At this moment he has a wounded mind, consciousness and imagination. The organism works in a transitional mode;
- disease. Physical malaise, accompanied by high fever, heat can cause a person delirium and hallucinations. It is important to give the patient an antipyretic and to provide a healthy, sound sleep;
- stress . A serious psychological shock can lead to serious consequences. Systematic manifestations of hallucinations indicate a serious disorder. In such a situation, specialist help and immediate treatment are needed;
- unhealthy psyche. Congenital or acquired mental health problems cause hallucinations.
Treatment should include therapeutic and medication methods. Of the latter you can choose drugs that relieve anxiety. Soothing or potent tranquilizers - everything will depend on the degree and severity of the disease.
Types of hallucinations
- visual hallucinations. The appearance of false images. Material objects, people, fictional beings and so on;
- auditory hallucinations. False perception of various sounds;
- hypnagogic hallucinations. False sensory perceptions associated with the state of transition from wakefulness to sleep;
- olfactory hallucinations. Sensation of non-existent odors;
- taste hallucinations. False taste sensation;
- tactile hallucinations. They are a false sensation of touching oneself;
- somatic hallucinations. Feeling of any processes inside your body;
- Lilliput hallucinations. With such hallucinations, any object appears smaller than it actually is;
- hallucinations of mood. A depressed person can hear bad statements in his address. Manic syndrome is accompanied by a false perception of the admiration and praise of people to their person;
- hallucinosis. The result is the chronic use of alcoholic beverages.
Take care of your nervous system and do not show indifference to your health.