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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread delusions #114372 10/24/2003 6:58 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 The death of a chronic alcoholic is being described, including the delusion that insects are crawling on him. The technical word for this is formication. Big difference between an "m" and an "n". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: delusions #114373 10/24/2003 11:26 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Given the choice between m and n as a way to go... Ps What is the difference between illusion, delusion and hallucination? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: delusions #114374 10/25/2003 12:42 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Everybody occasionally has illusions, a misinterpretation of some sight or sound. A delusion is a product of disordered thinking, such as thinking people are saying bad things about you, when they are not even talking about you.Or thinking that you are Napoleon, etc. I just remembered, a while back we had a thread about the illusion of the moon looking larger when it is close to horizon than it does when overhead. A hallucination is typically hearing or seeing things that are not there, due to some form of mental illness. Of course all the diagnostic terms have changed since I retired almost thirty years ago. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: delusions #114375 10/25/2003 12:47 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park A hallucination is typically hearing or seeing things that are not there, due to some form of mental illness. not just to some form of mental illness-- many migrain suffer's have small hallucinations-- visual images, sparks of light that 'aren't there' -- and there are also drug induced hallucinations my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: delusions #114376 10/25/2003 12:50 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... And, wwh, I agree with your distinctions. I would add that if you fine-tuned the difference between hallucinations and delusions, the former would be things that one believed to exist outside of one's consciousness, such as strange beings (or dogs) speaking to oneself, and the latter (i.e., delusions) would be internal beliefs that have nothing to do with outside reality. That is, if we could ever agree about what reality is. I think we're saying the same thing, but I just wanted to say it in a different way to satisfy myself on this somewhat mellow Friday evening. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: delusions #114377 10/25/2003 1:00 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear of troy: I was trying to keep it short. LSD can cause mental aberrations. Remember Art Linkletter's daughter taking acid that then making swan dive out the window? Or my daughter seeing things that weren't there when very sick with measles. Speaking of LSD, I remember patient who defended his use of LSD by saying:"The government is spending millions to put men on the moon. I can go out of this world for a buck." It really messed up his life. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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