#also feel free to dm me personally for a pdf copy of the dsm-v. who care

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okay so a few people showed interest in a post going further into this topic so here goes.

Hallucination: "A perception-like experience with the clarity and impact of a true perception but without the external stimulation of the relevant sensory organ." This means perceiving something to be there, real in the physical world, when there isn't actually anything in reality causing causing the perception.

these can be:

auditory (hearing things)

visual (seeing things)

olfactory (smelling things)

gustatory (tasting things)

tactile (feeling things on or under skin)

somatic (feeling things further within the body)

Illusion: "A misperception or misinterpretation of a real external stimulus." This means that there is in the real physical world, something causing the perception, but the brain is sending signals that whatever is being perceived is something else. Examples would be seeing an inanimate object as being an animal, hearing wind blowing as human voices, etc.

Both of these are things that many people will experience at least once in their lives, for various reasons. However, if it is causing impairment to functioning/making it harder to go about your life, then it is considered to be a symptom.

sources here are the DSM-V, as well as like, personal experience lol.

#uhhh i should come up with some tags for this post #actuallypsychotic #spoonie #mental health awareness #actually mentally ill #actually disabled #schizoposting #this post is for everyone btw. im just trying to tag some places where ppl i think might be interested would hang out lol #but anyone can reblog feel free to reblog #also feel free to dm me personally for a pdf copy of the dsm-v. who care #and if anyone has any questions let me know im happy to elaborate #i hope i didnt over explain too much. im trying to make this post more accessible #but i actually have no clue how many of these terms other people know and dont know #anyways. enjoy #dinosting