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Hallucinations of the body and the self

Each false experience takes its name from where the fault sits: skin, joints, fluid, shape, the seen self, the self or the world.

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Outcomes (5)

Tell from in one description of a body sensation.
Name from one description of a body sensation.
Name from one description of a body sensation.
Tell an from an by where the viewer stands.
Tell from by what feels unreal.

Summary

A false body experience is named by the part it changes, so the place of the sensation gives the term.
Crawling on the skin is formication, a . Felt joint movement instead gives a .
Felt wetness gives a . A felt odd shape with no movement gives .
An is seen from inside the body, unlike an , which views from outside.
targets the self, which separates it from , which targets the surroundings.
Pick the term by asking what part of experience feels changed.

Map

Body sensation hallucinations: name the fault by skin, joints or fluid.
Body shape distortion: separates felt shape from felt movement.
Seeing one's own body: sorts views by where the viewer stands.
Depersonalisation and derealisation: sorts unreal feelings by self or world.
Summary table: sets each look-alike pair beside its deciding feature.

Body sensation hallucinations

Must know

Formication is a haptic hallucination, a false sense of touch.

Insects felt crawling on or under the skin are formication. Formication is a haptic hallucination, a false sense of touch. The word tactile means the same as haptic. Formication is a haptic (tactile) hallucination.

A limb felt as pulled, twisted in motion or vibrating is a kinaesthetic hallucination. The false sensation is of joint or muscle movement. Kinaesthetic hallucinations occur classically in alcohol or benzodiazepine withdrawal or intoxication.

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Fluid or wetness felt in or on the body is a hygric hallucination. One patient may feel blood pooling in the legs. Another may feel a water level in the chest. Both false sensations concern fluid, so both carry the same name.

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