![]() A persecutory delusion involves the belief that the sufferer is being stalked, tricked, framed, or hunted in some fashion.Delusions vary widely in their themes they may be persecutory, referential (about oneself), somatic (involving the body), religious, erotomanic (involving sexuality), or grandiose in nature. They may originate based on hallucinations, or from faulty suppositions and interpretations of events that either happened or were believed to have happened but which have no basis in reality. Unlike hallucinations, which are sensory in nature, delusions are false fixed beliefs that misinterpret events and relationships. Frequently, the voices are highly negative and critical in tone and attempt to humiliate patients. ![]() Schizophrenic patients describe the voices as providing a running commentary of their behaviors and intentions in their heads, or as commanding presences telling them to do or not do certain things. They are not like the common odd 'hypnogogic' sensations that many people experience during transitions from waking to sleep or vice versa (e.g., during periods of semi-consciousness). Auditory hallucinations such as voices occur during full consciousness and appear to originate from one or more third parties. However, the most commonly reported form of hallucination is auditory involving hearing people's voices when those people are not there. Hallucinations may occur within any sensory realm (including sight, sound, taste, smell and touch) with convincing reality. Whatever stimulation causes them occurs within the ill person's brain, and not outside in the world. Hallucinations are sensory perceptions that occur in the absence of anything causing those sensations. Positive Symptoms: The Psychotic Dimension
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