Stupidity of consciousness - the name under which lies a disorder that is acute, but is transient. At the same time, a person is not able to understand and perceive the world that surrounds him.
How to determine clouding of consciousness?
This state is characterized by detachment from the world. It is difficult for patients to comprehend reality. They are poorly oriented in time, space and are not aware of the situation. Also, thinking becomes fuzzy. The patient cannot establish a connection between events. At the moment when the clouding of consciousness takes place, the patient does not remember the events.
According to groups of disorders, a decrease in the level of consciousness is distinguished, in which there is lethargy or lack of contact with the patient. There are many intermediate states between a clear mind and a coma. Stupefaction is a psychosis that is accompanied by hallucinations, delusions and arousal. Reality has been replaced by a fictional world.
Altered state of consciousness - concentration of attention on some subject. At the same time, the patient is fenced off from other phenomena of reality.
Dumbing of consciousness: types
The most common syndromes are amentia, delirium, twilight stupefaction and oneiroid. Often such phenomena are observed against the background of intoxication or mental illness.
Delirium is an acute psychosis in which markedly pronounced arousal, disorientation in time and place, hallucinations and colorful illusions. In this state, an assessment of one's personality is preserved.
Amentia is more common with exhaustion. The patient does not make contact. He sometimes has hallucinations or illusions. Thinking incoherently.
Twilight stupefaction is characterized by the fact that patients can perceive only separate fragments of reality. Moreover, the reaction to these circumstances is extremely unexpected. Usually patients show aggression and anger. Contact is almost impossible. Patients may perform automatic actions, such as putting on clothes. When the psychosis passes, the patient does not remember what he did.
Oneiric obscuration is a fragmented perception of reality combined with vivid hallucinations. Patients seem to see their life from the outside. Visions come from lived events, films watched and books read. A dual orientation is possible, i.e. the patient may be aware that he is in the hospital, but at the same time believe that he is participating in some fantastic events.
Even a he althy person may have a state of altered consciousness. For example, if you concentrate on the doctor's words, you can stop perceiving the world around you. It is in this wayobscuration of consciousness is achieved during hypnosis.
If there are hysterical seizures, then after psychosis a person remembers only a part of the events. But under the influence of hypnosis, you can restore the memory of what happened.
In any case, the treatment of all these conditions is handled by a psychiatrist. It is important to conduct an examination in time, make a diagnosis and start appropriate procedures.
