Characteristics of Types of Hallucinations

Hallucination is a maladaptive response of individuals who are in the range of responses neurobiology. It is the perception of most maladaptive response. If healthy client perception is accurate, able to identify and interpret the stimulus based on information received through the senses (hearing, sight, smell, taste, and tactile), with hallucinations client perceives a stimulus sensory stimulus even though it does not exist. Among the second response is the response of individuals who for some reason are abnormal perception that one perceives the stimulus it receives the so-called illusion. Clients experience the illusion if the interpretation of the stimulus does not accurately match sensory stimuli received.


Characteristics of Types of Hallucinations

1. Auditory Hallucinations 70% : Hear the sound or noise, most often voices. Voice-shaped noise less obvious to the words that clearly speaks about the client, even to the complete conversation between two people who experience hallucinations. Sound mind in which the client heard that the client was told to do something sometimes can be dangerous.

2. Visual Hallucinations 20% : Visual stimulus in the form of flashing lights, geometric drawings, cartoons, shadows complicated or complex. Shadows can be fun or scary like seeing monsters.

3. Olfactory Hallucinations : Smell certain odors such as the smell of blood, urine, and feces, usually smells unpleasant. Hallucinations of smell is often a result of a stroke, tumor, seizures, or dementia.

4. Gustatory Hallucination : Feel to taste like the taste of blood, urine or feces.

5. Tactile Hallucination : Experience pain or discomfort without apparent stimulus. Sense of electric shock that comes from the ground, inanimate objects or other people.