if any mental disorder demonestrates the potential for losing touch with reality,
it's schizophernia.
schizophernia is a psycological disorder that involves severely distorted beliefs,perception&thought process.
during a schizophernic episode,people lose their grip on reality.
the usual symptoms include delusion or false beliefs,hallucinations* or false perception & severly disorganized thought process,speech&behavior.
besides,person can show these signs as well:
greatly reduced motivation,emotional expressivness or eagerness to speak.
on of common signs is called flat effect,regardless of situation person respondes in an emotionally "flat" way,showing a dramatic reduction in emotional responsivness &facial expressions.
speak is slow&monotonous,lacking normal vocal inflections.
normally schizophernia is diagnosed when 2 or more of these characteristic symptomes are actively present for a month or longer.
usually schizophernia involves a longer priod-typically 6 month or more- of odd behavior,beliefs,perceptual exprience&other less severe signs of mental disturbance.
in some cases patient admits sounds in his head are products of his own mind,but he can't stop them,nor reject them
*Hallucination: A false or distorted perception that seems VIVIDLY real to person expriencing it
