Loss of reality

Loss of reality describes the mental state of a person who is not (any longer) able to grasp the situation in which they find themselves.

Causes and Definition

Triggers can be traumatizing experiences, shock , substance abuse (see also alcohol abuse ), but also the onset of severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and organic psychosis . Also imprisonment in constant darkness, certain metabolic disorders , lack of fluids or gradual starvation cause a loss of reality, among other things.

The lack of awareness of “a temporal continuum” in which life only takes place “in the moment” is referred to as temporal loss of reality .

In disputes, the term is often used as a synonym for lack of insight.

literature

• Sigmund Freud : The loss of reality in neurosis and psychosis. 1924. [1]

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Erdmann: Psychosomatic Medicine And Psychotherapy: A textbook on a psychoanalytic basis. W. Kohlhammer, 2007, p. 148 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
2. ↑ Practical Handbook Drugs and Drug Prevention: Fields of Action. P. 137 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
3. ↑ Alcohol and culpability: decision-making aids for doctors and lawyers. P. 26 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
4. ↑ Introduction to Psychology and Education. P. 137 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
5. ↑ General Psychopathology : An Introduction. P. 123 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
6. ↑ Syria: Syrian opposition accuses Russia of a loss of reality. In: zeit.de. April 20, 2013, accessed November 29, 2014 . 
7. ↑ Kohl has to suffer from a loss of reality. In: Spiegel Online. January 20, 2000, accessed November 29, 2014 . 

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