SignTrue hallucinationsPseudohallucinations

Perception of a hallucinatory imageIs objective and real in the patients consciousness and can not be distinguished from real perceptionPerceived as something being subjective and at the same time abnormal, rather distinct from real images, ideas, fantasies and true hallucinations

Judgment on how a hallucinatory image is being imprinted Conviction of the usual way of perception by one of real analyzersConviction of unusual perception by a non-existent analyzer (the inner self, the inner sight, the inner hearing)

Identification of a hallucinatory image with the real oneComplete identification with alienation of a hallucinatory image from a subjectIs not present. A hallucinatory image has special features allowing the subject to distinguish this image from the real one

A projection of a hallucinatory imageA projection of a hallucinatory image, as a rule, in a physical material world, in real space within reach of the analyzer. A projection of a hallucinatory image, as a rule, in subjective space; it is frequently out of reach of the analyzer.

A feeling of something being purposely createdIs always absentIs almost always present

Actual behavior (behavior corresponds to the content of hallucinatory suffering)Can almost always be seen The behavior is almost always dissociated from the content of hallucinations

Social conviction (the patient is sure that the surrounding people see the same imageCan be seen in almost every caseAlmost always absent

A threatening hallucinatory image A threat to life primarily, health and well-being of the patient and his relativesMental sphere of the patient

Daily fluctuations of the extent of symptom.As a rule, as a kind of hallucinatory experiences progressing to hallucinatory loads in the evening and at nightAre not present, as a rule

CourseIt is frequently acute, but relatively not prolongedIt is frequently chronic, subacute, prolonged