somatic delusions

created by Trip Technician
(thing) by Trip Technician (1.4 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Sat Jul 28 2001 at 13:24:32

False belief that the sufferer's body has undergone or is undergoing a strange anatomical transformation. Commonly found in schizophrenia. Examples include:

  • flesh melting
  • flesh changing into plastic
  • nose elongating
  • body shrinking
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