Delusional disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis denoting a psychotic mental illness that involves holding one or more non-bizarre delusions in the absence of any other significant psychopathology (signs or symptoms of mental illness). In particular a person with delusional disorder has never met any other criteria for schizophrenia and does not have any marked hallucinations, although tactile (touch) or olfactory (smell) hallucinations may be present if they are related to the theme of the delusion.A person with delusional disorder can be quite functional and does not tend to show any odd or bizarre behavior except as a direct result of the delusional belief. "Despite the encapsulation of the delusional system and the realtive sparing of the personality, the patient's way of life is likely to become more and more overwhelmed by the dominating effect of the abnormal beliefs". (Munro, 1999)It is worth noting that the term paranoia was previously used in psychiatry to denote what is now called 'delusional disorder'. The modern psychiatric use of the word paranoia is subtly different but now rarely refers to this specific diagnosis.Indicators of a delusion(Munro, 1999)The patient expresses an idea or belief with unusual persistence or force. That idea appears to exert an undue influence on his or her life, and the way of life is often altered to an inexplicable extent.Despite his profound conviction, there is often a quality of secretiveness or suspicion when the patient is questioned about it. The individual tends to be humorless and oversensitive, especially about the belief. There is a quality of centrality: no matter how unlikely it is that these strange things are happening to him, the patient accepts them relatively unquestioningly. An attempt to contradict the belief is likely to arouse an inappropriately strong emotional reaction, often with irritability and hostility. The belief is, at the least, unlikely.The patient is emotionally over-invested in the idea and it overwhelms other elements of his psyche (psychology). The delusion, if acted out, often leads to behaviors which are abnormal and/or out of character, although perhaps understandable in the light of the delusional beliefs. Individuals who know the patient will observe that his belief and behavior are uncharacteristic and alien.
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As most of you know, we have been remodeling our home, like what seems like forever. I can't remember now, if it is 3 or 4 years...I am thinking close to 4...we have done major major work. Most of that time we have lived in one room while the rest of the house was being finished. We are just now starting to move furniture and things back into the rest of the house. The kitchen is done and now so is rest. We have a living room again..yippeeee!!!!!! I love our ceiling fan above the sectional couch..to me it looks like an air plane propeller.
my picture really isn't crooked, I don't know why it looks that way, other than I SUCK at taking pictures!Candy Girl went to the groomer this past week and got shaved again! She is mad. I love when her hair is long and beautiful, but I just don't have the time to take care of it like I should...soooo buzzzzzzzzzzzzz off it came again. Hair grows! That is one mean look she is giving me huh.It's now 1:53 and Mini Bug has finally hit dream land. Thats where I am headed now....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Yesterday we spent the whole day shopping and playing. After our shopping we went out to eat...we decided on Italian...yummy. Then we went to the track so Corny could run, Mini bug ran with him..I wish I would have gotten pictures of that. I didn't run, I sat on the grass and worked up a sweat watching them run~!
