What is phantom hearing?

  Hallucinations are illusory perceptions that appear in the auditory organs and are a common symptom in psychiatric patients, especially in schizophrenia. Hallucinations are experiences of auditory phenomena that can occur without auditory stimuli. Persistent verbal hallucinations are often a manifestation of schizophrenia.  Hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia often develop with the disease and rarely disappear spontaneously without treatment. The reappearance of hallucinations often signals fluctuations and recidivism. Mostly early onset: hallucinations tend to appear early in the illness, or they can occur during the symptomatic development of the illness. In slow-onset schizophrenia, a small amount of more monotonous hallucinations may appear in the early stages, but the amount of hallucinations gradually increases and the content of the hallucinations gradually becomes richer as the disease progresses.  Case Mr. Chen Male 40 Description of symptoms The following is the description of Mr. Chen’s daughter Dad usually always said that someone was talking in his ear, saying that he was a great god sent down from heaven to give him divine guidance, telling him that someone would hurt him and how he could get through this calamity, slowly Dad looked at everyone with hostility, always thinking that mom had someone outside and was not good for him; always thinking that the food his daughter cooked for him was poisonous and not good for him; now he even went to the point of walking away from the house. Now even walking down the road, he feels that all the eyes on him, all the people who are talking, are despising him, laughing at him, talking about him!  Recently more and more serious, Dad has been unable to go out, even at home, but also a person himself in bed wrapped in a quilt constantly babbling some words, and his so-called great God conversation, now more than 1 day has not eaten, the family is really anxious! I really don’t know what to do, so I went to the hospital for consultation.  The first thing is to think that there are people talking to you in your ears but not in reality, which is hallucination.  The symptoms of hallucinations are not only that someone is talking in your ear, but also that you may hear sounds that you cannot hear, such as the sound of a bell ringing, the roar of a car, the sound of water drops, etc. in a very quiet environment.  Delusions of victimization means that the patient is more sensitive and suspicious, attaching everything around him to himself. He may not even dare to eat the food brought to him, thinking that someone is trying to harm him. When walking, he often feels that someone is following him, is suspicious of everything, and is paranoid about others. Due to the domination of hallucinations, the patient often commits some acts of injury or self-injury when he has an attack, so he poses a certain danger to society and others.  From the above symptoms, it can be judged that Mr. Chen’s schizophrenia, and according to Mr. Chen’s daughter’s description, Mr. Chen now belongs to a more serious period, and can no longer recover through self-regulation or family members’ guidance, and needs to be treated by going to the hospital.