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a usually transient state of confusion especially to time, place or identity that is often the result of disease or drugs

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disorientation

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a mental disturbance characterized by confusion, disordered speech and hallucinations

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delirium

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a condition greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility; greatly diminished responsiveness

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stupor

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“brain fog” can be mild to severe; can strike without warning–>reduced mental acuity, mental “fogginess” and poor memory recall

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clouding of consciousness

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a profound state of unconsciousness

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coma

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a dreamy state lacking touch with present reality occurring in epilepsy, hysteria and schizophrenia

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twilight state

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the quality or state of being drowsy

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somnolence

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habitual lack of attention towards unpleasant or anxiety-provoking stimuli

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selective inattention

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a state of excessive alertness, manifested by a maintaining an abnormal awareness of environmental stimuli

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hyperviligence

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a state that is like being asleep except that you can move and respond to questions and commands like a person who is awake

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trance

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an affect with marked reduction in the range and intensity of emotional expression

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blunted

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absence or near absence of emotional response to a situation that normally would elicit emotion

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flat

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characterized by rapid changes in emotion unrelated to external stimuli

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labile

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depression and unrest without apparent cause

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dysphoric

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a normal mood

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eurphoic

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lacking restraint in the expression of feelings, having delusions of grandeur or being inclined to overvalue oneself

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expansive

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sensitive to stimuli

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irritable

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anhedonia

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the inability to feel pleasure or happiness

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excessive restlessness, increased mental and physical activity

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agitation

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somnambulism

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sleep walking

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akathisia

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inability to sit still, compulsion to move about

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psychosis

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lost touch with reality through: hallucinations, delusions and disorganized speech

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autistic thinking

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a preoccupation with ones own thoughts: daydreams, fantasies