a usually transient state of confusion especially to time, place or identity that is often the result of disease or drugs
disorientation
a mental disturbance characterized by confusion, disordered speech and hallucinations
delirium
a condition greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility; greatly diminished responsiveness
stupor
“brain fog” can be mild to severe; can strike without warning–>reduced mental acuity, mental “fogginess” and poor memory recall
clouding of consciousness
a profound state of unconsciousness
coma
a dreamy state lacking touch with present reality occurring in epilepsy, hysteria and schizophrenia
twilight state
the quality or state of being drowsy
somnolence
habitual lack of attention towards unpleasant or anxiety-provoking stimuli
selective inattention
a state of excessive alertness, manifested by a maintaining an abnormal awareness of environmental stimuli
hyperviligence
a state that is like being asleep except that you can move and respond to questions and commands like a person who is awake
trance
an affect with marked reduction in the range and intensity of emotional expression
blunted
absence or near absence of emotional response to a situation that normally would elicit emotion
flat
characterized by rapid changes in emotion unrelated to external stimuli
labile
depression and unrest without apparent cause
dysphoric
a normal mood
eurphoic
lacking restraint in the expression of feelings, having delusions of grandeur or being inclined to overvalue oneself
expansive
sensitive to stimuli
irritable
anhedonia
the inability to feel pleasure or happiness
excessive restlessness, increased mental and physical activity
agitation
somnambulism
sleep walking
akathisia
inability to sit still, compulsion to move about
psychosis
lost touch with reality through: hallucinations, delusions and disorganized speech
autistic thinking
a preoccupation with ones own thoughts: daydreams, fantasies