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b. Hallucinations
People who suffer from schizophrenia usually will get hallucinations. “Sensation experienced by an individual that are not experienced by others”
Wilson, 1996: 419. This quotation means that only a schizophrenic who can feel
and see it while other people around herhim cannot.
According to James C. Coleman, there are five types of hallucinations. They are auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, olfactory hallucinations,
gustatory hallucinations and tactual hallucinations. Below are further explanations about those types of hallucinations.
i. Auditory Hallucinations
People who suffer from schizophrenia usually will hear voices that others cannot hear.
Hallucinations involving the sense of hearing: the individual may hear voices telling him what to do, commenting on or criticizing his
actions, or warning him that he will be punished unless he repents Coleman, 1976: 296.
From the above quotation it is obvious that the voice that a schizophrenic hear is only in his head and is not real. Usually a person who gets these
hallucinations will easily accept what the voice told them. The voice that exist in herhis head will influence herhis action and thought in everyday
life.
ii. Visual Hallucinations
In visual hallucinations, usually a schizophrenic will see thing that other people cannot see. “Hallucinations involving the sense of sight” Coleman,
1976: 296. This quotation means that certain objects that schizophrenic
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patients can see something in front of them like it is really happened and exist which actually only appear in their mind. That is why schizophrenic
patients cannot differentiate reality and hallucinations.
iii. Olfactory Hallucinations
These hallucinations are closed to human sense. “Hallucination involving the sense of smell” Coleman, 1976: 296. Usually people who get this
hallucinations will smell bizarre things every time they are under a depressing condition or a dangerous situation.
iv. Gustatory Hallucinations
These hallucinations still connects to the sense, that is, the sense of taste Coleman, 1976: 296. Here, people who suffer from schizophrenia will
think that someone is trying to kill them. They become worry toward food and drink that they consume and usually believe that their food and drink
are poisoned.
v. Tactual Hallucinations
Still related to the human’s sense, usually people who get this hallucination believe and feel that something touches them. They imagine
that what touches them is real.
c. Disorganized Speech Derailment
People who have this symptom have difficulty to relate a question and the answer. Most of all, there is no connection between question and answer. “A
person moves from one topic to another without any natural transitions” Wilson,
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