The individual is surprised and overwhelmed by everything that happens, including what he says and does. His laughter and all his utterances befall him like external events. He also attains experiences that border on inspiration and illumination. These hallucinatory perceptions are mostly illusionary distortions of the environment, which at the time had become unfamiliar and striking. Agonizing doubt about the reality of things surfaces.
Physiognomies become like gypsum, wax or ivory.
Actual hallucinations are rarely seen. In the haptic sphere, the feeling of the body's cohesiveness often disintegrates. Dynamic sensations of being incessantly catapulted and other similar sensations arise. For the comprehension of the rausch-episode, this precipitous fluctuation is of great significance. Mood and affectivity fluctuate according to the consciousness of compulsion, the restriction of activity and the feelings of defenselessness and dependence which often result.