Divinistic schizophrenia

Divinistic schizophrenia is a supposed variant of schizophrenia in which a person's mind is malfunctioning in such a way that ey disassociates from reality to such extent that ey perceives and imagines unnatural or even supernatural beings, such as gods and angels, and is characterized by visual or auditory hallucinations and grandiose delusions of blessedness, authority, and superpowers. 
== Signs and symptoms ==
According to the Table of Human Diseases, divinistic schizophrenia manifests itself clearly in most religious activities and in psychological hyperexperiences. The most evident signs are:
* intense prayer (talking to oneself)
* speaking in so-called heavenly, spiritual, or esoteric tongues: glossolalia
* singing praises to a deity
* obsessive devotion to rules and rituals prescribed by a supposed "holy book"
* fanatic extremism leading to brutal violence
Among the internal psychological symptoms are:
* grandiose delusions of blessedness, authority from a deity, perfection personified
* auditory hallucinations (hearing the voice of God)
== Social effects ==
In the society where and when the expired are thrown out, religion is considered a major sign of grave insanity and is an indication of expiration. Persons who hold any form of theistic beliefs and openly express ("shamelessly expose") them are considered insane and in need of guardianship by a "sane adult" to "facilitate recovery" or if they are "irrecoverable", they are to be "properly dulled by a medician and disposed of by the trash collectors."
Category:Psychiatric disorders in Terra
Category:Terran psychiatry