What is an Altered State of Consciousness?

The state of change in consciousness is above all a change in attention. The patient's attention is narrow and fixed. Temporary loss of ability to divert attention

Change of consciousness

The state of change in consciousness is above all a change in attention. The patient's attention is narrow and fixed. Temporary loss of ability to divert attention

[English]

Altered state of consciousness

[Psychological glossary]

Consciousness changes state. One situation is to focus completely on one's mental activity, one idea, or one's physical sensations, and to the outside is to turn a blind eye to everything.

The other is to selectively pay attention to certain things or aspects of things in the environment, other things or aspects are placed outside the scope of attention. The state of change in consciousness is psychological and understandable. It is the product of certain ideas, emotions, and attitudes, and can even be terminated by volition.

The so-called free state is the state of changing consciousness. There was forgetting afterwards, but memories can be evoked by association and suggestion. The change of consciousness is directly related to a certain personality structure and characteristics, that is, people who evade the strong tendency of reality, highly suggestive and "forgetful".