deliriums
Fevered mental states
Deliriums is the plural of delirium, a state of mental confusion marked by disorientation, incoherent speech, and often hallucinations or agitation.
Deliriums typically arise from fever, intoxication, withdrawal, or serious illness: The patient experienced deliriums during the worst of the infection.
Figuratively, delirium describes intense excitement or frenzy: deliriums of joy.
Intense, overwhelming pleasures
- frenziesEpisodes of uncontrolled excitement
- ecstasiesIntense overwhelming happiness
- transportsMoves between locations
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
intoxication · abandon · passions · fervor · exhilaration · manias · obsessions · infatuations
Abnormally high body temperatures
- hallucinationsPerceptions without external cause
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
- agitationDisturbed, restless state
- tremorsSlight shaking movements
disorientation · ICU · withdrawal · psychosis · encephalopathy · sedation · restlessness · sundowning
raptures
Intense, overwhelming pleasures
- frenziesEpisodes of uncontrolled excitement
- ecstasiesIntense overwhelming happiness
- transportsMoves between locations
euphoria · intoxication · abandon · passions · fervor · exhilaration · manias · obsessions · infatuations · exaltations
fevers
Abnormally high body temperatures
- hallucinationsPerceptions without external cause
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
- agitationDisturbed, restless state
tremors · disorientation · ICU · withdrawal · psychosis · encephalopathy · sedation · restlessness · sundowning · incoherence
inspiration
Source of creative impulse
- frenzyViolent mental agitation
- visionsImagined or prophetic sights
- feversAbnormally high body temperatures
artistic · genius · madness · muses · obsession · possession · mania · creativity · intensity · imagination
deliriumslucidity
Clearness of mind
clarity · coherence · clear-headedness · rationality · sanity
deliriumscalm
Free from agitation
composure · tranquility · serenity · equanimity · placidity
deliriumsreality
What actually exists
lucidity · sound judgment · reason · groundedness · realism
- delirium tremensAcute alcohol withdrawal crisis