Confabulation - Confabulation

Japanese: 作話 - さくわ(英語表記)confabulation
Confabulation - Confabulation
A mental symptom in which a person recounts in great detail a story about something they did not experience, as if it were true. There is no intention to deceive the other person. It occurs through a different mechanism than hallucinations, delusions, lies, etc. It is often seen in alcohol psychosis and geriatric mental disorders.

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Japanese:
自分で体験しなかったことを,あたかも真実の体験であるかのように,一つのストーリーとしてかなり詳細に語る精神症状。相手をだます意図はない。幻覚,妄想,虚言などとは異なる機序で現れる。アルコール精神病や老年精神障害でみられることが多い。

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