When a client believes colors have special meaning and uses colors to interpret others' emotions, this symptom is most consistent with?

When a client believes colors have special meaning and uses colors to interpret others' emotions, this symptom is most consistent with?

• A. delusions
• B. paranoia
• C. hallucinations
• D. obsessions

Answer: (A)

Believing that colors have a special meaning and using those colors to interpret others’ emotions is a fixed, false belief about reality that others do not share and that isn’t culturally accepted. That pattern is delusions. It isn’t a hallucination, which would involve sensing something (seeing or hearing it) that isn’t actually present. It isn’t paranoia, which centers on suspiciousness or fear that others intend harm. It isn’t an obsession, which would be a distressing, intrusive thought the person recognizes as irrational and tries to resist.

Believing that colors have a special meaning and using those colors to interpret others’ emotions is a fixed, false belief about reality that others do not share and that isn’t culturally accepted. That pattern is delusions. It isn’t a hallucination, which would involve sensing something (seeing or hearing it) that isn’t actually present. It isn’t paranoia, which centers on suspiciousness or fear that others intend harm. It isn’t an obsession, which would be a distressing, intrusive thought the person recognizes as irrational and tries to resist.