A patient tried to gouge out his eye in response to auditory hallucinations commanding,"If thine eye offends thee,pluck it out." The nurse would analyze this behavior as indicating:

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Command hallucinations may be so intense that the patient cannot control the impulse to do what the hallucination tells him to do; thus the patient has impaired impulse control.This is not an anger management problem.Derealization is a feeling that the environment is distorted or unreal and not suggested in the scenario.No evidence of inappropriate affect is given.

A Patient Tried to Gouge Out His Eye in Response