Perception is the gateway through which we receive information form our five senses and from our internal awareness. Perception is the beginning of all experience. Problems in this theatre often begin early in physical development but the trouble they cause commonly manifests itself much later and in other theatres of the brain.
A deficit in perception has the potential to alter radically the course of cognitive, emotional and social development. A perception problem lies so far upstream from the major foci of our lives (such as emotional distress, social difficulties, or destructive behaviours, that it is often difficult for the individual or the clinician to identify, or even imagine, a perception problem as being the root cause of a major life disturbance.
Matters are made worse as there is no objective standard of "normal" perception. A lifetime of misperceptions leaves many patients ashamed of their limitations and fearful of repeating failures. Perception is the starting point for diagnosis because mental life develops primarily in response to the information that the brain apprehends.
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