Schizo Spectrum Disorders + Disorganised Speech
People in the schizo spectrum can be hard or sometimes frustrating to talk to. People who are uninformed about schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders can mistake this as rudeness, silliness, or inebriation but itâs actually one of the symptoms of a debilitating mental disorder.Â
Disorganised speech often occurs in a schizophrenic person leaving their speech short, baffling or incomprehensible. It can display itself as random topic changes, gibberish, slurring, making up random words, word salad, and rapid and incoherent speech which makes the person hard to understand.Â
I complied a list of speech/thought disorders found in people on the schizophrenic spectrum with some basic definitions.
Most of these can be found in other mental disorders and you should bring it up with your doctor if you experience any of these often, without your control and without cause or stimulant (i.e. drug use, drunkenness, lack of sleep etc.)
also known as poverty of speech. this is when thereâs a lack of spontaneous speech. it can display itself in short and monosyllabic responses that trail off or end by the second syllable. it leads to an inability to make small talk or carry on simple conversation. in extreme cases it can even lead to partial mutism
( e.g. person 1: âhey howâs it going?â
person 1: âwhat do you want for dinner?â
person 1: maybe we should go out, get chinese.
person 1: do you want something else
this is the repetition of noises/words/phrases/sentences made by another person. persons experiencing echolalia often repeats questions or sentences directed to them and can make it difficult to carry on a conversation
( e.g. person 1:Â i have to go to the bathroom
person 2: go to the bathroom
person 1: can you watch my purse for me?
person 2: watch my purse for me
person 1: why are you doing that?
person 2: why am i doing that? )
this is when thereâs an abrupt pause in someoneâs train of thought wherein the person often forgets the original topic. it can lead to multiple topics being covered in one sentence or to an unexpected and abrupt end to a conversation mid sentence
( e.g. i like that new song by [pause] ⌠i wish i didnât cut my hair. )
this is speech characterised by compulsive grouping of words by rhyming or alliteration. thereâs no logic or reason in this sort of speech
( e.g. we have to go get green grass grisly grey. (or) when will we wait with words which wing were whims? )
this is the creation of new words often in the form of gibberish or nonsense babbling. it can happen as full sentences or a normal sentence that veers off into itÂ
( e.g. meaning to say âi want to go to sleep iâm tiredâ and actually saying âi want to go to sleep illa cravigesâ)
this is a bunch of random words strung together to no reason or purpose and while it can sometimes be vaguely related to the topic at hand, it comes out in a confusing array of disconnected words
( e.g. i want to get the purple apple match from the towel chair )
this is rapid paced, erratic, frantic speech. itâs usually loud and frenzied. itâs almost impossible to get the person experiencing it to pause and the listener will most likely not get a word in edgewise.Â
this is the repetition of one word or phrase over and over after theyâve ceased to be relevant or appropriate to the situation.Â
( e.g. person 1: iâm going to take a walk in the park later
person 2: walk in the park
person 1: do you wanna come with?
person 2: walk in the park
person 1: iâm gonna put on the kettle. do you want some tea?
person 2: walk in the park
NOTE: feel free to reblog whether or not youâre on the spectrum or have any mental illnesses at all. way too many people assume that schizo spectrum people are just rude or belligerent or mocking or joking when weâre really just exhibiting symptoms of our disorder.
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