Thought Process
Wandering from the topic and never returning to it or providing the information requested.
What is Tangential?
An exaggerated, false belief in one’s own superior importance, talent, power, knowledge, or identity, often featuring delusions of being famous, wealthy, or having a divine mission.
What is Grandiose?
Using brief words to signify reluctance to engage in conversation.
What is Monosyllabic?
The belief that one is being conspired against, spied on, followed, poisoned, or harassed.
What are Persecutory Delusions?
A communication pattern marked by excessive, unnecessary details and digressions before eventually returning to the main point.
What is Circumstantial?
A false belief that ones thoughts are being transmitted, broadcast, or made audible to others.
What is Thought Broadcasting?
A "confused or unintelligible mixture of seemingly random words and phrases", often used in psychiatry to describe a symptom of a neurological or mental disorder.
What is Word Salad?
Beliefs involving bodily functions, sensations, or appearance, such as thinking one has a severe, undiagnosed medical condition or that their body is changing.
What are Somatic Delusions?
The expression of rapidly shifting thoughts that are barely associated with each other.
What is Flight of Ideas?
Belief ones thoughts are not their own, but rather implanted into their minds by an external force.
What is Thought Insertion?
Communication that lacks logical connection, clarity, or consistency, making it difficult or impossible to understand.
What is Incoherent?
A belief that insignificant, neutral, or harmless remarks, events, or objects in the environment hold personal, specific meaning (e.g., believing a news anchor is sending secret messages).
What is Delusion of Reference?
Abrupt halting of speech without explanation in the middle of a sentence.
What is Thought Blocking?
One holds a firm, false belief that they—or someone close to them—are being maliciously targeted, harmed, or conspired against.
What is Persecution?
Using significantly more words than necessary to convey an idea, characterized as wordy, long-winded, or rambling.
What is Verbose?
The unshakable belief that one's spouse or sexual partner is unfaithful.
What are Jealous Delusions?
A severe thought disorder, where there is no connection between the ideas, the shifts in ideas is often abrupt and makes it hard to follow the progression.
What is Loosening of Associations?
A philosophical, cognitive, or emotional belief that life is inherently meaningless, valueless, or pointless.
What is Nihilistic?
A disorder that impacts how one communicates, impacting speech, as well as the way you writer and understand both spoken and written language.
What is Aphasia?
The false belief that another person, often of higher status or a celebrity, is in love with them.
What is Erotomanic Delusion?