“A thought or communication pattern disorder characterized by loose or odd connections between ideas. A person having this disorder is unable to express a set of well-structured, logically related ideas. In effect, the person expresses a rather diffuse, vague, confusing, and without clear logic and connections between one idea to the next.”
Have noticed a lot more of it than usual on the forum today. Wondering why?
I am awesome at loose associations.
My mind is full of loose connections - it’s wired that way.
I’ve heard that “remote associations” can indicate creativity, as long as they are parallel and logical.
I agree on all counts. It’s one thing for others not to be able see the connections that are actually there. It’s another for the connections to not actually be there at all.
Actually, I think loose connections are common, & that most people extrapolate loosely at times… BUT the distance between their logical “arrivals” – or “dots” – is not that great.
The average sz pt, however, may seem to others to switch tracks a lot more often, and though their dots are connected in their minds, the average person cannot see the connections.
I think one has to understand the nature and function of trauma, fear conditioning and paranoid logic, for example, to understand how the typical sz mind processes.
What loose connections are you referring to on this site’s board? I haven’t noticed any more than the usual today.
Sorry we’re not in court. Maybe you can summon me as a witness.
You may be right. It just seemed more than usual today to me.
You’re a hard cat to read, notmoses…
You seem so “with it” at most times, that when you appear to be “not with it”…it becomes shocking to me. I have to keep reminding myself you suffer from this affliction as well.
You carry yourself so well.
One thing’s for sure. I’m really difficult to bait. And getting more so all the time.
I’ve been on this site for months now…and never once felt I was being baited or ‘set up’ by any poster. I guess ‘trust’ also comes with recovery.
I think the right side of the brain is where the loose connections are. In most people the left, logical side is dominant. In schizophrenia the left side is disabled. Therefore the right compensates + serves as the dominant one.
Sorry for not responding to your post. I can’t read - side effect/symptom.
I know the heat has been playing with me… it’s been messing with my sleep and making it hard to think in a straight line.
I wonder if others are having the same reaction.
Yes. Hell yes.
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