I’ve been so isolated and withdrawn, I am having trouble with basic communication with my family. It’s like my mind goes blank mid-conversation (during the little conversation we have), and I have absolutely nothing to say. Anyone else?
i often feel i have nothing to say its very disturbing.
I have alogia, I can never speak at length about anything. I find it extremely disempowering.
I rarely feel like my mind goes blank. It goes into hyper-drive, crashes into a brick wall and then twitches on the ground for a few hours. I talk to my husband a lot and some to my mom but everyone else takes too much energy between struggling to speak and fighting to listen. I do think, however, that these issues take on one of the same characteristics as most cognitive problems: the more we practice, the better we get. So, if we had a safe way to spend a few minutes in conversation each day, we’d probably get better with communication over time.
It’s called thought blocking. It’s a symptom of schizophrenia. I used to get it quite often, but now it rarely happens. It was very annoying when it happened. Suddenly, mid-sentence, I had no idea what I was talking about and no thoughts in my head. I would just say “ummm… ehhh…” for a while and need help to pick up the thread again when it ended.
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