Hyperabstraction

Hyperabstraction is a collection of symptoms involving misinterpretation of verbal communication and exaggeration of normal behavior, it is a primary symptom of Debiosis.

Symptoms may occur sometimes but are not constant in milder cases.

Symptoms

 * Joke-taking: The person will interpret a serious statement as a joke or sarcasm.
 * Metaphoric interpretation: The person will interpret a literal claim as an idiom and find ridiculous messages behind them: "I am going to the shop" will be mistaken as "I am going to walk the dog."
 * Hypermentalizing: The person will mistakenly find hidden cues, for example, they may think their interlocutor is hiding their emotions, or they may interpret false cues in conversations and gestures, without missing the real ones.
 * Pathological imitation: The person will unconsciously imitate others' accent and mannerisms in a realistic manner.
 * Excessive use of idioms and metaphores, difficult to understand.