Broken thinking

Disorganized cognition is not common but still strictly associated with Diaspasia and particularly Catathymia.

It is the result of misinterpretation of physical facts, confusing social cues for others and mistaking objects for other objects related to decreased concrete thinking.

It can be the result of disorganization in formed memories, often confusing memories for one another as well as confusing learned facts for one another. Which is symptomatic of Diaspasia and Trementia.

It can also be the result of entirely altered perception of the world around and how things should be interpreted, this is a better explanation when memory capacities are clearly not affected, it is symptomatic of severe Debiosis.

Example 1: Disorganized receptive communication, symptoms appear when certain communication milestones are reached (when the child is able to speak and understand what they're being said).


 * “Do you like puppies?”
 * Patient: “Yes, I like puppies.”
 * “My mother has bought me a puppy”
 * Two hours later
 * “Do I look ugly to you?”
 * Patient: “I told you I like puppies two hours ago.” -disorganized social cognition (responding to what was said earlier instead of the previously asked question)
 * “What are you talking about? (making a confused expression)”
 * Patient: “You look so happy, I'm happy you had your puppy.” -gross misreading of facial expression
 * “You're scaring me.”
 * Patient: “I know you're excited, no need to spout it out through weird idioms.” - the patient misinterprets literal sentence as an idiom, which shows impaired concrete thinking and increased abstraction

Example 2: Disorganized expressive communication


 * Patient: “What do you think of that person?”
 * “Person bad him very is he.” (He's a very bad person) -fragmented speech
 * “Do you mean he's a terrible person?”
 * Patient: “Yes. Him fire me making.” (means: He makes me enraged like burning fire) -metaphoric speech, it is often used in excess in conditions such as these
 * “Do you see pink elephants as usual?”
 * “Of course me liking trains!” -inappropriate, off-topic responses to questions and poor spoken grammar, often the result of confabulation