#pressured speech

[rachymarie]

Some education/symptoms list about "schizophrenic rambling":

Hi, howdy folks. Today [edit: 2 days ago now, on Friday NZ time) I am once again experiencing a flare-up of schizospec symptoms after a day of overexertion yesterday, and I somehow managed to be organized enough (yes, baffling, I know) to group these similar symptoms all together. So I thought it might be nice to share. A little pre-amble (or rather pre-ramble, amirite ;) )/foreword of thoughts:

If you ever witness "schizophrenic rambling", please be considerate and don't make fun of them!! - as this person may be experiencing something that they can barely help, because of their brain wiring. Please think about what we are going through. And it can really be embarrassing enough for us rambling in public, feeling like we have little to no control over it when it takes over. So without further ado, (before I really do descend into a ramble, because this is just me getting started lol) the aforementioned symptoms:

Logorrhoea:

In psychology, logorrhea or logorrhoea (from Ancient Greek λόγος logos "word" and ῥέω rheo "to flow") is a communication disorder that causes excessive wordiness and repetitiveness, which can cause incoherency. [x]

Graphorrhoea:

In psychology, graphorrhea, or graphorrhoea, is a communication disorder expressed by excessive wordiness with minor or sometimes incoherent rambling, specifically in written work.[1] Graphorrhea is most commonly associated with schizophrenia [x]

Idiosyncratic speech:

What is the psychiatric term for excessive talking?

Idiosyncratic speech—sometimes referred to as "excessive talking," "non-stop talking," or "unwarranted talking"—lacks the urgency associated with compulsive speech, which tends to be intense and pressing. Idiosyncratic speech might represent a personality trait, a thought pattern, or a personal preference. [x]

Tangentiality:

What is an example of Tangentiality?

Tangential Thinking

For example: "I really got mad as I was waiting in line at the grocery store. I cannot stand lines. Waiting and waiting. I waited for a long time to get my driver's license. [x]

(this last one I really relate to)

Flight of ideas:

In schizophrenia, flight of ideas may include disorganized speech patterns, fragmented thoughts, and a lack of logical coherence. Common flight of ideas examples include: Rapid speech: Individuals may speak quickly and incessantly, often without pauses or interruptions.

Flight of ideas occurs when thoughts rapidly flow, often involving fast-paced speech, topic jumping, and difficulty maintaining focus.

Flight of ideas are thoughts that go really fast and might not make sense to others. [x]

Racing thoughts:

Individuals’ minds may feel overwhelmed by rapid and continuous thoughts. Racing thoughts keep coming one after another, making slowing down or controlling these thoughts challenging. [x]

Pressured speech:

Pressured speech means individuals talk really fast or interrupt others because they can’t slow down. They may feel like their words are rushing out [x]

Yes I know I know, unironically quoting Wikipedia lol (regardless, I feel I've done a good job and I'm proud and I can verify first-hand that these symptoms are real. The above is still better info than WebMD or a lot of other online health publications aka Dr. Google). But hey I'm disabled and this is the best I can do for now, running out of spoons. I've done what I can, spending hours researching and experiencing first-hand these symptoms, and it is all I can do this morning to put this post together.

So I allow myself to take the burden of proof off of myself for the day, and instead put the burden of further education of oneself onto the non-schizospec (we are tired enough as it is always having to advocate/stand up for ourselves to often deaf ears, please don't expect us or stigmatized disabled folks to always do all the work on abolishing stigma).

Obligatory pre-emptive defensiveness aside, I hope this helped open up your mind a little to just some of the many experiences of severe mental illness.

To non-schizospec/non-psychotics:

It can feel incredibly embarrassing for us "rambling" a lot publicly - but at the end of the day, at least we know we're usually "rambling" for good reason: getting our story/experiences out and actually expanding mental health awareness.

It actually takes a lot out of us to keep doing the full-time job of trying to educate you on having compassion for us and treating us better, so please don't let it be in vain, please listen to what we are trying to say, even if we may come off as incoherent at a glance.

Post-amble ramble:

Collecting and listing names of the symptoms I experience kinda helps me cope and make sense of it all and validates my struggles so I can forgive myself for simply experiencing symptoms. It can feel incredibly embarrassing for us "rambling" a lot publicly - but at the end of the day, at least I know I'm usually rambling for good reason: getting my story/experiences out and expanding mental health awareness. So I'm not just "being difficult" - I'm experiencing symptom flare-ups/disabling features of my disability; I'm not just "lazy" - I'm fatigued as hell and need rest. So if you wouldn't point and laugh at someone in a wheelchair, and find the idea of doing so repulsive, disgusting, unforgiveable, etc - don't point and laugh at us for our disability.

Sorry if this became messy and hard to read/too many words, but as per the point of the post, I am trying my best - and it took me three days just to get this posted/write + edit down all the relevant tags to fit within the 30-tag limit. If anyone knows more about these symptoms please add.

On Schizophrenia + Psychosis Awareness Day on 24 May (NZT, or New York time or later depending on my capacities closer to the time) I'm planning to do a bit more of a master list of all the symptoms I can think of off the top of my head that I have experienced, so stay tuned. Already wrote it for mother's day but missed that so figured it's more natural on Schizospec day lol

Extra keywords:

Idk if this works but, extra keywords for visibility/reach and possible other conditions to experience these symptoms:

anxiety, depression, autism, actually autistic

(Also the communities that have tended to speak over us in the mental health and neurodivergence discussion/community. I say this even being autistic myself. Please let other conditions into the discussion and not just the "cool/trendy" ones)

[cozymochi]

⚠️ TWST BOOK 7 SPOILERS ⚠️

You tellin’ me Sebek’s special boy magic is literally becoming lightning?? OKAY GO ‘HEAD…

POV: you are Silver about to be swallowed by the darkness.

Ko-fi

[tunamayojazz]

saw that fav ship trope: chronic sleeper x chronic insomniac tweet and guess what! it's them

[sleepychaika]

hobbies include: sketching phos (particularly not having a great time). yeah this is just a sketch dump pretty much!.

the last 3 were done while listening to the most phos-core song ive ever heard: Low – More (discovered thanks to @punpuncake) (no seriously, google the lyrics. mind-blowingly accurate. angst.mp3.)

aaand a bonus sketch from an aggie.io session with friends – blindingly white next to the previous pics, so im putting it under the cut:

[lollytea]

Tbh I think the Barbie movie handled its theme of existentialism better than the feminism.

[writheworm]

something better kept to oneself (2024)

[area51-narutorun]

this is super niche but I fucking hate the fact that in my lifetime so many australians have stopped saying “opshopping” and have started saying “thrifting”

[bereft-of-frogs]

It has been *erases chalk number* 0 days since I faced peer pressure to watch the clone wars (2008)

[alicornze7]

-EMERGENCY INTERRUPTION POST/hj-

idc if it’s 4 days late have this April Fools special!!

this took longer than it should but it’s more of a treat for myself so win-win

I don't actually have an official persona so have this lil’ guy I made in 6th grade instead (he's gonna represent me until I design my actual sona)

Close-ups :

this drawing single-handedly destroyed my workflow

-we will return to our regular posting schedule shortly-

[thefearofcod]

callout post for tumblr user @brawlite

put chris evans on my dash in the year of my lord 2024

[itspileofgoodthings]

I give my grad speech in a week, have been writing a million versions of what I want to say in my head all year, talked to my mom last night, boy did she separate the wheat from the chaff.

[thetaoofbetty]

Are you going to see Cole's new movie?

that's a negative, anonarino. i gotta be honest, i don't even really know what the premise is. franken-esque? i haven't seen any trailers or ads yet so, you know, i'm going off of zero knowledge about it.

i did promise to take my exchange student to see that rom com with that capybara guy for a little galentines night out tho. mostly because i enjoy movie theater nachos and i am trying to steal one of those kung fu panda 4 popcorn buckets without being caught.

[hexavexen]

((I recently made a character for a private SMP my friends and I are doing named Anemone! She's her own character, but draws a lot of parallels with Hex: only fitting since Hex was originally made for an SMP that I didn't end up doing.

She won't be on the blog but I'd like to think that these two selfish, bratty fairies would get up to mischief and mayhem with one another.))

[multicolour-ink]

Given that Peach already has a training course set up for Mario, something tells me she's used it herself before just in case the need to protect her kingdom arose

I saw this mentioned somewhere (can't remember where now) that Peach is more "girl boss" in this because she takes it upon herself to make sure her people are protected from harm, as she's more physically capable.

This is backed up by one of the Toads saying "Look at us, we're adorable!"

Peach never asks for her people to protect her. As the ruler, she believes it's her duty to protect them, not the other way around.

[catboykacchan]

i think the hinterland doctrine is classic literature and it should be taught in schools

[pickapea]

this is the worst placeholder i've ever written. like, i'm not feeling all that grand