In my fourth year of my PhD on schizophrenia and I'm currently writing up my thesis. I'm procrastinating right now so thought I'd do something useful with what I've been studying.

And no, schizophrenia is not multiple personality disorder.

Edit: I have to get dinner and run some errands. I'm really enjoying this so I will definitely get back and answer the rest of the questions.

  • Sidereal223 [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I don't know too much about clanging, but people with schizophrenia usually form strange mental associations. For example, if we're talking about socialism, there are other related stuff we can move and or talk about,i.e, class struggle, Marx etc. For people with schizophrenia, what they find as relatable is much wider. That's why sometimes if you talk to someone with schizophrenia, the stuff they talk about might not make a lot of sense. I guess clanging can be something similar to that.

    • CptKrkIsClmbngThMntn [any]
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      4 years ago

      Thanks. I asked because I worked with someone who had a psychotic break once. This person is very good with a particular kind of lyricism, and an unbelievable freestyler. When they were sick, sometimes they'd be ranting or arguing about something and suddenly break into improvised complex rhyme schemes. They'd sorta stay on topic. It was certainly not in situations you'd consider appropriate, but neither did it descend into word salad or anything. It many ways it was very impressive.