User:Formaldisorder

Formal Disorder is a group of hard rocking musicians that grew out of some crazy times in rural Saskatchewan. Formal Disorder is also a symptom of schizophrenia. Symptoms of Formal Disorder include, but are not limited too;

(a) Pressure of speech - An increase in the amount of spontaneous speech compared to what is considered customary. (b)Distractible speech - During mid speech, the subject is changed in response to a stimulus. e.g. "Then I left San Francisco and moved to... where did you get that tie?" (c) Tangentiality - Replying to questions in an oblique, tangential or irrelevant manner. e.g:

Q: "What city are you from?" A: "Well, that's a hard question. I'm from Iowa. I really don't know where my relatives came from, so I don't know if I'm Irish or French."

(d) Derailment (also Loose Association and Knight's Move thinking) - Ideas slip off the track on to another which is obliquely related or unrelated. e.g. "The next day when I'd be going out you know, I took control, like uh, I put bleach on my hair in California." (e) Incoherence (word salad) - Speech that is unintelligible because, though the individual words are real words, the manner in which they are strung together results in incoherent gibberish, e.g. the question "Why do people comb their hair?" elicits a response like "Because it makes a twirl in life, my box is broken help me blue elephant. Isn't lettuce brave? I like electrons. Hello, beautiful." (f)Illogicality - Conclusions are reached that do not follow logically (non sequiturs or faulty inferences). e.g. "Do you think this will fit in that box?" draws a reply like "Well duh; it's brown, isn't it?" (g) Clanging - Sounds, rather than meaningful relationships, appear to govern words. e.g. "I'm not trying to make noise. I'm trying to make sense. If you can't make sense out of nonsense, well, have fun." (h) Neologisms - New word formations. e.g. "I got so angry I picked up a dish and threw it at the geshinker." (i) Word approximations - Old words used in a new and unconventional way. e.g. "His boss was a seeover." (j) Evasive Interaction - Attempts to annunciate ideas and/or feelings about another individual comes out as evasive or in a diluted form. e.g. "I... er ah... you are uh... I think you have... uh-- acceptable erm... uh... hair." (k) Circumstantiality - Speech that is very delayed at reaching its goal. Excessive long windedness. e.g. "What is your name?" "Well, sometimes when people ask me that I have to think about whether or not I will answer because some people think it's an odd name even though I don't really because my mom gave it to me and I think my dad helped but it's as good a name as any in my opinion but yeah it's Tom." (l) Loss of goal - Failure to show a train of thought to a natural conclusion. e.g. "Why does my computer keep crashing?", "Well, you live in a stucco house, so the pair of scissors needs to be in another drawer." (m)Perseveration - Persistent repetition of words or ideas. e.g. "It's great to be here in Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada." (n)Echolalia - Echoing of one's or other people's speech that may only be committed once, or may be continuous in repetition e.g. "What would you like for dinner?", "That's a good question. That's a good question. That's a good question. That's a good question." (o) Blocking - Interruption of train of speech before completion. e.g. "Am I early?", "No, you're just about on-" (p) Stilted speech - Speech excessively stilted and formal. e.g. "The attorney comported himself indecorously." (q) Self-reference - Patient repeatedly and inappropriately refers back to self. e.g. "What's the time?", "It's 7 o'clock. That's my problem." (r) Phonemic paraphasia - Mispronunciation; syllables out of sequence. e.g. "I slipped on the lice broke my arm." (s) Semantic paraphasia - Substitution of inappropriate word. e.g. "I slipped on the coat, on the ice I mean, and broke my book."

Formal Disorder's goals include finding a cure for Formal Disorder. In that sense Formal Disorder is attempting to cure itself. For that reason Formal Disorder has become a non-profit charitable organisation dedicated to finding a cure for Formal Disorder. For those of you suffering symptoms of Formal Disorder rest assured that help is out there. We are actively working to create a world where the symptoms of Formal Disorder are not only alleviated, but even cured.

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