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Which diseases can cause logorrhea?
Logorrhea is much more than “talking a lot.” The abnormal flow of speech is more of a sign of serious underlying illnesses. Mental illnesses in particular can lead to those affected having an excessive desire to communicate.
- Mania: In mania, the affected person is overly excited, euphoric, and has increased self-esteem. She speaks quickly and a lot, changes the subject often and has difficulty concentrating. Even in bipolar disorder – known as manic-depressive illness – signs of logorrhea can occur more frequently during a manic phase.
- Schizophrenia: Schizophrenia causes delusions, hallucinations and thought disorders. Those affected can also express themselves in an uncontrolled manner in their flow of speech.
- Anxiety disorders: Those affected by anxiety disorders can suffer from panic attacks, anxiety and rumination. As a result, they can also talk a lot uncontrollably.
In addition to these mental illnesses, logorrhea can also be triggered by the following causes:
- Strokes: A stroke can cause speech problems, including logorrhea.
- Brain tumors: Brain tumors can lead to brain damage, which can also manifest itself in the form of logorrhea.
- Dementia: Dementia can lead to impaired thinking and language functions. This can lead to logorrhea.
- Intoxications: Logorrhea can also be caused by alcohol, drug, or medication intoxication.
What forms can logorrhea take?
Abnormal fluency can manifest itself in many different ways. There are a number of medical terms for different forms of excessive, pathological talking.
Disorganized and structureless speech: The communication jumps thematically; topics that have been started are often dropped in the middle of a sentence and new thematic threads are taken up. Topics and sentences are often not clearly connected.
Compulsive speaking: The speed of speech is increased, the flow of speech can hardly be interrupted. The volume of communication may also be higher than usual. Those affected have little control over the words that come out of their mouths. There is also hardly any consideration given to social conversation conventions: conversation partners are interrupted, drowned out and cut off in order to let go of their own torrent of speech.
How much talking is “talking too much”?
People who “talk a lot” do not automatically suffer from logorrhea – or underlying mental illnesses. Who “talks too much” and when is also a very individual assessment. Some people naturally have a very low desire to communicate. Others verbalize thoughts and inner monologues more freely and openly.
Communication is often perceived as “too much” when someone dominates a conversation and repeatedly puts themselves and their own views at the center. If, for example, other statements are interrupted or the contributions of other people in the group are loudly drowned out, the conversation situation has developed in an unfair direction. Participants in the conversation will certainly now feel that they have been treated unfairly.
Also clear verbal or non-verbal cues of a conversation partner should be noticed in order to recognize whether it is “too much”. If someone keeps turning away during a conversation, turning around searching or opening their mouth to try to say something, it has become “too much”.
We should all pay more attention to such signs, perhaps ask ourselves more often whether we are giving those around us enough space to express themselves in conversational situations, and whether we can even learn more by simply listening more often.