How to recognize words
Hello! So, I have always joked around with my friends about how when you say a particular word a few times, you start to question if it even is a word, or if it is spelled that way, etc.(think of tubing, or smock as examples) I have noticed in the past few weeks that I (37yr) am having that problem with almost any word that I try to write. We are talking about "and/it/the/Patrick" and whatnot, and it is really making problems for me at work.
Does anyone else have this problem! Does your brain automatically make all words sound fake?
And, yes, all words are made up.. I am talking about the ones that currently reside in common speech.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation
A sudden, dramatic shift in the way you process information is probably worth a trip to the neurologist.
Is this not something everyone has experienced? If you say a word 2-4 times it loses meaning for a little while? (It sounds absurd when I type it out)
Yeah it's a pretty normal thing to happen occasionally for brief periods. Longer and more frequently I'd be concerned about through.
Happens to me. But we are talking once or twice a month. Yours sounds a lot worse. See a doc, hedge your bets.
I have experienced it. It has mostly happened in my native language, which makes it even weirder. Like, how could I doubt the existence of a word in my goddamn native language?! Why does it suddenly sound foreign / synthetic / artificial to me? I mean, I guess I've always coped with it by attributing it to overthinking things. Haven't had the issue recently though.
Happens to me all the time but not with only 2-4 times. Maybe once ive said it like 15-20 times