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215 - Anna Lembke: On Philosophy and Psychiatry

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Exploring Speech Patterns and Observations

A discussion on speech fillers and precise word choice, noting similarities to OCD behaviors. One participant shares a personal diagnosis of OCD during the conversation.

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Speaker 2
And I'm wondering if that's something that you had noticed about my speech patterns. What
Speaker 1
I've noticed about your speech patterns is that you don't use many speech fillers like like and um, which is unusual for people your age. A lot of people use speech fillers. I tend to use a speech filler, you know. I'm trying not to do it, but but do it. And so it's it's unusual when people can speak without speech fillers, and I think it's good. You have a sort of a pacing, which is sort of like a freight train. You know, it's sort of, you don't really modulate too much. You place one word after another in a kind of a steady stream. are very careful about your choice of words, as I would expect from a philosopher, you know, who's wanting to define first principles and terms and go out from there. I haven't noticed the unusual pauses, but I have noticed a bit of like a pressure to be inclusive, which I sometimes associated OCD, like not a relaxed way of being able to not finish, but a kind of a pressure to have to finish the thought or finish the argument, because your mind is still latched onto it. That's what I've noticed. Because we're being totally frank here. What have you noticed about my speech?
Speaker 2
Well, interesting, I have been diagnosed with OCD. Okay. The things I've been diagnosed with are are
Speaker 1
you gonna just like tell the whole world you've been diagnosed with?

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