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Originally Posted by amandalouise
Concrete thinking is thinking in the literal sense. when you look at something black you see black you dont see the different shades of gray that made up that black thing. when someone tells you its as cold as a witches ____ you think its literally as cold as a witches _____. when someone tells you its hot enough to fry an egg out on the side walk you believe an egg will cook on the sidewalk.
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Yea, I had already looked up the definition.
I knew it didn't fit, but it was the closest thing I had in my vocabulary to say what was going on for me. I guess I do have some concrete thinking though for if someone says it's hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk, I do actually picture an egg being dropped on the sidewalk and it cooking. Or maybe that's just my imagination running wild.
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The not knowing people when not in contact with them I used to have that problem to. someone could walk up to me and start talking and I wouldnt know who they were because it was out of context of where I met them and who I was when I met them. my therapist said its part of having DID and not knowing personal information like who all your friends are all the time. like not knowing all the places you lived all your life. it will get better with time mine did. for a while I kept a list of who my friends were and their contact information so that I wouldnt forget who they were. I let them know I had this problem so we worked out a system of keeping in contact with each other. if they havent heard from me in two days in a row they call or come by. now I dont have that problem anymore.
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Good idea about writing things down. I wish I was organized enough to find the papers that get written here. Things tend to get written on scraps of papers and then they disappear. Apparently the cleaning part doesn't like the mess. I've had people that will keep in contact with me and I've had people get irritated at me. That's great that you are healed from it. I hope the same for myself one day.
