After reading my first article on Speaking in Tongues, Mumbling Out Loud, and Incoherent Speech a few times, I imaginatively empathised with the readers, and thought I should say more on the matter, and on other related issues. Plus, I have had some new experiences of speaking seemingly incoherently, both in terms of the social and interpersonal causes or influences, and in dealing with, and understanding, people's various reactions and responses.
I want to say more about so-called talking in tongues, as I didn't mention this much in my first article on the matter. I sometimes talk in tongues, when I am brainstorming for thoughts or ideas, or after a long day or evening of conversation, and which is the residue thoughts, emotions, and conversation from the day or evening, going through my mind, and releasing itself. This has the same or a similar affect to Buddhist, Hindu, or other religious chanting, as a kind of meditating for re-charging or emptying the mind. Talking in tongues, can also be a way of dealing with overwhelming creativity, imagination, or emotional passion.
In my first article, on seemingly incoherent speech, I mentioned that this can be similar to the way, that a person takes notes in studying, as thematic reminders, and are therefore condensed elements of details and huge chunks of information. A good example of this, was some years ago when I was in a pub, and I used to sit and drink and write lots of notes in my writing pad, on my forthcoming articles. One of the bar staff, who asked to read my notes (without asking that they were indeed just notes), asked me if I minded her showing them to her colleague, to show her colleague what she described as disorganised, rambling, and crazy nonsense. This is the same with some incoherent speech, that if the other person or people, don't attempt to acknowledge or unravel the symbolic and condensed details, and huge chunks of information behind it, then it will indeed seem incoherent and like crazy nonsense.
It's important to look at some other people's defensive, ignorant, and prejudiced reactions, responses, and assumptions, towards seemingly incoherent speech. The other person or people, might think that the psychiatric diagnosed person who is speaking seemingly incoherently, is taking the Mickey out of them, or deliberately trying to confuse or annoy them. Other assumptions, are that the person is either crazy and irrational, or that they are being arrogant to expect others to go through all the effort of decoding, and that the person is also lazy, because they can't be bothered to explain their ideas to others, who have different interests and emphasis, and who might need clarification. This view is intolerant to what seems like crazy nonsense, insisting that there are plenty of other people out there, who will be seen as talking actual mutual meanings, instead of what is seen as cryptic doggerel.
There may be some people who for various reasons, can't moderate or translate their seemingly mad language, and so I see my role as defending or speaking out for them, as I also sometimes mumble out loud, speak seemingly incoherently, and speak in tongues, but I have the insight, experience, and observation to understand and explain it, and know how to relate, connect, and respond to it. Also, in my articles I try and move to the level of others, very much share in mutual meanings, and I try to imagine the level of the other people's understanding, and move to a position where I can speak in their terms.
One of the reasons psychiatric diagnosed people, speak seemingly incoherently or ramblingly, is because they don't want to be pinned down to restricting specifics, and because they do not agree with the over-riding superstructure, fixed, narrow, or rigid agenda of the conversation. Psychiatric diagnosed people , have much more of a tendency, to talk seemingly incoherently in a group, when there is a lack of democracy, and when there is one or more people dominating or controlling the conversation, and not least because they want to change the subject or shift the agenda.
Sometimes a psychiatric diagnosed person will say something, that seems like it is out-of-context, but is actually some line out of a poem, song, or film they have seen, or some other idea which occurs to them, and which takes on a new humorous meaning, when mentioned in context to the conversation, although it's not always mentioned where the term or phrase originates from. This is quite common amongst some people, and not necessarily done by psychiatric diagnosed people.
One very strong assumption and myth, about some people who sometimes speak seemingly incoherently, is that they are trying to fragment or disrupt a conversation, and are thinking or operating through a process of disconnected or disorganised thoughts, emotions, and ideas. It is also seen as a very subjective way of thinking and relating to others. Very critical, negative, and judgmental responses and reactions, can cause the psychiatric diagnosed person to retreat from the narrow or usual mutual meanings, speak seeming nonsense, and talk what seems like metaphysical thought and speech. In actual fact, when a psychiatric diagnosed person does this, it can be due to connecting themes or parts, and not disconnecting them, but to change the nature of the conversation from very critical, negative, or judgmental, towards some kind of wider shared meaning and consensus, and in order to avoid conflict. It is a way of the psychiatric diagnosed person, sorting this out in their own mind, and trying to change other people's way of communicating. This puts the subjective themes or ideas of both individuals or groups, into a new meaning and context, and into a more objective point of shared compassion and agreement.
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