Sep 09 2008
popcorn van gogh - a new medical term
I have come up with a new term. When you are suspect of a mental illness they pay attention to your thoughts. If your thoughts seem disconnected, and they can’t follow you, it means you must have something wrong. I say I have nothing wrong with my thoughts. This is when I came up with the term popcorn van gogh. Let me explain what it means.
Perhaps I am talking to someone about popcorn and i change the subject to van gogh. No one has a clue as to how I got there. They just see my thoughts as disconnected and unorganized. But, I think so fast that I associate things. Eating popcorn may make me think of stringing popcorn at christmas, which makes me think of a christmas tree. This in turn makes me think about the star on the tree and then I think “Starry Night”, which is a van gogh painting. There is a connection. My mind just goes so fast and I don’t explain these things. Therefore, to an outsider, it would appear my thoughts are disorganized and unconnected. This is a popcorn van gogh. So next time someone jumps to a topic out of nowhere, that appears to be unconnected to anything you were talking about, realize that they just had a popcorn van gogh moment:)
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I hear you! My brain does that too, and I get tired of having to explain myself. Hope you don’t mind me using that term, I like it!
Hi Stacie,
Sure! Go ahead and use it. I felt like it would be a fun way to say these things to people. Who knows. Maybe it will catch on. Have a great day:)