Post by Mea on Jan 5, 2016 1:35:11 GMT
Anonymous asked: I've read both links about cognition problems in the faq (indeed helped clear some things up) but i was wondering what other things could count. is it a memory problem to go into a room to do something forget leave and repeat on a basis more than anyone else you know. could being extremely forgetful be a part of it? what about not knowing how to react to jokes/ statements because you can't understand what response is wanted. sorry this is so specific.
Answer: Yes, these are cognitive problems, involving memory and social interaction specifically. This page explains cognition and gives many examples of cognitive processes. “Cognitive problems” is very general, like saying “body pain”. Cognition covers lots of things! Here are some more specific examples of things that cognitive problems can make difficult:
There are more possibilities as well. Cognitive problems can be caused by various neurodivergences, including BPD, other personality disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders like ADHD and the autism spectrum, depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, etc. Some types are more common in specific disorders. For example, it’s common for people with BPD to specifically struggle with perceiving, understanding and describing ourselves, and with understanding what other people are thinking or what motivates other people. BPD can cause other types of cognitive problems as well.
- Exo
Answer: Yes, these are cognitive problems, involving memory and social interaction specifically. This page explains cognition and gives many examples of cognitive processes. “Cognitive problems” is very general, like saying “body pain”. Cognition covers lots of things! Here are some more specific examples of things that cognitive problems can make difficult:
- prioritising (deciding what is most important and/or what needs to be addressed first)
- focusing on what you’re doing
- imagining other people’s feelings and motivations, eg thinking of reasons why your friend might be late other than “they hate me”
- understanding and following instructions, eg remembering all the steps and doing them in the right order
- making choices or decisions
- interpreting the words you read/hear into meaning
- putting your own thoughts and feelings into words
- detecting and interpreting signals, eg remembering what a red traffic light means
- coming up with alternative strategies if your first idea/attempt fails
- recognising how your behaviour affects other people, eg monitoring how loud your voice is and how other people feel about you speaking loudly
- filtering out unnecessary/irrelevant information and/or distractions
- choosing goals and planning how to achieve them
- starting tasks, eg making a rough draft or deciding how to begin
- editing or finishing tasks, eg perceiving mistakes, dealing with perfectionism
- predicting what you will need so that you can bring it with you
- working out what is likely to happen and what is unlikely to happen
- understanding your rights and needs and what is fair to you
- regulating your own emotions, self-soothing, recognising when you are emotional
- complex and/or fine motor skills such as driving or playing a musical instrument
- understanding what is socially appropriate, eg knowing when a joke would be appreciated and when it would be offensive
- budgeting and handling money
- understanding maps or directions, planning how to get places
- remembering things briefly, eg remembering what you just read for long enough that you recognise it if you start to accidentally read it again
- putting memories in order
- processing numbers and letters, eg telling d and b apart, being able to tell how many symbols are in a series of symbols like @@@@@@ (the answer is 6)
There are more possibilities as well. Cognitive problems can be caused by various neurodivergences, including BPD, other personality disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders like ADHD and the autism spectrum, depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, etc. Some types are more common in specific disorders. For example, it’s common for people with BPD to specifically struggle with perceiving, understanding and describing ourselves, and with understanding what other people are thinking or what motivates other people. BPD can cause other types of cognitive problems as well.
- Exo