Meaning of flight of ideas | Babel Free

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Excessive speech at a rapid rate that involves causal association between ideas, typically seen in bipolar disorder.

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“This disturbance is, in many respects, different from the flight of ideas observed in manic state. Flight of ideas in manic patients is expressed verbally in an abundance of words or pressured or clearly logorrheic speech.”

“The signs of mania, Dr. Vasan said, included the long hours he spent talking to ChatGPT, without eating or sleeping enough, and his “flight of ideas” — the grandiose delusions that his inventions would change the world.”

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