Thought broadcasting

The person may believe that either those nearby can perceive their thoughts or that they are being transmitted via mediums such as television, radio or the internet.

Thought broadcasting is most commonly found among people who have a psychotic disorder, specifically schizophrenia.

Thought broadcasting is considered a severe delusion and it induces multiple complications, from lack of insight to social isolation.

Thought broadcasting is linked with problems of self-other control (the capacity to distinguish oneself from others).

The second definition involves an individual sensing their thoughts silently escaping from their mind, without necessarily being audible to others.

[19] Thought broadcasting is often paired with lower functioning, quality of life, magical thinking and lack of insight and judgment.

[2][20][note 1] Thought broadcasting recurrently leads to changes in mental privacy, location, and agency.

[21] It can be considered a manifestation of autonetic agnosia, that is, a deficit in the ability to identify self-generated mental events, along with thought insertion and others.

[24] This may result from obsessive-compulsive symptoms that initially present or worsen with the use of atypical antipsychotics, a common treatment modality for schizophrenia.

[27][28] Auditory hallucinations are often depicted as malicious voices that possess knowledge about the person's private and shameful thoughts or actions, which the individual would prefer to keep hidden.

[29] This type of delusion is also believed to be linked with problems in self-other control, that is, when an individual adjusts the representation of oneself and others in social interactions.

In the mid-1900s, Kurt Schneider classified thought broadcasting as typical of schizophrenia, encompassing it as a first-rank symptom along with 7 others.