I have a friend who refers to himself in the third person , what are the symptoms of this annoying trait ???

Answer 1

I don't really understand what you want to know, and I am not an expert in these things....But I can tell you what I have found when dealing with someone who does this. It seems a way for them to side step responsibility for the things they do or have done.
Example...John Smith does this or that, or that's the way John so and so does that. I saw this trait more when I was questioning why this person did something. Usually when I questioned rude or insensitive behaviors. It reminded me of when my three yr old son would do something wrong, and then say "hand did it" not me Mommy.
It struck me that the third person thing was very similar to that, it is not them per se but the identity that did whatever. I know what you mean about it being annoying, like having an argument with a sock puppet, it feels like your trying to reach and communicate with a shadow. The way I coped with it was to plainly say to the person...I know who you are..thank you, and if he's not busy I would like to talk to him! Thus not allowing them off the hook as it were, and forced them to address whatever the issue was, after a few times, he gave up the "act" and stopped doing it. Good Luck! Happy New Year!

Answer 2

Perception covers the area of the senses and describes any distortions such as illusions, delusions or hallucinations. The nature of the experience is described in detail.

Auditory hallucinations are common in schizophrenia while visual disturbances are more common in organic problems. In addition, there are gustatory, olfactory, tactile , somatic and kinaesthetic hallucinations, the account of which should be taken. Some of the Schneiderian first rank symptoms are also hallucinatory in nature such as thought echo, gedankenlautwerden, thought insertion, thought withdrawal and somatic passivity.

Depersonalization, where the person feels unreal, and derealization, where the person feels his/her surroundings are unreal.

It is also important to ascertain whether hallucinations are in second person or third person and if in second person whether they command the subject to do anything especially suicidal or homicidal acts.

Hallucinations can be in the form of a running commentary, whether in second person or third person.

Hallucinations may be of a female voice or a male voice and may be known to the person or a totally unknown voice.

Sometimes hallucinations are not in the form of well-formed voices or objects, and the subject might hear bells ringing or knocking at the door or a banging sound in his ears or see vague things like halos or colours which are difficult to describe. These are termed as elementary hallucinations.

Another category of hallucinations is extracampine hallucinations in which the person does see things or hear voices outside his sensory field like hearing voice of a friend sitting 5 miles away or seeing things behind the head or inside the body.

It is worthy to ask whether about functional and reflex hallucinations. It should be acknowledged how a person copes with these hallucinations and whether they are pleasant, unpleasant or terrifying for him.

It is also important to explore and comment on hallucinatory behaviour for example if the person is looking back again and again or gesturing or self talking.

Sometimes a person may see very small people around him, a phenomenon called Lilliputian hallucinations or a trail of objects moving around termed as Palinopsia.

All of these excluded as possibilities could also be the cause of writing too many term papers and utilizing the language practiced in analytical terms. If these behaviours result in attention it could cause repeated behaviour because of the pairing of stimulus i.e. actions which resulted in attention seeking behaviour.

Answer 3

Let's see, who does that- wrestlers, the Incredible Hulk, ET and other cute film/ cartoon characters... I'd say it's parody, ego or an abnormally low IQ.

Answer 4

Does he constantly try this? Is he self absorbed? this is a strech, yet he would have narcissistic character illness. Google it. this is in simple terms a sprint theory that got here to me once you mentioned he refers to himself interior the 0.33-guy or woman.

Answer 5

That person was the pet of the family in his younger days

Answer 6

Haha,
1 paranoia?
2 intelligence!
Or maybe there is more then 1 inside his head
greetings from them!

Answer 7

I don't know about other country, but in my country, sometimes it sounds a little bit cute... Does your friend a foreigner? Maybe he/she trying to be cute with you?

Answer 8

he can't be normal, try refering yourself in the third person to him, see if he finds it irrating!

Answer 9

I think the symptoms are what you described. Sounds pretty funny to me.

Answer 10

having a friend like you