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thought insertion
thought insertion Thought insertion is a self-disturbance in which a person experiences thoughts as not arising from themselves, but as if they have appeared from elsewhere and may be attributed to an outside agent.
Thought insertion is a self-disturbance in which a person experiences thoughts as not arising from themselves, but as if they have appeared from elsewhere and may be attributed to an outside agent. It has been described as involving a break in the usual inner continuity of thinking, so that thoughts can feel unusually sensory or oddly salient.