9 Brain Disorders That Completely Warp Your Reality

2. Verbal Dysdecorum: #NoFilter

Who hasn't fantasised about telling their boss exactly what they think of them? Well, verbal dysdecorum patients can't help themselves, and it leads to all kinds of trouble.

This condition is caused by damage to the frontal lobe and other parts of the brain involved in internally processing what we are going to say before we say it. In undamaged brains, we're able to filter through our thoughts and keep the ones that might lead to a sacking or a beating to ourselves.

The condition was first noticed in a Vietnam vet who found that a gunshot wound to the head had rendered him completely incapable of censoring himself, and consequently unable to hold down a job.

Try to pay attention to just how many of your thoughts and feelings you keep to yourself over the course of a day, and it quickly becomes apparent how vital a skill it is to self-censor.