mental confusion

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Noun

mental confusion - a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions"

confusedness, disarray, muddiness, confusion

cognitive state, state of mind - the state of a person's cognitive processes

disorientation - confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction; "his disorientation was the result of inattention"

distraction - mental turmoil; "he drives me to distraction"

daze, haze, fog - confusion characterized by lack of clarity

half-cock - confusion resulting from lack of preparation

jamais vu - the experience of being unfamiliar with a person or situation that is actually very familiar; associated with certain types of epilepsy

bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement - confusion resulting from failure to understand

perplexity - trouble or confusion resulting from complexity

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Although some people with Parkinson's disease in the later stages may become mentally confused or demented, most retain their intellectual facilities while living in a body, which is becoming increasingly disabled.

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Sadly, David's son Duncan Jones wasn't a "superfan" of her - referring to the performance as "mentally confused".

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"I was mentally confused a lot and just walking down the street was horrendous.

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"This man seemed mentally confused and lost and was initially unable to speak to us and provide information," said Mr Iype.

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My mum had a stroke that left her blind, partially paralysed and mentally confused. She was in a nursing home taken over by Southern Cross for four and a half years and died in December.

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The border guards took her immediately to the Intelligence Ministry, where officials soon determined she was demented or at least mentally confused. She was then expelled back across the border.

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were also feeling more anxious, emotionally labile, mentally confused, had experienced a greater loss of self and felt greater guilt about their experience," said the study.

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Police described the young man as "mentally confused".

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I go to a day centre and at the moment a room is set aside for smokers, and it is the only time I mix with people my own age, but I will not be able to go there after July 1 as the centre has locked doors as the mentally confused tend to wander off.

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As a result of the stroke, Vena lost her ability to walk, became mentally confused, and could not use her left leg or left side.

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My uncle is now 83, frail and mentally confused. A friend of mine has suggested I confront him with what happened or the effects will never go away.