Cognitive communication disorder occurs when problems with thinking processes affect your ability to communicate effectively. It involves difficulties with cognitive skills like attention, memory, problem-solving, and social awareness, which then impact how you understand and express yourself in conversations. Communication relies on several cognitive processes including attention, memory, self-awareness, social interaction skills, problem-solving, reasoning, processing speed, and organisation. When any of these areas are disrupted, it can significantly affect your ability to communicate clearly and appropriately. It can result from various conditions that affect brain function, such as traumatic brain injury, stroke, dementia, brain tumours, or other neurological conditions that impact cognitive processes. Common signs include being easily distracted during conversations, having trouble remembering recent events or what was just discussed, needing extra time to respond, difficulty following complex instructions, reduced participation in conversations, poor eye contact, trouble reading social cues like facial expressions or tone of voice, and sometimes saying inappropriate things or speaking impulsively.