Verbal Dyslexia

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Anyone heard of this, or is anyone dealing with this problem in some way, shape or form? There are so many instances when I just can't seem to organize my thoughts. It's so frustrating! I'll be talking to someone, and even if it's someone I know, things will sometimes come out in an inadvertent fashion. On a bad day, it feels like my brain is pulling in information from all different directions. It's utter chaos...and at times, it makes me feel a bit crazy. Also, the more pressure I'm under, the worse the problem gets. I'll usually lock up when the pressure becomes to much to handle. I'm a very self-conscious person, and this problem makes it almost impossible for me to go out and meet new people. There are probably 4 people in my life that I really feel comfortable talking too. That's a big problem...

Thanks for taking the times to read this.

I have phonic dyslexia, I can read very well but when I speak it is difficult. When I speak it sounds like a mumble because I can't pronounce some words properly. It's annoying when you say something only be told to repeat what you have just said. I'm not entirely sure what you have though...

Whatever you've got, I have as well, PV! My brain plays perpetual volleyball with information, stuff constantly shooting everywhere! The more tired or distressed I am, the more I am distracted by what's always going on inside my head.

My Dr put me on some pills for anxiety/depression: at a certain dosage they stopped this brain process so there was silence in my head. He thought this must be good, but I found it really creepy and unsettling! Later on he took me off those pills and the mental volleyball match resumed. The trouble was, now it felt like I had walked into the middle of a game played by others - ever since that time a couple of years ago, I've been much less in the game, much more feeling like I'm ducking as the balls whizz by! I've been on lots of different medications, but only this one had this effect on the stuff bouncing around.

Er, does that make sense to anybody......?

This might be interesting to you:

http://www.mugsy.org/bishop.htm

These types of language issues are very common in autistics.

Nope, sorry.

If I'm understanding your post correctly, I have issues with this, too. I speak articulately much of the time, or at least I usually appear to in the superficial sense. At times, especially when I'm more stressed and/ or tired than my baseline level, things get scrambled. People who are somewhat used to me will sometimes rephrase what I say in a simpler more straightforward fashion and repeat it back to me to confirm that they understood me correctly. Sometimes, I can't seem to find the right words to explain myself, and I just wind up talking in circles around the point I'm trying to make.
This is going to sound really strange, but every now and then, I outright lie *unintentionally.* Let me see if I can explain this. This doesn't happen too often, though it's not exactly rare for me either. When it does happen, it's usually when someone starts a conversation with me when I'm not expecting it, and haven't had the opportunity to gear myself up to "social mode." When confronted with these unexpected conversations, my brain goes into some weird semi-autopilot type variation on survival mode. I'll make responses that will usually seem to make sense in the context of the conversation, but may in fact be completely inaccurate. I go into a strange altered state when unexpectedly confronted with conversation, and I may just barely notice what I'm saying, but keep on making responses to what's said to me because that's what I'm conditioned to do. It'll only be after I get out of the conversation that I'll start thinking, "Why the &*@$ did I just say that??? That's nowhere near the truth?" I can't exactly go back and explain what happened, though, because who would understand accidental lying? Thus, if I encounter the person again, and the topic comes up again, I feel under obligation to stick with whatever lie I told before because I just don't know how to explain.
It's funny; as a child I always tested as having advanced verbal skills. I was recognized as having some learning difficulties, and in elementary school. I was the only kid in resource room who wasn't also receiving speech therapy. My expressive language was advanced in many ways when one looks at features such as vocabulary used, sentence length and complexity, that sort of thing. I'm still probably above average in that sense. However, when it comes to the pragmatics of language, the ability to efficiently use language to communicate, I have *serious* problems. I underwent plenty of evaluations as a child. It boggles my mind that no one ever picked up on that.

Thanks for responses everyone!

ChrisP, your post makes perfect sense. You described your problem as being like a volleyball match in your head, and I can totally relate to that. It's like thoughts just don't wanna sit still in my head.

Yes. I often tell people that there's a filter between my brain and my mouth, and not much gets through. It's mostly a problem with translating my thoughts into words, but there are times when I know exactly what I want to say and yet the words just get stuck and can't come out, and I either stutter a lot or say nothing.

I have found myself speaking words in sentences in incorrect order, even if I think them in correct order! So I don't know if I'm this or not...
And even today, as I was looking through my email, I came across something I had to re-read TWICE before I realized what it said- "go catalog crazy, (my name)". I first read it as "go crazy catalog"- twice! And I know I read good; never had problems with Dyslexia, so I have no idea what is causing this to happen-unless it might stem from getting inadequate sleep.
Another funny thing: I now realize I have definately become cross- dominant in my preferred arm to use- always was basically right- handed in my youth- NO MORE! I use my left arm about as much as my right arm, automatically, anymore. Go figure! Why the change?
Don't mean to go too off- topic. Just seemed a good place to mention this new happening in my life...

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