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conundrum
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18 Sep 2015, 10:30 pm

http://musingsofanaspie.com/2012/12/13/ ... -meltdown/

Sounds about right to me, actually.


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18 Sep 2015, 10:47 pm

agreed. All the same goes for me too, except when I am unable to talk, it's because I've forgotten how to speak English temporarily (or any other spoken or written language). I can think in pictures and emotions, but no words will form in my brain. I can make sounds and gestures, so usually I wind up doing some kind of frantic pantomime. I used to pretend to everyone that I didn't want to talk and was having some kind of tantrum/sulk, but really I was just too embarrassed by the fact that I had lost all my language.


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