Ever get a case of motor-mouth?

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Alot of times I have absolutely nothing to say and even if people try talking to me or being friendly I have no repsonse or I just return an odd blank look.

But once it a while something snaps and I just can't stop talking. Even if somebody is just praying for me to shut up, I just keep on talking about whatever is on my mind. It seems to happen more when I get excited. I just keep talking and talking and I don't even think about stopping until it's too late, and sometimes I say some stupid stuff that is totally not appropriate.

1) does this ever happen to anybody else? and 2) wtf is wrong with me?

thanks

I have been known to do this yes. It usually occurs when I'm excited about something, I'm nervous, or I really want a rant.

This might happen if I have had a little too much to drink...and i might have a little too much to drink if I am nervous...um...i can make a big embarassing ass of myself.

That happens to me alot, I'll talk for hours literally about nothing, on and on, and if it is something its usually about me, and sometimes I even pace the house like crazy as I talk. I also have problems where I can't control how fast I talk, so I'll start talking like I'm on speed or something, its pretty insane.

Yes. Now what about motor typing fingers?

I'll also add that while I can get this way(not often), I don't realy like to deal with other people when they start doing it to me.

I get motor mouth AND motor fingers (online).

When I get to talking, it's like an explosion of words. Just as suddenly as I start, I stop.

I think it's a lot like obsessions, something will pique my interest, and it requires in-depth examination. Once my curiosity is satiated, I'm finished.

Talking about a subject in person, I exhaust all my thoughts on it, and then go blank.

I was going somewhere with a friend, and babbling away. Went silent. She says "What happened?" and I start looking around for some obvious thing that something happened to, and see nothing. I say "What?" She says "You stopped talking". "Yeah, I'm done" I said in reply.

I do that with being interested in people or on websites too. I simply move on. Something was very interesting for a period of time, and then it's no longer that interesting.

Anyone else?

I develop motor mouth when I am nervous, excited, or tense. For instance, the other day, there was a major car accident near my house. When I heard the impact, I ran out to see if anyone needed help. One girl was hurt, so I called 911. My next door neighbor came out, too. Well, I talked his ears off until the police and paramedics arrived; all about accidents I had seen and been in. I wanted to stop, but I just couldn't. At least I allowed him to tell one of his own stories, LOL.

I am about 50/50 here. Half the time I go silent and have nothing to say, and half the time I say way too much.

Well I'm glad it's not just me.

Usually it's not a problem but I've started doing this at work and it's a pretty hard-core conformist office environment. So it's not good. They think I'm crazy.

Sounds like me exactly.

It happens to me when it concerns a topic i am particularly fervent about--- even if no one wants to hear it. I will end up ranting about non-offensive topics such as Oldsmobile, but also about taboo things like "breeding licenses for humans" and "organized religion being like organized crime". I don't realize i'm saying anything offensive until the room either clears out or everyone tells me to shut up ( even if they started the topic!). Some things seem just logical to me but people still get upset when the obvious is spoken openly about.
I've gotten a bit better about it--- I've begun to not say anything at all. So now people come up to me and say "why so quiet? are you upset or something?". THEY were the ones who were so upset when I opened my mouth and now they want to know why I try to be quiet. I can't understand people sometimes!

Yeah...I kind do that to. I used to be completely silent. Then I fell in love with my best friend, completely opened up (to her), and then had my heart crushed. Since then, I talk way too much and say things that I shouldn't...too much information. I'll likely do it here on Wrong Planet, if I haven't already. I kinda of see this as a place where I can get some of this stuff out, so it doesn't affect my professional setting. Crazy is relative.

I am really different on this one half of the time i have nothing to say and the other half i have to much to say.

I'm going to follow the general consensus and say that when I start talking, it's sometimes very hard for me to stop. Fortunately I can recognise it at least some of the time, so that's a good thing, at least.

Erm, no, never. If I a drunk I talk more than usual, at least for a group setting. I do not think I ever talk to much though. It would be a funny change.

Yeah, this happens to me too. But i rarely get excited anymore since no one around is interested in what I am interested in so I just stay quiet. People think I am shy, but I just have nothing to say to them. I don't want to know about their lives I don't want them to know about me. But if a subject came up of which I am really interested in, my first reaction is to really want to get into it, but I am afraid that they will think my views are weird or that I get to into it, so I still stay quiet. But when I did have friends they couldn't shut me up. I miss that though.