Can't Seem To Put A Sentence Together

[shimmerz]

Had to edit the above post AGAIN! Grrrrr! Leaving words out, putting words in. Aaaarrrrgggghhhh! Someone please give me back my brain!

 

[verasdfghjkl]

I can also relate... :)

I also have this with speaking lately, sometimes.

 

[shimmerz]

@verasdfghjkl - lol. I had forgotten about this one too! I reverse my words or can't remember a simple word. Luckily people around me know me well enough to think shimmerz-like and can usually fill in the blanks. Come to think of it, I think this is one of the reasons I don't go out on my own much. I feel like I won't be able to speak without freezing up!

Thank you! This will be one to think about. That was a great help!

 

[verasdfghjkl]

@shimmerz it's even worse, actually. Want to lol even harder? Imagine having to sing as an assignment in front of your class and teachers full of other vocalists attending a college of music, mixing the letters up (I don't even have dyslexia...) of the words, singing words that don't even exist. I think it truly is funny, however it does show how much our brain has to process - which is too much.

But yeah I did laugh my ass off when it happened :p

 

[Wen]

I'm actually overjoyed reading your post because I go through the same thing and thought I was the only one with this issue. It's a daily struggle when I post, email or write anything, and heaven forbid if it's more then 2 sentences something will end up wrong. I always reread what I typed over and over and still have missed things. I forget to type in words even though I KNOW they were in my head as I typed, sentences end up in a babbling mess or right in the middle of typing I completely forget what I was trying to say because I had a split second flashback and now... what was I talking about? It's so frustrating and worse when other people read it and make fun of me. You're not alone and hearing you and others who suffer the same helped me feel a bit less insane. And rest assured I will be rereading this a few times to make sure I didn't mess up anything.

 

[shimmerz]

@verasdfghjkl so sorry! I actually didn't mean to laugh or make less of the situation at all. I lost the lol myself in the 'ahah moment' that I gained myself in this posting. After thinking about it I am certain that I stay in the house for just that reason WAY more than I should. Your situation sounds like it was very difficult and I am so sorry for that. In the end I think the key to healing is being able to switch up the emotion. Laughing, if we can get to it, is a very good thing.

@Wen I didn't even think about the flashbacks! You are so cute! I wouldn't know a typo from someone else if it hit me in the face these days! Go ahead! Let loose! Be free! Typo away! I won't see nuthin'! ;).

 

[verasdfghjkl]

@shimmerz don't be sorry please, it was funny! I laughed along with you :) no, the situation was OK, actually. The people in the room know of my 'condition', and after a long run of trying to explain to them what it does to me, they knew I was really vulnerable, and I have always been a bit of a weirdo, but then again, so are they, so it really doesn't matter. :) It really was funny, but it also shows how serious PTSD can be, I guess.

In the end I think the key to healing is being able to switch up the emotion. Laughing, if we can get to it, is a very good thing.

Exactly. Humor is good. I love it when I can - as in: am able to - laugh :) And my 'situation' was perfect for a good laugh. So please laugh with me :)


....... too many smileys

 

[shimmerz]

@verasdfghjkl laughing with ya!

Just one quick question.
1. How can there EVER be too many smileys?

;)

Exactly. There can't be.....

 

[Hope4Now]

Thank you all for this post! Especially the comment about the "literate twin"!!! I'm laughing with empathy and a bit of compassion for my poor old self, whoever she is. My literate twin is pretty powerful except when I am in complete overwhelm. Then my handwriting looks like a 5 year old's and doesn't even follow the lines on the page.

 

[StarChild]

Where did my brain go?

...Shopping maybe? :wideeyed: ...Or it lounges on a dreamy beach, enjoying a beautiful day off?...:hilarious::roflmao:

Can anyone else relate to this? Do they find they come and go at times with their literacy skills?

Yup, another one's here with these problems! There are days, my brain reduces not only my ability to write or read, but even to speak. Friends often told me, that when I'm in such a state, my speaking is telegram-like (if that makes sense). I obviously don't speak whole sentences, but just two or three words, instead of a proper sentence. And during such a phase, my writing becomes very chaotic. Which means I interchange words, or more often, the letters within the words. On such days, I mostly refrain from posting. For I also misread sentences or even their meanings.

I notice I was making typos, my sentences were missing words or just were not strung well together at all.

I'd like to point out one very important thing and resolution for this problem. And I hope you don't mind, me doing so. - For a brain with PTSD, it can be very stressful to read a post full with misspelled words. I get very tired and distracted by reading a post full with misspelled or inverted words. That's the reasen I use the spell and grammar checker of my browser, as it is recommended by the Help Desk. And for me it's really very helpful. As it highlights wrong written words, and even offers me the correct version of a word. I'd like to put a statement from Anthony in, hope you're okay with it:

Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari all have spell checkers available, if not part of them by default. Safari is the better, as it has spell and grammar checking.

I myself use Firefox, which works the best for my personal needs.

Just one more thing; What such a spell or grammer checker is unable to do: It can't "recognize" wrong used words in a sentence. That's why it is important to reread a post before and after you hit the reply button... Well, I hope, my post helps a little, and also made you smile a little. See ya special lady!:tup:

 

[shimmerz]

On such days, I mostly refrain from posting. For I also misread sentences or even their meanings.

Yes, I am the same @SweetLullaby. I will read a post and then when I read it again I notice I read it incorrectly. I noticed it with @Solara's above. I try to let it roll off of me and hope that I don't offend anyone. So I will say in advance....for anyone who reads this post that I screw up. :(

I honestly do try to check for mistakes but I tell you, I can't seem to see it until afterwards. I read it again, shake my head and just wonder to myself how I could have missed that one as well! Thanks so much for the pointers wonderful woman! :joyful:

 

[Wen]

I've been reading through these posts and I think we all should try to be compassionate with ourselves. We are all suffering trauma's from our past (or currently) and struggle with all of the maddening storm's PTSD rains down upon us. I know personally many things can trigger me into awful, terrifying panic attacks, and other times there's nothing I heard, saw, thought, or felt yet I'm triggered and crawling out of my skin. I'm just realizing I stress too much about what I write/post which ends up adding to the triggering madness... thus adding more thunder to my inner storm... thus I start babbling like a mad woman! It's not worth it. I believe some of you feel the same way?

So right now I want everyone here to know that I will read your posts with compassion, empathy and with the knowledge that we are all struggling in one way or another and grammar, spelling, missed words, etc is not worth stressing about. I will simply read and focus on what you are sharing and try to help if I can. This will also include my own self posting. I know, in my own mind I'm hearing "easier said then done", but I'm going through too much right now so I'm just going to tape that voice in my head up. Duct tape should work :)

And yes, I reread this whole thing several times and edited it constantly. I really gotta relax more :confused: