Poll Does PTSD Influence Your Verbal Communication?

[Barberian]

Words fail me when I'm stressed. Verbally I make a mess of what I'm trying to say. Written words it's no big deal because I have all day to hit the "Post Reply" button and can make my 1,000 changes where I can't in a verbal conversation.

What sux is when I am thinking of many things at once, trying to say or write them down all at once. I have partial sentences one after another. I often never finish saying or writing a complete thought because I've already moved ahead several thoughts by the time I've written or said part of something.

 

[Jen93]

It's really really hard for me to articulate things when I'm symptomatic. I usually get worse with my therapist. "I....she....then they... And she said.... And then..... I'm a horrible person." it's weird though, because when I'm symptomatic nine times out of ten I AM actually thirteen. Honestly, I'm surprised my therapist has gotten ANYTHING out of me, if she has, she's a mind reader.

 

[aka]

Nice, so I not the only one who has trouble communicating. I can be quite a chatter box if I am 100% comfort (happens rarely) but when I am get nervous my vocabulary skills decrease. I will be in a middle of a sentence and will completely forget what I was about to say or will not pronounce it correctly. I may also say something that makes to sense and only relies it after saying it. So frustrating especially if you are trying to interact in a social setting.

 

[piratelady]

I've noticed my issues with communicating have become worse this past week. I will start to say something and mid-sentence, I will forget what I was talking about. Or I will know what I want to say and for some reason the word I need to use, I just can't think of. Then I start stammering like a fool.

It was really bad on the phone with my mom today. Luckily, she's my mom and apparently part psychic, so she was able to finish a lot of my sentences, lol. I hope this passes soon.

 

[who am i kim]

Okay:unsure: I really thought this was due to my deafness. I now think it is both.

 

[Changing4Best]

I want to ask for help sometimes, or want to try to get to be someone's friend, or I just want to talk to anyone, but then I hold back. Sometimes, as I live alone, I don't get a chance to speak to anyone in a whole day.

I talk to God though, or sometimes to myself. I know I need to use my voice each day to keep it strong and healthy physically. THere's always something to talk to God about, He wants to hear from us, so I don't feel self concious about it. I even speak to Him when others can see me, even though I am walking down the street alone. I don't care anymore what they think. I know I'm known of as that crazy lady with the dachshund who talks to herself around town. I have even heard folks gossip about me saying that! It does kind of put a damper on my feeling like talking to anyone around here though!

 

[Invisible-Guy]

I'm backing talkwards a lot more than I used to and have vapor locks on simple words all the time. It's weird though, sometimes it's almost normal. Maybe triggers make it worse???

 

[safenow]

Sometimes, as I live alone, I don't get a chance to speak to anyone in a whole day.

I've been known to go sometimes as long as a week without saying a word. But that is how I lived as a child, so it's not foreign to me. The funny part is (at home) I'll pray out loud and then realize my neighbor might be hearing me, so I'll turn on the CD player to mask what I'm saying, and make sure the patio door is shut. LOL

As far as the PTSD speech patterns, that is a different thing. When I'm triggered, my speech goes all cadywampus.
It's like words that aren't what I meant come out. And I don't even have to switch to talk strange. It is even hard for the sound to leave my throat. Its as though I have to force it. I always thought it was another alter, but the only time it happens is when I'm triggered, so I think that is a PTSD thing. And it doesn't last as long as it would if it was an alter.

 

[piratelady]

I do have to put a little humor into this. When I was talking to my mom this weekend, I was telling her about a breakfast smoothie I have been making. I told her what was in it, then I to the spices and said, "then you add some cinnamon and garlic with some splenda and it's great!" I keep rambling on and my mom interrupts that it sounds disgusting. That's when I realized I said Garlic instead of Ginger, lol.:roflmao: One word can change so much!

 

[goa way]

I do all that speech stuff too, also my brain shuts down under stress. My psychologist says this is a good thing as my brain is protecting itself.

 

[safenow]

Bless your hearts. Yesterday, one of my alters called my doctor for me, since I couldn't use vocal communication. Sometimes I feel like a total foolish retarded person. But listening to everyone here say they have speak problems as well, I don't feel that way any more.

 

[Changing4Best]

Sometimes I think no one likes me, so I don't speak to anyone. Then thankfully someone speaks to me and I feel better about myself anfd speak with them as if nothing was wrong, because nothing was!