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[RavenGirl]

My words have also gotten jumbled, I sometimes stutter, I lose words and names in the middle of a sentence. Names of people who I have known for double digit years... it's embarrassing when it happens and for people who don't know I have PTSD I'll say it's because of my Migraines. So, YES it does happen.

Oh, and I am not nor have I ever been an addict so that's not what's causing it for me. This never happened to me until my trauma came out and I started dealing with it.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

My speech tends to get very affected when I'm doing badly. Completely sober. My words getting all jumbled / slurred / trailing off / stuttering / mixed up / spoken without turning my head (even if I'm face down in a pillow) / whispered / growled / muttered / etc.

Hmmm, didnt think real hard on that. I guess my speech is different at times...but im unsure about slurred...but hey, maybe and just not told about it...or pay much attention to it.

But i would make sure he's clean. Just made me think is all.

ETA: im reading a lot about studdering, i have done that a lot.

 

[Friday]

So I got curious:

Looks like the speech thing is actually pretty common... 203 : 6 in a long running forum poll, expressing in a wide variety of different ways.

https://www.myptsd.com/threads/does-ptsd-influence-your-verbal-communication.8227/#post-125765

As for the others, sluggish is a pretty common descriptor of depression, and paranoid/secretive are both common in different ways. That they're all common doesn't preclude drug use. But, yes. They can all exist without drug or alcohol use.

 

[desiderata310]

@FridayJones interesting. I didn't know that. For me I quit communicating period. Just don't speak/shut down/hole up.
The fact that your family doesn't know....

 

[lostforgottensoul]

@FridayJones thanks! Thats very intresting.

Personally, i have studdered and couldnt get words out and that i can remember doing often.

 

[Crow]

The physiology is fascinating on why this happens. How/why the brain diverts resources away from the language center.

 

[joeylittle]

@Bianca23 - does your boyfriend have a TBI?

 

[EveHarrington]

There is no typical episode time. Some can bounce back in hours, others take days, weeks, months or more.

Please make sure to take care of yourself! :hug:

 

[Bianca23]

@Bianca23 - does your boyfriend have a TBI?

Not

@Bianca23 - does your boyfriend have a TBI?

No he doesn't. I'm starting to go crazy. Idk what to think or believe anymore

 

[desiderata310]

Ok.. well regardless of what's up with HIM you need to be ok RIGHT NOW.
Do you have someone you can go and stay with for a while?

 

[Truthful_Whispers]

He needs to develop, at least a couple, of coping skills. When you are fighting your own mind, it is very difficult. One of them is setting aside one small part of your brain to step outside your ptsd self, to look at the big picture, determine what is really a potential threat and what isn't, and to rationalize things. If I listened to what my mind was saying all of the time, I wouldn't come within 80 miles of another human being.

 

[Bunn]

My boyfriend is going through a PTSD cycle right now. He served 2 tours. He is Super sluggish, slurrin...

Sounds like he is under the influence of alcohol and/ or drugs, as wwll as having a flare of his PTSD. He needs professional help.