My ex-husband wasn't the sharpest crayon in the pack (what did I ever see in him?) and I developed a habit of speaking slowly and over-explaining myself. Now I find this creeping into my regular convrsations and I feel like an idiot. I've even spoken to my therapist about this.

She says I'm just a good story teller. Still, after a conversation is over I kick myself and worry too that the other individual thinks I've spoken down to them.

Adding to the problem is my medication induced 'word dumbness'. I will lose a word mid-sentence and then have to use several more to describe the one resulting in further dragging on the conversation. Help, I'm doing it now!

I guess I'm saying I do it too and haven't a clue how to prevent it.