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Originally Posted by wanttolivebetter
This is something I actually keep coming across a lot. I've spoken to a few other people who have said they have the same issue while speaking, but literally everyone has said they don't have the same issue while writing. If anything, speaking is a little bit easier for me because you can get away with breaking more "rules" or stumbling while speaking, whereas written text is generally expected to be a bit more polished.
Just so tired of dealing with all of this.
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These days, with everyone attempting to express themselves in 140 character tweets, I'm not so sure that the written word carries the same gravitas that it once did.
That said, with me at least, it's a matter of how much time I perceive that I have available to craft whatever it is that I wish to convey. With something written, especially on a computer, I can adapt & redraft my writing until I'm satisfied with it, whereas speaking is more socially interactive with less time to prepare. Sometimes that immediacy works in your favor, since any time to become anxious about preparing your narrative is removed - it sounds like your anxiety relates more to the preparation, than to the live delivery aspect of things.
I may be attempting to show grandma how to suck eggs here, but when I'm writing something relatively complex, I often jot down the general ideas/concepts before attempting to build prose - that way I don't get too heavily involved with word choice or grammar, before I've sketched out how I want to run with it.
It might still be worth having a chat with your doctor, just to see if what you describe happens to fit some specific neurological symptom that they may be aware of (that they weren't aware of when you did your earlier tests).