why English is getting more difficult to understand? It happens to me some times It's like I can't focus enough to understand. I can respond properly. However it sounds like a foreign language to me, I basically get really really confused. I tend to try to read lips when this happens. My husband can tell because of how stressed I look and I stare at his mouth. Others don't notice. I'm pretty vocal about it to my husband. I have no idea what it is originally I thought it only happened when I was manic but that's not the case.