[GreyGoose]

Sometimes I feel like I can't speak too well (speaking too slowly, words getting mixed up, no strength/motivation to get the words out, certain words coming out funny, verbal "dyslexia", can't think clearly or pronounce words, etc.

Also here are several words I can think of to describe how my mind feels sometimes and it scares me as well as drives me nuts...

...foggy, fuzzy, cloudy, soupy, numb, syrupy, dull, dumb, zombified, spacey, anesthetized, drop in IQ, emotionless, robotic, blank, stuporish, retarded, etc.

Anyone else here get this and is this pretty common with anxiety?. I mean, right now I'm not feeling particularly "anxious" and I STILL have these weird symptoms.

- GreyGoose

[silver_queen]

I get this too, and it's something I've noticed when I'm talking to a certain person who makes me nervous. I end up stammering over words when I talk and sometimes I just can't pronounce a word, I keep pronouncing it wrong and I have to stop and try to pronounce it correctly. This year is the first time I've noticed this, and it's definitely a help that I know other ppl are finding difficulties talking too.

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Also here are several words I can think of to describe how my mind feels sometimes and it scares me as well as drives me nuts...

...foggy, fuzzy, cloudy, soupy, numb, syrupy, dull, dumb, zombified, spacey, anesthetized, drop in IQ, emotionless, robotic, blank, stuporish, retarded, etc.

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All too often, my brain does feel like that but I've put it down to depression rather than anxiety, though maybe it's a combination of the two. Are you dxed with depression too, greygoose?

[(JD)]

actually, fog is a medical term LOL it comes with stress and also some things like fibromyalgia.

[Hope4me2]

yes I get like that too.....words all scrambled and I misprounce words and my tongue feels like mush....hard to talk....then this makes me feel more selfconsious and then I get quiet around people and afraid to talk...I hate this but YES I understand and yes I get all of what you said with anxiety.....take care

[Nerak]

I get that way also - and the more anxious I get sometimes I will stutter. It is very frustrating to me.

[dusty]

I feel like I am just not with it at times, like I can't even say the words I want for lack of remembering them when I need them. It is easier for me to just shut up then to try and express myself when I am upset at times.
I think it makes me feel stupid and then I cry with the frustration because I feel overwhelmed with all this.
Which is why I am now seeing a T. Because I feel I can always talk but it seems to be a struggle at times. Stress I think. Your not alone. Hang in there..

[Butterfly_Faerie]

Grey Goose I've had problems like that.. maybe not all at once but it has occured.

With my speech it depends what's going on. I stutter sometimes, my sentences at times don't make any sense. I also if I'm nervous or want to get something out... I talk really fast like I'm needing to purge.

I can relate to what you are feeling with this.

[Finna1]

Grey goose, I get the exact thing, often gets worse the more anxious I get. Its like a treadmill, it gets worse the more I try to stop it.

[dayzee9]

(((((((((GreyGoose...BINGO!!!!)))))))

For almost the past year whenever I'm trying to settle in w/
social situations, my speech starts to slur; I cannot think of the simplest words (even when I'm writing I forget temporarily how to spell the most simple words);

I don't know if it's another "mental episode" or I am truly
heading towards dementia b/c I cannot formulate sentences.
Prime example: I just got back from seeing my PsychDoc...he's very impatient, & was throwing questions at me left & right, cutting me off b/c I didn't answer fast enough.

It's really unsettling w/ me; I feel like I'm losing it; stupid; shot up w/ a quart of Demerol....etc...really like an idiot b/c I'm a nurse...I know the answers, but they just don't come out of my mouth....or if they do, they come out half-assed backwards!

What I finally did was to get a referral from my GP to see a neurologist; the neurologist gave me the referral to Speech Therapy.........I didn't want to go to my first appt. I felt stupid as hell; BUT.. I think she can really help me......it's a risk, but it's better than what I'm stuck w/ now!

Check it out! Dare to Be Great!! Peace, Dayzee9

[Junerain]

Wow my mind, well, I want to comment, on the words you used to describe how your mind feels. Three words really hit the nail on the head for how my own mind feels...

"Numb.....robotic......zombified...

those three words really describe how I feel. I especially feel this way with certain communicator types. People that form ideas about the control of a situation, or people that focus on practical things, my mind is quite a fantacist and doesnt relate to any mind that isn't.