Speaking/reading issues
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Hi all,
I'm back, less than 12 hours later. What a tizzy this anxiety has me in
Lately I have noticed some speaking issues - when I am engaging in normal conversation I keep noticing that I stumble over my syllables and can't get a word out right. It's not every time I open my mouth but it feels frequent to me. Say if I was having a conversation where I said 6 sentences, I'd stumble over one word maybe in 3 of the 6 sentences. I know this is something we as humans do but my anxiety has me convinced is something more serious.
I have also noticed some issues reading - i am a student so I am not reading a lot of books, but mostly powerpoints, text messages, things like that, and sometimes when a sentence is structured oddly or just isn't something someone would naturally say I have to reread it once or twice before I get it.
I am honestly probably just noticing normal cognitive errors since I am so worried about every last little thing that could be wrong with me, but does anyone have any ideas about this? I did just have a neurological exam last Wednesday with no abnormalities
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lisa2512 amelia43385
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Hello, I too have been having a similar issue. Ill start to talk and will say the word backwards or the words within a sentence backwards. I never use to have the problem until recent when I was diagnosed with anxiety after suffering in silence for solong and am hoping it doesnt stay long term but its not very frequent that it occurs. My assumption is that when I'm deling with multiple things going on snf tring to sort them out my brain is just too tired form the anxiety to process it right. This morning i had an anxiety attack and ill take backwards speech over that any day as it was misery. Try not to dwell on it or think about it so much, that helps me. Hope this helps.
amelia43385 lisa2512
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I did a little bit of reading last night and it does seem that your brain can be so exhausted from anxiety (mine certainly feels like it is), that you might just not be as sharp as you normally are. I am really trying to convince myself that's what it is!
lisa2512 amelia43385
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amelia43385 lisa2512
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jan34534 amelia43385
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yes Amelia, I do trip over my words and I have problems with anxiety. I told the neurologist this and he said it's due to your anxiety. It's embarrassing sometimes because I feel silly when I do it in front of people. I have to force myself to slow down and talk because when I talk faster it happens more. I don't think it's anything more serious. I have had a brain MRI which came out normal. Try not to worry about it
amelia43385 jan34534
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