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Observations on being non-verbal | catastraspie
Sometimes I can’t talk. I’m an adult, I hold down a job, I’ve spoken in public at international conferences. Yet some days, I can’t even say “yes” to the offer of a cup of coffee, at home, from my partner.
It’s as if someone has put tape over my mouth. The fully formed sentences are there and ready to come out, but they just don’t happen. It feels like I’m willing something to happen by telekinesis, or trying to start a car that refuses to even turn over.
This is a lot like how I am with spoken language. Sometimes just feels like too much effort to actually get the words to come out.
And writing/reading have always felt less… mentally stressing?… for me than speaking and listening.
Yes. I can definitely relate to this feeling.
ALL MY FEELS> It’s like… HOW DO MAKE WORDS!? And sometimes I’m like bla bla bla and won’t shut up. Those are your two choices. Can’t be arsed to vocalize and can’t shut me up
Even more proof that we are, at times, the same person. Yes.
Because this is me, too.
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bloom-in-snow reblogged this from goldenheartedrose and added:
Yes. This. The telekinesis metaphor works perfectly. There’s no way to concentrate hard enough or want it to happen...
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lesmurs reblogged this from codeman38 and added:
yes, yes, yes. maybe I should show this to my therapist, and hopefully she’ll understand. but I fear she won’t and will...
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spectacularbear reblogged this from iamthethunder and added:
i have learned to keep a pen and paper on me at all times because of this :c
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I wish I had this so often at work. Like… it’s not that I’m too busy to deal with you and don’ twant to talk to you/deal...
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You know what I want? A laptop with a second screen on the lid. And an app for making words appear on it. And a social...
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This, so much.
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Yeah like all of that.
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autisticweirdo reblogged this from goldenheartedrose and added:
This happens to me a lot. When I’m especially tired, I can only make one word at a time and when I do, it feels like all...
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goldenheartedrose reblogged this from deducecanoe and added:
Even more proof that we are, at times, the same person. Yes. Because this is me, too.
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