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Advice on Aphasia like symptoms

NAS83366

Hi,

I was diagnosed with Autism at 5 years old.

I used to have limited vocabulary and I have a monotone voice, I find it hard to speak and be understood when I am trying to explain something. I find it hard to find the words as an Adult now and I will say sentences backwards, say the opposite thing or even say a word or words in the middle of my sentence that isn’t associated at all and it can get me into trouble at work.

 My mouth does not feel fully linked up to my mind, I do stumble over my words sometimes and it gets frustrating trying to talk sometimes to people who don’t know me. 

Does anyone have this same problem with their Autism and do you know any therapy that helps? It’s like my mind scrambles when I’m talking too sometimes. 

Parents

  • Hi

    Good description

    I started having regular conversations in my head to practise, since then it's easier. Except when emotional. But then it's a lot of emotions if they can overflow alexithymic dam.

    I think it's spoken language, it's not made for us to communicate effectively. My default thinking is in pictures/diagrams

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  • Hi

    Good description

    I started having regular conversations in my head to practise, since then it's easier. Except when emotional. But then it's a lot of emotions if they can overflow alexithymic dam.

    I think it's spoken language, it's not made for us to communicate effectively. My default thinking is in pictures/diagrams

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  • in reply to Mariusz

    I never used speak in my head but made myself start doing it when I was a teen, but it seems within my mind the words flow easily but when it gets to my mouth I start stumbling. 

    Yeah emotions make it worse for me too, sometimes I fight with my mouth or can’t remember the word I need to use to explain.

    My default way of thinking is the same as you, it was never naturally using words, it was more sounds, feelings, images etc and something else I can’t really explain but different. 

    it gets a bit embarrassing when I might say stuff that I meant to say differently when at work, or I totally confuse a client because I can’t explain something.

    I might say stuff like “I got it for the Dog” when I mean the person’s name, not dog. I’ve said something worse at work which was quite bad… I meant to say that the Doctors were talking in the clinical room, but instead what came was “the doctors are doing drugs in the room” and this isn’t in my mind when talking, I generally don’t think of my words or practice them when I speak and I may sound abrupt too when not meaning to.