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Speech struggles

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I’m 27f and awaiting assessment date. When asked about how you’re feeling how do you react? When I’m asked about my feelings or if I am trying to speak to somebody about something for example yesterday I was trying to ask my manager if we could come up with a plan for when I’m having a bad day, I really struggle to get the words out. It’s like I know what I want to say in my head but I can’t form the words and then I get really annoyed at myself for not being able to speak. Could this be due to autism or would this be something else? 

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  • How are you feeling? It's such a big question because you can be feeling so many things and putting it in to words is not an easy task for autistic people. I spend forever trying to process the question and rack my brains trying to work out what to say - the whole time I'm stood open mouthed looking idiotic haha - it's a complete nightmare and aside from my horrific voice trying to speak it's responsible for my social anxiety and why I avoid people and socialising.

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  • How are you feeling? It's such a big question because you can be feeling so many things and putting it in to words is not an easy task for autistic people. I spend forever trying to process the question and rack my brains trying to work out what to say - the whole time I'm stood open mouthed looking idiotic haha - it's a complete nightmare and aside from my horrific voice trying to speak it's responsible for my social anxiety and why I avoid people and socialising.

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