I find this is true for almost every other thing I want to say, and it's a serious hindrance in my conversational abilities. Anybody else experience this?
Posted Oct 12, 2009, 3:09 AM UTC · edited
...yeah, well, I mean, it's like... hmm, how would I say? well, whatchyacallit? you know what I mean.
I have the most interesting thoughts but when I open my mouth it's always this
For some reason that reminded me of the way I recall actors in movies: "You know, that one guy who was in that thing where he looked like that guy in that movie where Whoopi Goldberg was pretending to a nun".
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You should do acid.
You mean like the title of your post?
Write! Get a little journal, and write! Things get clearer when you have to formulate them enough to put them on paper.
Yes!! All the time...I never tell anyone and never know how to explain stuff....
When I do need to say stuff it comes out great..but just thinking when I am alone I get all sorts of stuff but I could never actually express the thoughts....
i don't get what you're asking...could you be more specific?
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It sounds sort of like a problem I also have. May I ask if it is easier for you to express your thoughts through writing when you are alone? And have you tried painting?
For me its like the intelligent part of the brain short-circuits somewhere between the thought and the verbal expression in a social context, rather odd, and has really been a problem in school...
Nope, the serious hindrance to my conversational abilities is that I'm pretty much vacant.
I like to think I have decent ideas and thoughts but can never put the point or idea across during a conversation. My ability to get ideas across improves when I'm writing the idea as I have more time, although I'm never happy with the result. I guess I'm just more visual. That's why I became a photographer.
Just curious, are you monolingual?
Yes. Why?
Just curious.
It's harder for visual learners to acquire a second language, but it's not because of any difficulty in the brain IMO. For me, it was more that I don't talk at every opportunities so the language ability I was born with wasn't exercised. I'm bilingual and my brain feels like it never packages experiences into sound bites. Creating what you want to say is a separate process from actually saying it.
Yup, I have the worlds most thoughtful and brilliant mind... and then I go to say something (or type it out) and it all turns to custard. Either that or what I'm saying (or was going to say) is a load of hokum.
I think from talking to friends that it is not entirely uncommon, it's just that some people go so far as to blurt everything out in the hope someone can figure it out for them.
yeah but don't count them towards your own intelligence please. You are only as intelligent as others see you.
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I'm the exact same way. It's ruined plenty of conversations that I could have easily articulated and gotten through by other mediums. Kind of crappy, huh?