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[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

I don't get it. People can't speak?

I understand not wanting to speak, but not the lack of ability.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 18 points 9 hours ago

Of course I can speak. I spend fifteen minutes practicing my order in my head first, of course. And then yeah, I probably get the words on the wrong order. But they're all mostly there.

[-] devfuuu@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

This morning I spent like 1 minute in a meeting wanting to say something scrolling in my head but the mouth was not cooperating at all with the words, so after a bunch of time and noises I just say "fuck the words" which actually worked and only then after pausing and waiting for the mouth to sync properly was I finally able to speak.

[-] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 hours ago

I'm autistic,and yes, I sometimes can't speak.

I try to say something, but instead it comes out in a way no one can understand.

[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

For whatever it's worth, whenever I am finally able to understand thoughts that come from a way different context than my own it is super satisfying. It's like finding a hidden world that was underneath my feet all along.

[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

"I have one main point I want to convey with five points of supporting evidence but actually each of those require arguing and some qualifications and point 4 is an essential part of the argument for point 1 and all of this reminds me of a funny conversation in a tv show that to me does a better job of explaining it but if you haven't seen it what's really important about that show is that it came out at the height of the War on Terror and -"

You probably stopped listening around the word "supporting" and I don't blame you for that

[-] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 hours ago

The problem is thoughts are a web, and speech is a line. Someday I hope we will be able to brain dump through our neural implants.

[-] Viceversa@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Oh no... Imagine tiktok content in those times

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

Aphasia sucks. There's a dam between my brain and my mouth and sometimes the right word gets caught on it so I have to start throwing out cinnamon rolls

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

You're trying to say you truly don't understand the concept of getting tongue tied?...

[-] EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app 1 points 8 hours ago

I also struggle to relate to this! My husband says he feels like this a lot, and I'm like, how? you've been speaking one language for 3 + decades, that's plenty of practice lol! But that's okay. He'll get there eventually.

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