anyone else have trouble communicating?

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While there are times I really do like being silent I also need communication with people and I also actually despise the distant impersonal texting and other digital means, so I do have to reach out verbally

my communication problems seem also to be not just when speaking but in all forms of interaction, Forums, Email, and phone calls as well as in person - somehow anytime I try to get a point across I just seem to have this energy that turns people understanding to the opposite of my intentions.

Communicating is hard, but what I wish for is to not be treated as less than others because it took me longer.

I don't wish to give up or to stop trying, and writing is no easier than talking, it still involves trying to use words to communicate and trying to think about what needs to be included and what should be cut out, and on and on.

I do wish it to be easier, though.

I sometimes feel I'd function better if I didn't have to talk, but only because of what has happened when I talk to people.

My natural inclination is to talk; I'm just usually disappointed at how it turns out.

It's a very common problem, but the nature of my communication problem isn't that I lack verbal skills. I can put my thoughts into words very easily. My problem is the opposite one: I talk to much. Repetitively, and often interrupt others before they can finish their responses to me. And if I'm in a group of people, if I don't like the subject being spoken about, I will take any opportunity I get to turn the subject around to one that interests me. I can modulate my voice fine, and use inflection. It may be a combination or things in both the social and communication areas for me.