I sometimes struggle because of them. I can't hear what people are saying properly. It makes people think I'm not listening. Sometimes I can't talk properly. I can talk but I can't get my point across because it's mixed up. People misunderstand what I'm trying to say. It's why I had help in school and had someone help me outside of school once a week. I couldn't do things on my own very well. I still can't. I can order at restaurants. I'm getting better at answering the phone.
Conversations and social things are difficult though. I have to stim when I talk. I sometimes can't talk because of anxiety or something. Sometimes it feels like I have nothing to say. People haven't been nice to me about that. They think I'm "weird" because I stare sometimes. I'm trying to get better at talking but it's difficult. I love to write but my speaking is so different. Sometimes I mumble and nobody can hear me or I don't talk in complete sentences. Sometimes I just repeat phrases.
12 Dec 2024, 1:28 pm
