Progressive Speech Loss

[Saulkar]

Hello Escapist. It is I, the annoying one. I have a question here that I chose to ask here since it is the only forum on the internet I am registered to, and the only one that I can think where most people put their brain before their mouth. Thing is I have noticed something that not only my parents dismiss but DOCTORS as well. My ability to verbally communicate has progressively been degenerating both physically and psychologically. I often forget words in masses, go for brief periods of time where a person is speaking English but I fail to understand anything that they say, understanding someone in a crowd regardless of volume, formulating coherent sentences, conjugating verbs, structuring my sentences in a legible form, placing words in the right order, at times failing to pronounce the most simple of words for a short period of time as if my vocal facilities were paralyzed. I have noticed this has become progressively worse over the past 5 years with no sign of stopping. I have always had a big vocabulary but it is diminishing. Both my parents and doctors say it is all in my head and worry is all that it is. Worry does not affect my ability to understand plain English for short periods of time or paralyze my ability to speak. Since I do not actually know what to call this I have no idea how to search for it online. While my verbal abilities are progressively degrading, my ability to read and write have for the most part been unaffected. If anyone here has heard anything please let me know so I can start searching for some answers online and hopefully something that I could use. Thanx a lot!

Edit: I forgot to mention that I have almost no ability anymore to formulate spontaneous statements or responses as well.

 

[Togs]

Err actually thats a fairly well documented response to psychological trauma.

And whilst I wouldnt be 100% certain unless I spent an hour researching it but I think the areas of the brain related to speech, language and communication are if not the same one then heavily linked- its unlikely that one would be affected and not the other.

 

[Saulkar]

its unlikely that one would be affected and not the other.

What do you mean? If you are commenting that my ability to read and right have been mostly unaffected, they still have been just not as noticeable. Sorry if I am misunderstanding you.

 

[Togs]

its unlikely that one would be affected and not the other.

What do you mean? If you are commenting that my ability to read and right have been mostly unaffected, they still have been just not as noticeable. Sorry if I am misunderstanding you.

Thats what I meant, but most of what Im saying comes from hazy, half remembered neurology lectures from over a year ago.

To be honest mate its unlikely that anyone here will know more about the subject matter thne trained medical professionals- if they think theres nothing wrong with you and its just psychosomatic then they're probably right.

EDIT= one thing I know for sure though is that nerves and stress can do crazy things to the mind and body, the loss of verbal communication has been shown to be just one way these things can manifest.

 

[Quaxar]

Well, have you tried asking a logopedic? Because that seems to be one of the three things they are actually there for (joking, my dear logopedic friends).

And I too am in a current state of forgetting words/mixing up sentences but that's probably because I'm too much on here posting stuff and reading in English all the time.
Really, I'm so far I forget words and expressions from my native language in favor of English ones.

 

[GothmogII]

How long do you spend on the internet per day Saulkar? And would you say that you spend the majority of the time you'd be interacting with other people interacting via the internet?

It's only a thought, but I've been having the same trouble too recently. I'll have to do some searching, but I have the strangest feeling that, if you don't verbalize often or enough, that your brain starts to find it difficult to do so when you need to.

The question I have being: Does electronic communication affect other forms of communication such as verbal and other types of non-verbal communication through super-ceding their use?

 

[Daggedawg]

I'm far from an expert, but it sounds like it could be some sort of aphasia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphasia

Again, I don't know, but it sounds similar in some ways. There might be something of relevance in that link.

 

[freaper]

Well, have you tried asking a logopedic? Because that seems to be one of the three things they are actually there for (joking, my dear logopedic friends).

And I too am in a current state of forgetting words/mixing up sentences but that's probably because I'm too much on here posting stuff and reading in English all the time.
Really, I'm so far I forget words and expressions from my native language in favor of English ones.

My thoughts exactly. Most of the time I even think in English, and even simple words get replaced by English ones when I'm talking.

The question I have being: Does electronic communication affect other forms of communication such as verbal and other types of non-verbal communication through super-ceding their use?

I've had the same feeling for a while now. I easily spend more time typing than talking, and even while talking over Skype it's in English, so there you go.

 

[DungeonMonkey]

Probably just hysteria. In fact, the human body is capable of giving itself the symptoms of a disease by convincing itself it has that disease!

So, basically, what I'm saying is, don't sweat it and it'll go away. Pretty sweet, eh?

 

[Saulkar]

How long do you spend on the internet per day Saulkar? And would you say that you spend the majority of the time you'd be interacting with other people interacting via the internet?

It's only a thought, but I've been having the same trouble too recently. I'll have to do some searching, but I have the strangest feeling that, if you don't verbalize often or enough, that your brain starts to find it difficult to do so when you need to.

The question I have being: Does electronic communication affect other forms of communication such as verbal and other types of non-verbal communication through super-ceding their use?

Hmmm, I do spend a lot of time on the computer, but actually not that much time on the internet. Mostly 3D/2D software, now while I do spend a couple hours at the gym and chatting with some acquaintances or teachers a school, coworkers at my job, etc. I have no social life because I have no friends/people who truly want to hang out, at all. Could this be a primary contributing factor? No social life means atrophycation of my language centers?

 

[Saulkar]

Probably just hysteria. In fact, the human body is capable of giving itself the symptoms of a disease by convincing itself it has that disease!

So, basically, what I'm saying is, don't sweat it and it'll go away. Pretty sweet, eh?

Unfortunately I am usually quite happy and content. Being so does not alleviate the problem. Thanks for the comment anyways.

(now why would it be unfortunate to be happy and content,lol)

 

[Saulkar]

its unlikely that one would be affected and not the other.

What do you mean? If you are commenting that my ability to read and right have been mostly unaffected, they still have been just not as noticeable. Sorry if I am misunderstanding you.

Thats what I meant, but most of what Im saying comes from hazy, half remembered neurology lectures from over a year ago.

To be honest mate its unlikely that anyone here will know more about the subject matter thne trained medical professionals- if they think theres nothing wrong with you and its just psychosomatic then they're probably right.

EDIT= one thing I know for sure though is that nerves and stress can do crazy things to the mind and body, the loss of verbal communication has been shown to be just one way these things can manifest.

I am curious. Can one be under stress subconsciously and still suffer the consequences because I am usually pretty laid back?

 

[Togs]

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I am curious. Can one be under stress subconsciously and still suffer the consequences because I am usually pretty laid back?

Yup, its known as repression- the way Ive always understood it/had it explained to me is like shoving bouyancy aids underwater- it takes energy and attention to do it but the things always find away of floating ot the surface, except in this case it'll do it in strange and unexpected ways.

EDIT= its also not unheard of for those suffering depression or elevated anxiety to develop hypochondria- they refuse to acknowledge that the cause is not simply psychological, instead searching for signs or symptoms for an imaginary biological disease.

 

[Trolldor]

If the doctors say there's nothing wrong with you, and you've seen, and you're definite there's something wrong, then go see more doctors.
Don't fucking ask people outside the medical profession. You don't ask a mechanic to do recontrstructive surgery, nor do you ask an anesthetist to build you a rover.