Having words is not the problem. I have all the words, the best words, big beautiful words, they’re just stored somewhere in a very logical place for them to be that I don’t remember and I don’t want to use the fresh ones coming in because look at them they’re shiny and new don’t touch them. (I feel weird using words I just read because I get self-conscious. It doesn’t make sense, no.)
I find that shaking my hands frustratedly while repeating the placeholder word at a higher frequency helps people understand what I’m trying to say to talk to me later
Has anyone found any relief from this from medication or therapy?
Read more books. Seriously. Having a fresh batch of words to draw upon helps me a lot.
Having words is not the problem. I have all the words, the best words, big beautiful words, they’re just stored somewhere in a very logical place for them to be that I don’t remember and I don’t want to use the fresh ones coming in because look at them they’re shiny and new don’t touch them. (I feel weird using words I just read because I get self-conscious. It doesn’t make sense, no.)
I find that shaking my hands frustratedly while repeating the placeholder word at a higher frequency helps people understand
what I’m trying to sayto talk to me later