I was talking to my mom and it was all jumbled. It was frustrating. I couldn’t get the words out. Does this happen to any of you?
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Yes. Probably from lack of practice in my case.
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I’m sorry this happened to you @LilyoftheValley
Was it like word salad?
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This totally happened to me once too recently. I think it’s word salad but I’m not sure.
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This happens to me all the time especially when im stressed out or nervous. I either cant get the words out or they are all screwed up. Its nice to know im not alone. Thanks for posting
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I use to have this problem, although not in the extreme. I spent a lot of time writing my thoughts down, it trained me to think what I wanted to say in the way I wanted to say it, after doing that for a while I became a lot better at talking without getting all jumbled up…
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I haven’t experienced this too much, but I did last night and today. Words have been hard.
It may have been. Everything was jumbled and I couldn’t get words out
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Yeah sounds like it @LilyoftheValley
I’m sorry.
Word salad is common with schizophrenia
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I’m sorry it happens to you too
That’s a good idea @Headspark
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Thanks! I found it helpful.
I used MS Word. I would write something down that I was thinking, then reword it, then move around sentences, etc… I eventually got better at saying what I wanted to say the way I wanted to say it. Structuring my thoughts in my mind.
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I’m happy for you 
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I have that problem too, especially when trying to explain something. My mind will go blank, and I often wonder if what I ended up saying actually made any sense. It’s weird because I don’t really have this issue when I am alone with my thoughts or if I’m writing something. But in a social situation, I am very awkward and I can’t express myself the way I would like so I usually do more listening than actual talking.
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I have an extremely mild form of disorganized speech (not sure it even qualifies as a symptom of schizophrenia). I only have trouble talking when I’m exhausted, super anxious or very angry, or when my mind is racing too fast. When it happens, I can usually correct myself in the next sentence. Still, I want to hide under a rock sometimes. I once got so tired, it sounded like I was speaking in an alien tongue over the phone to a store customer. I had to hit the transfer call button fast.
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I often go blank too. It’s frustrating! 
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I get that @HitandMiss
Oh man. At least you transferred the call
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Yeah, I apologized to my boss later, and explained I was studying high school chemistry after work, in the evenings, and my mind was fried that day. It was online high school, and I wanted to go into a new career. So much for self betterment. 
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It’s ok. It doesn’t mean anything bad about you. It just happens sometimes. What did your boss say?
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