Poverty of Speech/Thought

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Hey guys, it’s been a while since I have posted but I guess I am doing OK. I think I have posted about this before but I don’t remember really.

Is anyone having trouble with poverty of Speech or thought? I can’t really say I am good at taking these days, I just try to keep other people talking because I can’t do the talking thing very well.

I have women on Match.com who ‘like’ me but I am not sure of even how to begin talking to them because I find trouble talking to my friends and parents. Don’t concentrate on the talking to women part of this, I just wanted to give an example of some of what this impacts.

I just don’t find that I can think of things to say easily and it is frustrating.

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I think if you talk the way you write you come across fine.

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Welcome back!

I used to have pretty bad speech problems during my psychotic episode. I couldn’t remember anything, I’d pause and stutter a lot, I’d forget what I was saying, and I’d go off topic and go on a tangent. It was rough.

Maybe talk to your doctor about it? My Vraylar helped me get better mentally, enough that I can speak properly again. I can hold a conversation much better now. Maybe they’ll have tips or medicine that can help?

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I don’t talk the way I write that’s part of the problem, I am not sharp thinking anymore and I believe it shows with how I don’t talk very well.

I respond mostly with a few words and can’t elaborate on things like I used to be able to do. I am always searching for a word or a full thought, it’s very frustrating.

I can try talking about it next week when I see my therapist or whatever she is, thanks for the responses, I don’t really know what I am expecting to hear or get out of this thread.

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Talking has always been a big issue for me along with isolation and boredom.

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Find your passions, or whatever you’re interested in. If you do what you say and vice versa, talking is a piece of cake.

I understand where you’re coming from as being an introvert and DX’d myself. I used to go off on tangents to get a laugh or smile from others, but now I’m maybe more focused? I’m definitely more goal-oriented or I try to be at least. I like to see the positives in any situation I guess.

Talking is just communication to me however, and if it’s not strictly business, what is it? Is it productive? Sure it can be fun, but remember to balance work and play. This is something I struggle with to, I think it has a lot to do with character and personality development.

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Yeah I have issues with isolation and boredom too but my parents usually keep me from isolating but boredom is something that I deal with everyday.

That and depression, I have a platter of problems it seems and talking about them just feels like I am complaining more than I should be.

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I wish that was the case with finding my passions and being able to talk alot about them but I still find it difficult to talk about things.

I like music and playing guitar and I like my children but I can’t say as I can talk about any of those all that much.

I do feel like talking about things I like helps compared to just trying to talk about everything else, still doesn’t stop poverty of thought or whatever you want to call the difficulty in getting words out or memories out. I can be talking and into what I am talking about but still have times where I can’t remember names of things or words, it’s frustrating.

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Yes, I’ve had this a lot too, the number one thing that helps me is my antidepressant, and practicing talking to people I trust.

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@brandotron… im the exact same…I have poverty of speech/thought…im looking for input too as regards helping oneself…I did ask my pdoc and I said it was social anxiety and he prescribed me sertraline…

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