Any other ADDers have trouble speaking clearly?
I had interviewed for a job a week back, and the guy actually called me back
to discuss the status. They still haven't made a a decision yet, but one thing concerned the company was the fact that I may not be anunciating to their liking...sometimes mumbling? I have always had this problem. It happens when I get nervous..or excited..but most of the time I am ok :.this just upsets me because they said I was the top candidate otherwise..:( I may not get the job and this sounds like the opportunity I have been looking for

Anyone have a similar problem? what did you do to fix it?

I mix my words and letters when I get nervous or tired. Example: mow lawner = lawn mower; 'erotic' instead of 'exotic' when I know the difference

I find I do better when I make sure I'm well rested (seems to be the answer for everything) and take a breath everytime I start to speak. This gives me time to collect my thoughts and prepare my mouth to express them. Also keeps me from saying 'um' and 'uh' a lot.

Good luck with the new job.

My brother once said that German was easier to understand than my language, which supposedly is Swedish. :rolleyes::) Another time he said that you could understand 25% of what I say the first time I say it.

People ask me "What did you say?" a lot! Sometimes they turn to someone else to ask them what I said. :mad:

I speak loud and clearly when I'm angry though, and I also have no problem with people not hearing what I say when I speak in front of a group. Notice; in front of not in a group.

Any other ADDers have trouble speaking clearly?
I had interviewed for a job a week back, and the guy actually called me back
to discuss the status. They still haven't made a a decision yet, but one thing concerned the company was the fact that I may not be anunciating to their liking...sometimes mumbling? I have always had this problem. It happens when I get nervous..or excited..but most of the time I am ok :.this just upsets me because they said I was the top candidate otherwise..:( I may not get the job and this sounds like the opportunity I have been looking for
Same problem here.. I notice I tend to get the jobs when I am relaxed at the interviews, and not when I get nervous (and incoherent). When I do get nervous, mumbly and toungue-tied, I also get flushed and I'm sure my face turns several shades of red. I doubt that helps me!

The way that I cope is to not think too much about the interview beforehand, just know what I want to say and don't let it get me stressed or nervous beforehand.

Anyway, if you are a top candidate, then you may still be able to convince them that it's just a nervous problem that won't be a problem once you're settled in.

Good luck

I got asked last week to put what I had just said in English :) I have got to slow my brain down so that my words can get caught up with it.

I had the same promblem ppl said i mumbled in actuallaty i didn't i had no projection in the voice look at the community colleges and see if you take a voice and artucaltion class it might help

just think before you speak , and talk slower . I use to have the habit of mumbling and talking under my breath too .

For me it's not usually when I'm tired but when I'm excited, I'll talk too fast... the words just come out all mixed together. And sometimes when I'm typing I'll skip words or put two in together if I'm typing fast... the problem is my brain is faster than my words can come out of my mouth or fingers

just think before you speak , and talk slower . I use to have the habit of mumbling and talking under my breath too .
Jingles,
Ummm . . . no offence, but this is an ADHD forum. Your advice is great, in theory, but ADDers have a difficult time with impulsivity and slowing down. Meds help, but it is something we always have to work on. I guess you are lucky that way.

I mumble all the time...Mostly when I'm feeling shy or freaked out or just plain don't wanna talk...or if I'm telling someone something really personal....

yeah people have to ask me to repeat things all the time and I also will say the wrong words when I'm stressed out...My mind is racing and I say it the right way inside but when it comes out....it's terrible... :rolleyes:

oh well....

I have a really hard time with job interviews because I get really really nervous, being put on the spot like that. I become really thirsty. My breath gets really constricted which just makes things worse, and sometimes I'll have trouble even getting words out. I stumble over my words and stutter as well, I really have to try and calm myself down before hand. If they have a water cooler available, I've learned to ask for a glass of water.

Most of the time when I’m excited or my mind in running a hundred miles a second I have the same problem. I talk so fast that I run all my word together to the point where they become unintelligible. I have gotten better at this with practice, but today during a job interview I did the same thing. No worries, what can he do… fire me?

Sometimes i mumble. More often i find myself saying words that are similar to what i mean and i hear the correct word come out of my mouth, but its not what i said at all.

More often i find myself saying words that are similar to what i mean and i hear the correct word come out of my mouth, but its not what i said at all.


OH you totally are a copy-cat...I do the same thing ... sucks when it's something you didn't want that person to hear but you said it and they try to cover it up...yup yup...

oh well ... thats apart of life!! :) :)

I also have the mumbling problem. I've learned to speak clearly in non-casual situations, but the problem then is that I don't feel natural at all and I start stuttering and my mind goes blank sometimes.

A quick story:

Back in H.S. all my buddies knew I had a massive crush on this one girl. We went to church together, she was captain of the drill team, honor student, the whole bit. One day I'm walking with my buddies down the hall and here she comes from the other end of the hall. My friends, being totally supportive, encouraged me to say something to her. When we passed, she beat me to it and spoke first. I responded with, "peowrendciahoa!" My buddy Eric gave me the funniest look ever. Funny how "Hey, Allison" can go so very wrong. Eric said, "that was good... except I don't think anyone knows what language that was."

That pretty well summarizes dozens of episodes. So, I'm with you on this one... just gotta learn do slow it down a little, think, speak. You'll be ok...

oh my...
I have exactly the same problem! ("duh... that's one of the main symptoms of AD/HD" I hear myself saying as I type)

Here's a story of mine, since we're sharing...
Me and my wife and long-time friend were sitting around the house one day in the middle of winter. They put on their shoes and jackets, and my wife turned to me and said, "Alright, so are we all ready to go?"
Of course, being as how it was below freezing outside and I hate cold weather, I looked at them like they were nuts, wanting to go anywhere in those conditions, and asked them where they were going. At that point I knew something odd was going on, because they gave me almost the exact same look.
"Um... you just said two minutes ago you wanted to go to Barnes&Noble to get some coffee and get out of the house for a while... Are you feeling ok?"
I of course, freaked out, having said no such thing to them at all, "Um... considering how I not only hate cold, but can't breathe cold air because of my asthma, It's kind of ludecrous to think I would have suggested going out." the words came out before I could edit them, of course, and they started REALLY freaking out at this point, not to mention getting frustrated and angry with me for the comment I had just made.
Begrudgingly, after half an hour of b****ing and moaning (on my part) and rambling on about how I would never suggest going out in the subfreezing temps, etc, we finally ended up going, but I remember two things about that situation now that really freaked them out at the time, and freak me out even worse now, and combined with one more thing that I now remember having happened just two days later, that finally led me to get treated for my ADD.

1) Most of my complaints and (what I thought at the time were clear and valid) arguments were more along the lines of "Idunnwagoincldaerczhatecoldidoo" and "why would I want to go out when I've coffee at bookstore to the homeatsocaffienei'm all good!" etc.

2) At some point in my memory, between us all sitting down in the living room and them getting up, I had somehow managed to put on my coat, scarf, hat, gloves, and boots, which I was (in my memory) suddenly wearing just before they got up to get on their own coats...
At the time, somehow, (and what's wierd is that no-one pointed it out to me) I was completely oblivious to this fact...

and
3) Two days later, Us three and another friend all went to barnes and noble yet again (It was one of our favorite things to do, cuz there's not much else in S.E. Missouri TO do...) at around 10:30, I went up to the starbucks counter (they had a small starbucks cafe inside) and decided that I wanted an italian soda because I hadn't had one in a long time. I had trouble deciding between the flavors Vanilla, Caramel, and Irish Cream, and after I finally did make up my mind on the Irish cream I tried to order a (get this...) "VanillaIrishCaramelCreamThingWithIce...AnduhStrawT uhDrnkeettwthph"
Interestingly enough, the guy behind the counter replied, "An Irish Cream Italian Soda. That'll be two dollars and twenty three cents." Which was an incredible interpretation considering the masterful belligerance with which I had actually ordered...

After remembering all that, I was definately terrified, and as I said, that's when I put some serious effort into doing what I needed to to get diagnosed and treated.


-Mike

Is this a known problem of ADHD? seems very coincidental how common I suppose it depends on the circumstances.

I have speech issues,what I think and say,are often two different things-it is like I'm thinking too fast but my awareness of speech can't keep up,and so I don't get the right words out a lot,especially when I'm required to speak quickly.

I responded with, "peowrendciahoa!"

Brilliant! I'm going to have to use that line.

I also have spaeking problem, first I have the tendency to talk to much and to fast that people have hard time understanding me...when I on meds I can control it a litlle bit more...but the worse part is when I have to solve a problem with the principal or my coordinator, i go for one extrem to another, sometime I been kind of agressive or been defensive...in others times I can't control the feellinf of crying and be quited and don´t said anything...this situation just happans last week when gave me back a proyect that I had work very hard and whitout an explanation, I took the papers unable to say anything, just truned arround I feel so hurt that the only thing that I want to do was cry, I called my inmediate boss and tell her I was living because I didn't feel well...I took my car, drove home crying al the way got to bed (10:30 am) still crying until i felt asleep...I was more relax in the afternoon, work with my prive consult...but until today I haven't find the way to ask her why she did that...I am afreid of her answerd and at my reacction at the same time...This week i wiil face her, i hope i don't get very sensitive because I hate that, make me feel weak:( It is nice to find out in this forum that I am not alone with this kinds of feeling or this kind of life....:)