Hey everyone,
Please bear with me as I attempt to describe what I’m looking for.
Firstly, I am pretty smart and very good at grasping new and intense concepts.
My problem is that my thoughts are all upstairs. I can understand what I’m thinking, or reading, but I cannot articulate my thoughts at all. I am terrible at writing, my vocabulary is severely lacking, and I have a really hard time formulating my thoughts and explaining what I’m thinking.
It’s like being trapped in my own mind. I know what I want to say, but I cannot for the life of me explain it or write it down. I have a really hard time writing and speaking in a “fancy” way. I first experienced what ifs like when I took a Poe & Twain class in college. When we were doing literature analysis, I can understand the symbolism and allegory, but I can’t explain how or why I know it, or what it even means. I can just see the connections in my head, but that’s it.
It’s a special as kind of hell. I cannot debate, I can’t write coherently, and I can’t explain things for shit.
I do enjoy reading and I’ve recently taken it back up.
Does anyone have any idea? How can I structure my thoughts in a way that’s coherent? How can I put my thoughts into words? Where can I learn to write, and argue, and debate better?
by AnAngryKobold
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I don’t have any book recs, but I just want to say…same! I believe I’m an intelligent person, I did earn a post-grad degree, and can function well in many different environments, but, I don’t sound very intelligent. My mind knows things but I don’t verbalize them well. I mean, I do fine, but my colleagues (I’m a psychologist) just sounds so smart, and I ….dont. It’s like my articulation hasn’t improved throughout my adult life where others’ have! Following for book recs 🙂