Why do I talk so fast and so much?

Some individuals speak quickly out of nervousness and anxiety—they increase their rate in order to get their communication “over with,” but at the expense of clarity and diction, resulting in mumbling or jumbled speech. This particular phenomenon may apply to introverts as well as extroverts.

How do you control fast speaking?

5 Tips for the Fast Talker

1. Plot Your Pace. Most people speak 150 to 160 words per minute but tend to ramp it up when they get nervous or excited.
2. Press Pause.
3. Time yourself.
4. Be wary of the written word.
5. Repeat yourself.

Why do I talk so fast ADHD?

This is because people with ADHD often have issues with executive function. That’s kind of like your brain’s manager. It’s responsible for sorting through the information in everyday life, like organizing your thoughts in the middle of a fast-paced conversation.

Is being a fast talker good?

At 195 words per minute, about the fastest that people speak in normal conversation, the message became more credible to those listening, and therefore more persuasive. Talking fast seemed to signal confidence, intelligence, objectivity and superior knowledge.

What makes you difficult to understand when you speak?

You have a speaking habit that people often don’t “get”, whether it’s adding words here and there, speaking fast and softly, having a dialect, or anything along those lines. You have a very deep voice which makes it hard for people to understand your speeches. You are a visual thinker—you don’t think the way most people do.

Are fast-talkers prone to speech disorders?

It’s hard to say. The demands-capacities model explains speech disorders as the result of external demands for fluent speech exceeding someone’s capacity to produce that speech. According to Florence Myers, the go-to speech pathologist for ERS, fast-talkers emerge as exceptionally gifted speakers who can exceed normal fluency demands.

Do fast-talkers read faster than other people?

While reading at a natural pace, fast-talkers and clutterers both spoke faster than control group members. But when participants made a concerted effort to speed up, everyone spoke at about the same rate. Fast-talkers appeared to have some advantage over other participants during the speed-reading task, but the differences were slight.

Why can some people hear me but not understand what I say?

They can hear me, and what I say makes sense (I think), but they just don’t seem to comprehend what I’m saying. Perhaps because communication is mostly not about ideas. It’s mostly about forming networks. The other person is not thinking “what is the logic of this argument?” The other person is thinking “is that person on my team?”