Is it normal that i need to pre-script all of my speech?

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I need to pre-plan all of my conversations and other speaking situations. I spend hours thinking through potential conversations in advance and can only contribute properly if the conversation hits the topics of the passages I have pre-planned saying at some point in the past, which I then paraphrase very closely.

Otherwise, I cannot string words together on the spot, go on a lot of tangents, and fumble for the correct words to use. Often, people lose patience with that and just start talking before I even finish my ideas. It just seems to take me longer to find the words.

I am a graduate teaching assistant and my prof seemed shocked that I cannot run a seminar without practicing exactly what I will say for several hours in advance.

I am wondering how much this is part of a natural human condition or if this is a sign of something more specific in your case, if you can relate?

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  • cats1996
    8 years ago

    Same, when I did presentations at school I always had to plan out exactly what I was going to say word for word, I could never just improvise on the spot, also when I have to explain things to new colleagues at work I have to plan in advance how to say things.

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  • Couman
    8 years ago

    Rubio, is that you?

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  • 53739
    8 years ago

    It helps to have a general idea or framework to plan out your dialogue, but unless you're giving a speech I don't think it's appropriate to plan out what specific words you will say.

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  • Bake34
    8 years ago

    How is this not normal to prepare for a seminar? The president has a team of people that write and rehearse with him. In my opinion this is just good planning and professionalism.

    As far as planning everyday conversations that's not normal. That sounds kind of OCD.

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  • yu-gi-ohChampion25
    8 years ago

    it's probably just your own perfectionism sabotaging you. everything that you say doesn't need to be phrased perfectly to get your message out.

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