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Anxiety of Communication
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Difficulty Speaking Common Anxiety Symptom Descriptions
• Difficulty or unusual awkwardness speaking or pronouncing words, syllables, or vowels. • Difficulty moving your mouth, tongue, or lips. • Suddenly become self-conscious of your problems talking, speaking, moving your mouth, tongue, or lips. • Uncharacteristically slurring your speech. • Uncharacteristically speaking much slower or faster than normal. • Uncharacteristically jumbling up words or fumbling over your words when speaking. • Mouth, tongue, or lips aren’t moving normally. • Mouth, tongue, lips, or facial muscles aren’t responding normally. • Face muscles feel unusually stiff, making talking difficult and forced. • Face feels like it has been anesthetized, making speaking or moving your mouth, tongue, or lips difficult. This symptom is often described as “slurred speech.”
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