How Anxiety Can Affect Speech Patterns
How Anxiety Affects Speech
“Different forms of anxiety seem to affect speech in different ways. You should absolutely make sure that you're addressing your anxiety specifically. Anxiety causes both physical and mental issues that can affect speech. These include: Shaky voice, Quiet Voice, Dry Throat/Loss of voice, Trouble putting thoughts into words and stuttering.
Are There Ways to Overcome This Type of Anxiety Issue?
Changes in speech patterns can be embarrassing and very unusual for the person that is suffering from them. It's extremely important for you to address your anxiety if you want these speech issues to go away. Only by controlling your anxiety can you expect your ability to speak with others to improve. That said, there are a few things that you can do now: Start strong, Look at foreheads and drink water.”
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Reflection: Has anxiety ever affected your speech? If so, in what way? And what did you do to cope with it?
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I still struggle with anxiety but I struggled with it the most during my high school years. Especially during public speaking. My voice would shake, I would stutter, my throat and mouth would get dry and my voice would get “quiet” What I mean by quiet is that my voice usually goes really high pitched when I get nervous or (excited for that part) I remember my then teacher told me: “Have you considered going to speech therapy since your voice is to high-pitched” That comment really made my anxiety worse every time I had to take his class. The way I coped with it was to drink water beforehand, look at peoples foreheads and only look at my closest friends and I never, not even once, looked at that teacher again.
