Is it normal to want to finish a though before i say it in my head?

Ok this is hard to explain but I'm gonna try. When I'm thinking about something I want to say or write I obviously have to come up with a thought. But it seems like I start to tell it to myself (in my head) before I finish the thought. This drives me crazy! So end up repeating the cycle over and over trying to finish the thought before I say it. Does this make any sense?! Is this normal?!

Is It Normal?
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  • Better that bursting our crap lol. I do this all the time and by the time in "ready" the subjects changed haha

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  • If I think too much about what I'm trying to say I get nervous and end up speaking incomplete thoughts. So I try not to think on it and just go with it. But I often find myself using more words than necessary. It can be a tricky balance. But sometimes, the thoughts just need to come out.

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  • That's close but it's like I think it and then say it in my head, but I can't seem to finish the thought before I say it.

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  • I'm not exactly sure I understand what you mean, but it sounds like a similar thing that used to happen to me: sometimes after a thought entered my mind, there was a sort of "echo" of it. I used to get a bit annoyed with this secondary, almost copy thought. I haven't experienced this for a long time, actually. The way I remember it is, that it then made me want to evaluate the thought even though I knew it wasn't "ready". Maybe it's a bit like a deja-vu.

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