Blurting out anything that's on my mind

[Keith]

Since I was a kid I've had the tendency to blurt out anything that's on my mind, either in public or online. I have a few custom wikis and a couple journals, which have helped. I also use Facebook and Twitter, which also help (although I never post anything which should remain confidential).

 

[Manuheleku]

People at work are used to me saying something totally inappropriate or drifting in and out of conversations. Lots of times I pretend my hearing is bad so I can ask someone what the conversation is all about.

 

[nowwhat]

Yeah, at a certain age, I got so tired of being on the outside, bullied, laughed at, misunderstood, I just mostly stopped caring what people think. The resulting loss of whatever filter I once had between brain and mouth isn't always a good thing.

 

[Tarragon]

Same here. As a kid it caused me a lot of problems, but now it's just amusing. I still occasionally say something that is wrong, but for the most part what's in my head comes out my mouth and usually makes no sense to anyone. For example, one time we were discussing something and I blurted out, "It's snowing in Milwaukee." My friend's wife looked at me and said, "Oh, that's nice." They then paused waiting for an explanation. It dawned on me that no one had a clue what I was talking about. Had they been able to look inside my head, they would have known that I had observed the construction of the Harley Davidson museum via webcam and noticed it was snowing. However, all that came out was, "It's snowing in Milwaukee."

Uh oh, I've just realised that I used to do that tons too! I would often say something random! I am glad it isn't just me!!

 

[Manuheleku]

Yeah, at a certain age, I got so tired of being on the outside, bullied, laughed at, misunderstood, I just mostly stopped caring what people think. The resulting loss of whatever filter I once had between brain and mouth isn't always a good thing.

I can relate to that.

 

[Autism]

Since I was a kid I've had the tendency to blurt out anything that's on my mind, either in public or online. I have a few custom wikis and a couple journals, which have helped. I also use Facebook and Twitter, which also help (although I never post anything which should remain confidential).

I don't think that is really that unusual. Because our brains function so much differently. When I have a person standing in front of me they think about one thing and they talk about one thing.
I talk about one thing and at the same time I think about tons of other issues, tasks, procedures. When I then evaluate one of these I automatically comment on something that I am evaluating at the same time I am talking about something else.
But what other people are calling blurting out, in my case is just telling them right to their faces what the real truth is. Well, if someone wants to call that blurting out so be it.

 

[Keith]

Sometimes I get impatient and try to blurt it out while they're talking (either to me or to someone else).

 

[rollerskate]

I used to be really bad about jumping from one topic to another without explaining the connection between them. It would confuse everyone. To me the relativity was obvious. Or I would be thinking about something and start talking about it like I had been talking about it all along. I still do that on accident sometimes, as well as thinking I've said something that I've only thought. I'm bad about interrupting. I try not to, but I get so excited and or worried I'll forget before my chance to say it comes I end up just blurting it out. Another issue is thinking so hard about what I want to say next, afraid I'll lose it, that I don't absorb what's currently being said by the other person.

 

[rollerskate]

People at work are used to me saying something totally inappropriate or drifting in and out of conversations. Lots of times I pretend my hearing is bad so I can ask someone what the conversation is all about.

Yeah, I do that too. Just wander in, comment on the subject at random, then have nothing more to say and wander back off.