Tip of the Tongue

[balder]

I've been worried cause lately (starting from some months ago) this has happened too much. Most times when I want to tell/ask something to someone, I forget the main word that would give meaning to the phrase. I get really embarassed when that happens and I am not able remember it, though I can remember it some minutes later. Does this use to happen to anyone else here?

What I mean is this exactly problem: Tip of the tongue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[King_Oni]

Way too often, lol

Weirdly enough I have it more often with speech than when writing. But my verbal capabilities and non-verbal are a big difference, so I guess that explains why I'm not consistent.

I sometimes tend to forget stuff in general as well. Could be my ADHD mind playing tricks with me though.

Sometimes I mix up languages and am short of the dutch word though I know the correct word in another 6 languages or so.

 

[balder]

It happens almost exclusively when I speak, though I can remember an occasion lately when I spent about 20 minutes trying to remember the word "procrastination" :sticky_confused:

 

[King_Oni]

It happens almost exclusively when I speak, though I can remember an occasion lately when I spent about 20 minutes trying to remember the word "procrastination" :sticky_confused:

That in fact is irony, since most people will probably think you've been procrastinating while you actually were searching for the right word, lol

 

[TheFoz]

All the time, but it happens more if i'm in discomfort or near a meltdown. This disconnection adds to my frustrations and can hasten a meltdown or shutdown.

 

[gailt915]

Happens to me all the time.........more so with names, titles of movies, etc. but also with 'regular words'. Then it bugs the heck out of me until I can remember what it was that I was trying to say! It usually comes to me.............like 2 hours later!!! Then it bursts out of my mouth, loudly, no matter where I am! Can be kinda embarassing..

 

[TheFoz]

It usually comes to me.............like 2 hours later!!! Then it bursts out of my mouth, loudly, no matter where I am! Can be kinda embarassing..

I experience the same thing--that vocal eruption over a long sought after word.
At first, it's like I'm looking for something I was just using. Just like looking through all the cupboards for the salt. then I find it in the dining room and its all "Salt! there you are."
If it happens over an actual item it's not as disconcerting, more like the end of a successful treasure hunt, or a serendipitous discovery.

With unattached names, verbs and adjectives its weirder.

Its especially weird if the word I was looking for came from a foreign language.