Communication Anxiety, Accent Insecurity

Hi, how are you? Thanks for reaching out. What you’re describing sounds strongly related to social/performance anxiety with excessive self-monitoring during speaking. When someone becomes hyperaware of how they sound, their accent, wording, or how others may judge them, the brain starts overchecking every sentence in real time. This overloads working memory and can cause freezing, speech blocks, difficulty forming thoughts, and loss of fluency — especially around people, while speaking alone feels normal. Your history of bullying may also have trained your mind to stay alert for judgment or embarrassment during conversations. So the issue is usually not lack of intelligence or language ability, but anxiety interfering with natural expression. Treatment often includes CBT, confidence rebuilding, reducing self-monitoring, exposure work, and sometimes medication if anxiety is severe. With proper therapy, many people improve significantly. Take therapy. You can connect with me on nine two six six seven two six zero six five.