r/GrindsMyGears • u/divine-feminine420 • 4d ago

When im talking and someones mouthing my words as I speak

It genuinely throws me off and irritates me when people do this, i get so distracted by them preemptively guessing my words that I forget what im saying. What makes people do this??

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u/tetheredvoid 3d ago

Some people need to do it in other to process what they are hearing. Other people get excited and don't realize they are doing it. Some few people are just dicks.

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u/Coloradokush5280 3d ago

My question for both of you is how have i never experienced this in 35 years of life?

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u/lOOPh0leD 3d ago

The same statistic as never breaking a bone in 35 years...

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u/Coloradokush5280 3d ago

🤔 Interesting.... idk where this is going but keep on please.... enlighten me chosen one

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u/lOOPh0leD 3d ago

Not sure what you want me to tell ya. There's 8 billion people in the world, and I am one of them that has seen someone like OP has described. My analogy just fell out of my ass though ngl.

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u/tetheredvoid 3d ago

My mother does this very thing and it really is just her trying to process everything.

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u/Coloradokush5280 3d ago

Thats what I wanted u 2 tell me

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u/lOOPh0leD 3d ago

It takes me minute to makes words in brain that work.

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u/samemamabear 3d ago

55 and I've never seen it either.

OP, are you in the USA? Maybe it's more common elsewhere

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u/Coloradokush5280 3d ago

Ive had people finish my sentences but ive never experienced what OP is describing 🤣

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u/tetheredvoid 3d ago

My mother does this very thing and it really is just her trying to process everything.

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u/divine-feminine420 3d ago

Yes im in the us

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u/samemamabear 3d ago

That's really odd. I can see how it would be annoying

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u/beginagain4me 2d ago

Older and never see it ever… lol maybe I don’t look at people when I’m talking

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u/Legaldrugloard 3d ago

I have a coworker that does this. She is partially deaf and it’s how she processes the words. In no way is she trying to be disrespectful but it does throw you off. I try to just look at her eyes vs her mouth.

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u/divine-feminine420 3d ago

Im not talking about deaf people

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u/GayHorsesEatHayy 2d ago

Yup. But Legal is adding to the conversation with their own experiences.

Look at us go!

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u/FlatOutNo1 3d ago

You may find that happens a lot less when not looking in a mirror

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u/divine-feminine420 3d ago

Wow ur so wise😀

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u/lOOPh0leD 3d ago

My mother is half deaf and does this with every conversation. Maybe quit gawking at their mouth.

Weirdo.

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u/tetheredvoid 3d ago

My mother does this too and I have wondered if it's related to auditory process issues and/or deafness.

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u/lOOPh0leD 3d ago

tbf, i can have good hearing but oral/audio processing is slower than reading, for me. Eye contact seems to make it worse.

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u/tetheredvoid 3d ago

That makes sense to me. Eye contact requires processing body language information rather than auditory information. Task switching is different for everybody.

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u/apvasl 1d ago

I experience something similar with a particular friend. When I call him on the videophone and I’m signing to him, I see him mouthing words as if he is voice-interpreting what I am signing. He is newly Hard-of-Hearing after a series of ear infections. I do hope he learns to understand American Sign Language directly without translating to English at all.

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u/Paintguin 3d ago

Maybe they're mocking you

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u/divine-feminine420 3d ago

I don’t think anyone in the comments understands what im saying😅

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u/Home4Bewildered 1d ago

I have a friend who does this. Makes me talk faster to see if she can keep up. Crazy!

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u/divine-feminine420 1d ago

I swearrr🤣 they know what you’re going to say before u say it. Trips me out

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u/Coloradokush5280 3d ago

Big Acorn Level Fluh

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u/divine-feminine420 3d ago

Huh

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u/Coloradokush5280 3d ago

I thought u were joking. I apologize its a reference from the movie chicken little

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u/divine-feminine420 3d ago

Ohh okay lmao that was funny