[the_only_law]

> yet I have a very similar feeling of being slowed down when I attempt to speak those thoughts out loud in real time

Yeah I sound like an idiot when I start talking because my brain will process thoughts much faster than I can speak them and it ends up with odd extended pauses while I catch up and such.

I don’t write particularly well either, often because I’m on a phone and my phone loves to make radical new words via autocorrect but at least I can read over a few times before posting.

[EricE]

I think most people experiencing that. And like anything, you can improve it with practice. One of the best training classes I took at work was a class on using a mind map to structure a presentation, then practice by recording myself giving it. Playing back the recording and watching it was eye opening. I always thought I was a bad public speaker because it felt like I a was inserting lots of pauses, “Um..” and other stuff like that. After watching the recording it turns out a lot of that filler stuff was in my head - I never really said it! Our brains are amazing; still learning how to live with mine after 50 years!