Originally Posted by Arpretty

Random....

Do you ever open your mouth to speak, or have a thought you want to share, but the minute you start to talk, you panic? This happens to me... it’s like the second I begin to speak, I get hit with “what I say doesn’t matter” syndrome. It really sucks when this gets reinforced.

I’m reading a non-fiction book and came across a paragraph containing a name of a relative of mine who was alive in the late 1800’s (my dad does genealogical research) I went to share this with my boyfriend... and immediately started stumbling on my words. He lifted his headphone to listen to me, then just put it back on when I was finished. No remark, no reaction. I felt stupid... in fact, I feel stupid all the time.