Mind Gaps
By yuna15
@yuna15 (2706)
Philippines
November 14, 2008 10:35pm CST
This always happens to me and it really is embarrassing. It happens whether I'm responding to or starting a discussion. For example I have a sentence wherein I'm gonna say "It's not allowed" and because my mind is faster than my fingers, I leave out the word "not" then it obviously changes the meaning of the whole meaning of the sentence which makes it confusing. Also when I'm typing I sometimes replace a certain word with another word with a different meaning but has similar pronunciation.
Anybody here who has similar experiences? Please do share...
By the way when I tried to read my own discussion again I just I almost left out the word "say" in one of my sentences...
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34 responses
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
15 Nov 08
i know exactly what u are saying. i had a brain aneurysm in 2000. i lose words, just simple words when i am talking sometimes. but like i said noone is perfect & i am blessed to be here as we all.
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@iamfine (740)
• China
15 Nov 08
Yes I have similar experience with you. The other day I post a discussion, I was going to title the name of the post as "Do you pray every day?" but finally i type the title"Do you prey every day", see, the meaning is totally different, and I know very well the difference between "prey" and "pray", but I still made the mistake...Luckily my readers were able to understand what I tried to express. Only if we check again our posts, we can easily correct those mistakes.
@yuna15 (2706)
• Philippines
15 Nov 08
That is a good example for what I'm saying about words that is pronounced similarly. I wasn't able to think of of anything earlier hahaha. The problem is if we are too excited to reply to something or if we are in too much hurry the result is leaving out some words. tsk tsk.
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@trixyteddy (1070)
• India
15 Nov 08
I guess this sometimes happens to many of us. I even forget what I wanted to reply. Its in my mind. Mind you, I'm pretty fast in typing, but I'm faster still at forgetting. heheheh. Why don't you slow down?
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@fedge098 (1330)
• Philippines
15 Nov 08
I think it happens to everyone. Sometimes, I thought I was typing a complete sentence when all of a sudden words are not yet there to complete it. I was day dreaming when I was typing that sentence! Or perhaps I was too sleepy to do my work and with all the efforts of doing my work while feeling sleepy, I ended up doing a very ineffective work. Good thing my boss is so kind that I don't get punished for my ineffectiveness that time. I thought, "I'll try not doing that again."
@yuna15 (2706)
• Philippines
16 Nov 08
There was also a time wherein at work. I was so sleepy and was waiting for a person to answer (I was trying to transfer a caller to another dept), when the other dept for some reason I said my "opening spiel" or "opening greeting" for a customer. Lol I just immediately apologized.
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
15 Nov 08
I have also done that before and I think I still do every now and then. Its really embarassing most of the time since the whole thought of your response might change altogether just because you missed to type a word or two.
I once did that while having an exchange with someone here in this site and I had to apologize and re-state the post with the correct terms in order to insist on the point that I was arguing for.
So every now and then, yeah I know 'why not always?', I try to re-read my post and see if I missed a word or two which could alter the whole content of my post.
I also commit something like that when I'm chatting on instant messengers.. thinking fast but my typing is still trying to catch up (^_^")
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
15 Nov 08
i have that all the time.. i figured it was my ADD or just other health probs that was making my thinking funny.. or my fingers typing faster than i was thinking lol
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
17 Nov 08
i think i was told 2 years ago about the ADD.. i am not sure on the not sleeping much because i have extreme insomnia and im not sure if my insomnia is caused by being bipolar or fibromyalgia or something else so i wouldnt know if its from the ADD.. seems like people i know that have ADD do have problems sleeping though
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
15 Nov 08
I sometimes misspell a word that sound the same but have different meanings like their and there, too and two, meat meet and buy,bye,by. And I hate when I do so but as you say sometimes you fingers are trying to type as fast as your brain spits out the info and mistakes can and will be made.
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@msbawangada (710)
• India
16 Nov 08
wow, thius is all new for me.. i mke typos, but i wont make such blunders, thankfully :P
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@carinio98 (2929)
• Philippines
15 Nov 08
i also got mind gaps it started 3 years ago when i got problems in applying jobs and wanting to earn for my self even now that i am in my own home and working online to earn money its just that some portion of what i know are cant remember it anymore... like my skills in graphics, 3d and even free hand drawing... when i was a young boy i usually draw but now i cant even draw even the simplest object in paper...
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@bestie (3272)
• Philippines
15 Nov 08
I'm into that situation sometimes especially when I'm going to preview my discussions before submitting it,I would see some mistakes and worst sometimes I will just submit it then just realize later on that I have some mistakes on my discussions.The worst thing I had done is that I respond to a discussion negatively then realize that it was not the right response and it should not be,thus I have to make myself clear.
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@Ritz100 (1169)
• Yecla, Spain
15 Nov 08
Oh ye, I do that lots. When I look back and see what I have actually said, and I really believed I had typed it right, I wonder whether (or weather) my keyboard has a life of its own. Perhaps I mistreat it and its trying to get its own back on me
@scorpio19 (1363)
•
15 Nov 08
Hiya yuna,
You are not alone I detest typing but it as to be done if I'm to use the net, I much prefer talking and put myself across quite well in speech. I have never typed in my life before 12 mnths ago so yes I make many mistakes and I have posted it here on mylot and to my shame, afterwards noticed all my mistakes.
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@ralphido (842)
• India
20 Nov 08
although its not a real problem here..i used to have some trouble with my teachers when they would find usually incomplete sentences at the end of paragraphs. i would assume i have completed the sentence and jump onto the next paragraph ..but now i have solved that problem.. i simply stopped writing ..;)
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
15 Nov 08
don't worry - I do it all the time. I'm sorry that there is no spell check on mylot as mu fingers are stiff and I no longer type accurately. It is just theat your brain is going faster than your fingers. so what? It happens to all of us. Have a great day my friend.
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