#slow talk

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Slow Talk streaming new single "Golden"; detail New Vernacular EP

Band: Slow Talk Song: “Golden” Album: New Vernacular EP Release Date: April 27th, 2018 Guitarist Ash Fuller describes the single as: “an exploration of our desire for people that physically fit the ideals we look for in a partner, whether they be people we briefly encounter in our daily lives, models we see on Instagram, or celebrities. It discusses our ability to extrapolate the little we know…

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Slow Talk

Session 2 of the Social Anxiety Institute therapy series (socialanxietyinstitute.org) focuses on “slow talk.” This technique is fairly self-explanatory: you simply talk slowly. We know from experience that anxiety speeds our bodies up, makes us feel panic deep within ourselves that we know is irrational, and might even think was silly if we weren’t so seriously impaired. Slow talk helps your brain and the rest of your body calm down.

We also know that when we’re stressed with anxiety in social situations, our speech is affected. Mostly, we’ll try to stay quiet, but if forced to speak, we’ll often mumble or spurt out something not quite right, because our minds are so distracted with how fearful we feel. In these moments, deliberately using slow talk gives us something else, something useful, to focus on.

In speaking slowly, we sound calmer and we are calmer. We sound more competent and more confident. And the wonderful thing is, once we hear ourselves sounding confident, we gain a little bit of real confidence. We realize we have some control over the situation. We can use slow talk to instantly make the situation a little better.

This week, we’re practicing slow talk. The therapy series has handouts to read, but if you don’t have the series (which I recommend you get), you can read other things. Try to read something relevant to overcoming your anxiety, like a self-help book or inspirational quotes. You could read the paragraphs above or find other sources that talk about slowing yourself down.

Dr. Richards recommends we practice each week’s cognitive therapy for 30 minutes a day every day. And remember to read out loud. Stimulating multiple senses helps solidify the concepts in your mind. If you want to try slow talk with others, try with trusted friends and family first. We need to keep the learning process gentle and gradual to help prevent setbacks.

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I am here to remind Midwesterners that not only do they have an accent, they also have some seriously colloquial grammar and really odd speech patterns.

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Harry styles is the only damn slow talker human being who can mumble about nothing on radio and still make my cheekbones hurt by smiling

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…The…Slow…Talker…. So Boring.

What can you learn from the slow guy?

Q: My colleague is the slowest talker in the world.

Each sentence he forms takes forever and we can all see where he’s going long before he gets there. I’m tempted to take up knitting whenever he makes a point in a meeting. We all finish his sentences.

Is that so wrong?

Not every conversation is electric quick.

A: Some people want to be sure of what they are…

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my cliches

bare skin on skin

strands of hair

necks backs lips

a kiss again

and then again

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words

voiced unvoiced

spoke into the dark

written like here

unread

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paths roads

trails steps

trudge walk

lost forests

bread crumbs

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hunger

ravenous desire

tongue tip dipped

 in wine fruit

food a metaphor

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in and out

of rooms

doors open

close vanish

empty spaces

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pronouns stirred

he our you

I we she

you me no

antecedents

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adjectives and nouns

verb the image

into the line

of the sentence

sans punctuation

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rivers flow

like air

conversation

folding into

us all

(November 26, 2013)

[luciblackanima]

Has anyone ever told you to use slow talk as an exercise in social interactions, and instead of sounding certain of what you're saying you sound sarcastic? Like you are trying to spell things out?? Yeess, youuu loook peeeerfeect in thaaat dress. See? Sarcastic - when in reality I'm battling to keep my shit straight and not run off and seek comfort in a corner.