Going non verbal when you're upset/stressed?

That’s amazing, thanks for sharing! This happened to me on Christmas Day. My girlfriends parents were staying over and we decided to play some boardgames. They’re all very intelligent and the game we played was all about general knowledge. I absolutely froze. I couldn’t remember anything, I’m not very articulate at the best of times but during this game, I could hardly speak. I went in myself and tried to pretend it hadn’t bothered me but they could tell it had. It was awkward. When we had finished, I went to the bathroom and cried, I felt so embarrassed and pretty ashamed that that had happened in front of them. When I came back out, they were setting up a different game that I usually win and were saying “ohh everyone get ready to lose because you’ll beat us all”. I totally get they were trying to make me feel better but I felt worse. I heard them talking about it the next day too but I haven’t said anything to my girlfriend or them because I feel like I wouldn’t be able to explain what happened to me mentally at that point. It would sound like an excuse rather than saying my general knowledge is poor. My memory used to be so good but I suffer with anxiety and really struggle to remember anything now. I also blush A LOT which makes me freeze too. Thank you for sharing that post, it’s explained things to me at least and maybe I’ll build up the courage to tell my girlfriend what happened.

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