I was thinking about adding some tongue twisters in to my voice training routine, since they'll have different sets of sounds than what I normally use in conversation. Here's one for each day of the next week.
Monday
To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock,
In a pestilential prison, with a lifelong lock,
Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock,
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block
Tuesday
Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks
Wednesday
Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread
Thursday
A blanched black bug bleeds black blood but what color blood does a bland blue bug bleed?
Friday
The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes
Saturday
If you must cross a coarse cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully
Sunday
Luke's duck likes lakes. Luke Luck licks lakes. Luke's duck licks lakes. Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes
If you want something normal sounding to say instead, try the Harvard Sentences. Or read a book to someone!
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Going to the store is stressful
The amount of people standing exactly where I need to stand or moving so slow genuinely makes me question myself. I feel the need to avoid aisles with people in them. I'm not even sure what kind of shampoo I bought because a worker needed to be exactly where I was standing and that prompted me to just go straight to checkout. I feel like everyone is in my way, or I'm in everyone's way.
It's hard not to freak out over the prospect of nobody being able to relate to things that I post. I go into this meta-analysis of "why do people respond to other people but not me". It's a lot
i'm thankful that the grocery store that I go to (that people avoid because "its scary") actually has people who seem like they generally dont want to be rude and everyone is able to get around without too much trouble. every other grocery store I've been to is hell.
Before transitioning, the social physical world moved around me. I could walk down the street and people would flow around me. I was not aware of this until I started passing and now people get mad at me for daring to be standing in the place theyre backing up without looking. I also feel like so many people are in my way, especially if I finished a shift. That's more to do with my brain being fried and exhausted and yes its a little annoying when people look at every single broccoli crown while standing in front of some carrots I want or whatever. I dont feel like Im in others people way - but of course I must be some of the time, which is why I can normally extend more grace and am much more patient. Its only when Im stressed, tired, that in my head I feel the world has conspired to put as many slow people in front of me lol
Although, I do swear post covid peoples' spatial awareness is just worse. Every once in a rare while, someone would do somrthing dumb like stop at the top of an escalator to check their bearings while people pour into them (its an escalator, they cant stop you should not be stopped immediately in front). Stuff like that does seem more common since 2020 for whatever reason.
I try to avoid shopping at busy hours because of this
Maybe the urgently moving people have urgent needs, like needing to go to the bathroom or be other places. Maybe the slower people are more tired.
I wonder what percentage these guesses of mine alone covers for the people you run into.
Insomnia is a side effect of many Covid infections. So is depression and anxiety. I think these are all things that can change people's speed of doing things.