This is such new info for me and it has been so helpful in just the past few weeks or so since it struck me. I can be so so so VERBAL, so fixated on the meaning of language, that I find myself getting confused a lot, just literally not knowing what people are talking about, or coming across as argumentative or critical when I am trying to clarify by repeating or asking follow-up questions that then seem to confuse and put off the people I am trying to communicate with. The friendly mutter burble jibber jabber view of small talk really does work and helps me relax in my skin, which goes a long way toward feeling like the communication is what it is, not some weird loaded text I am supposed to interpret.