Hey! This is my first post here.

I have diagnosed generalized anxiety disorder and I'm currently having a super bad episode. That's not a problem I have several coping mechanisms but when this happens I get a specific symptom that when I explain it to people that also have anxiety they can't relate.

When I hear people talking, whether in person or on a video, it sounds... Muddy?

I'm not sure if I'm explaining that right. It sounds super slow, and the pitch of their voice is super low in my head.

It sounds like the verbal equivalent of people walking through knee deep mud and every word they say takes an extreme amount of effort for me to register what they're saying.

This also comes with a super high level of disassociation. It's like the movies when someone gets a concussion end they only kinda hear the people around them and everyone's voices are distorted.

Is this a common thing? Is there a name for this?