This is difficult without you being in my courses or 1:1 lessons, both in terminology and in being able to go back and forth to diagnose what's happening. But i'll try. Can you describe how it feels currently? 1. Resonant placement, both how lifted and where it's point along the palate (where are you placing your singing?) 2. Amount of cry/whimper/sob 3. Level of throttle/support on the spectrum of light>medium>heavy 4. Balance of resonance vs airy/compression vs constriction (palate vs airiness at top-back of throat vs hyoid or front of throat) 5. Placement of the distortion itself, especially if you could translate it to a vowel; e.g back and down may feel more like /aw/, forward and down and feel like /uh/, and forward and in the mouth may feel more like an /ae/ ("ash") 6. Conditioning or how long you've been using grit like that

@Evan Bailey The only things that can help on short notice is to get your singing voice out of your throat. That requires more top-down cry and yawn for singing resonance, and a bit more the sob side of it (/aw/ shading) for distortion. Don't overthink it too much, just keep coming back to a top-down whimper when you realize you don't have lifted resonance. I describe cry here: The Secret to SINGING BETTER

While it will affect your breath support and being able to focus on specific techniques fully, I don't see a problem with it overall. I think it could actually help you translate your training to live singing more easily than simply being relaxed and standing in one spot while training.