postr/StutterFebruary 3, 2020

Sudden problem with stuttering

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Sudden problem with stuttering For the past while I've had problems with stuttering that I never had before. I'd stutter every now and then in the past but it wasn't a problem and it didn't feel like a very chronic? I guess thing. But now I stutter so often, will stutter like ten times before I can get a word out only to stutter on the next again, and sometimes I can't get a word out at ALL, like there's a literal physical or mental block and I can't get it out at all. It'll require a conscious and ACTIVE effort just to speak, like I have to vomit it out. Sometimes it'll just get too annoying and I'll give up on what I'm saying. Oddly though I feel like it only really happens when I'm talking to people I'm more comfortable with. With a lot of people its not an issue full stop but then with say my sister, who I'm definitely most comfortable speaking to, the stutter and difficulty getting words out is so glaringly obvious again. ​ Does anyone else have this problem?? Especially since its a pretty new thing for me, I never experienced stuttering at such a chronic level before now ​ Its really annoying because I noticed too when I was hanging out with my friends the other day I'd be saying something and stutter struggling to get something out and then one of my friend would just interrupt me to say their own thing :/

Themes

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceCauses & Variability

Subthemes

Blocks & StoppagesAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentSeverity & Fluctuation