postr/StutterJune 22, 2025

Weird Vocal Block I’ve Developed

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Weird Vocal Block I’ve Developed Over the last half year, I’ve developed a tick/block I can’t fully grasp. I can see the words I’m going to read or know what I want to say, but I either can’t get the words to come out of my mouth (literally) or I get one word in and I can’t get another word out. This could happen at the start or mid sentence. It could happen when I have to do public speaking, when I’m trying to talk across the room or in general convo. I can be stressed or not stressed. It could be on words with hard or soft enunciations. I try to regulate my breathing or my pitch, manipulate my diaphragm, but nothing seems to fully work. It comes and goes and I can’t explain it. It’s like my vocal cords forget how to function. Does anyone have any tips/exercises I should try or something to analyze deeper when it happens?

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Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & SupportSpeech & Stuttering

Subthemes

Anticipating StutteringFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringAdvice RequestsBlocks & Stoppages

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public_speakingemotional_statephysical_state