postr/StutterNovember 21, 2017

My brain is weird please help!

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My brain is weird please help! I don't know if I have a stutter but I have yet to find the correct term for what I have. Basically sometimes I just can't get my words out. I'll have the word in my head but can't say it. It mostly happens when I think before I say something and a part of my brain says that I can't say that word. I never had any problems with speaking before heck I was a great speaker but every since one day I couldn't speak I feel like that made me super self conscious about it and makes me not be able to get my words out. This has been going since I was about 18 and I'm 21 now. The weird part is some weeks or months I will have little to no trouble and then some weeks or months it will be really bad. It's really frustrating and I just want to know what I can do for it. I worked in a call center talking on the phone all day and never really had any problems. Now I work in retail and deal with costumers all day but with more problems. The worst is when I speak in my second language but only when it's with people who are fluent in that language. The more I think about it the more I realize it's all in my head... any suggestions on how I can get this out of my head??

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringPropositionality & WeightAnxiety & Social Judgment