Is it possible to develop stuttering as you grow older?
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Is it possible to develop stuttering as you grow older? Hello everyone, I'm from the Philippines I'm now 25 (turning 26 this year). This may be a bit long than it is because I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking for. I just realized that when I was a kid I was a better reader than my siblings especially reading stuff out loud. I have always been called out as being a shy kid though and pretty much doing my own thing but I'm not exactly sure if I do have a stutter, the thing is in our country it's not exactly looked at as a serious problem, I found myself always trying to beat around the bush to get answers and use filler words every time back when I was younger. As I reflect back on this, it seems that this stutter I'm having got developed more as I got older or maybe I did but it progressed more as I got older? I think probably around when I was in HS (maybe 2nd year, probably around 14 or 15 y/o). I'm not that much of a communicator but I'm pretty talkative to people I'm comfortable with. This speaking problem turned worse when I was in college, I almost failed one of my minor subject's finals because I couldn't talk in front of the class. The next big thing about it after is I failed a lot of job interviews after I got out of my 2nd job from a call center company (around 2017 I think). My exposure to that job was pretty draining and I have an easier time talking with people over the phone (the customers) than talking to people at work. I also find that I'm having a hard time reading stuff now than what I used to back when I was younger, and by reading I mean reading stuff out normally, I mostly stutter yet when I read stuff out loud in front of people it's doesn't happen that much or not happens at all. I can't order other food in the menu because I can't say the words properly so I stick to the same food to get it over with. At the moment, I feel that I need to warm up to people more so I could talk better. I definitely can't talk to people at first meetings because aside from not knowing what to say I have a hard time saying what I want to say at the time.