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sudden stutter at the age of 21. I thought I would ask reddit this question because quite frankly I do not know where to turn to. Over the past year I have seen a change in my communication. It started out with a fumble here and there when trying to explain something or telling a story one on one. But since then It has gotten progressively worse to the point where sometimes a normal conversation seems challenging. I never stuttered when I was a child and I never stuttered in school so it is a bit shocking and embarrassing for me as a person who once was 100% fluent all of a sudden have a difficulty speaking. Its almost like I woke up one day with a stutter. I have no neurological injury's and no family history of stuttering at all. I have past history of anxiety/social anxiety. I used to be in SPL for a tongue thrust but never a stuttering problem. As of recently I have reached out to an SPL about my sudden stuttering but upon appointments I am able to have clear thoughts and speak fluently along with my counseling sessions I have been going to. I have done extensive research about a neurological stutter and with what I am reading it doesn't appear that that's what I have. I am able to speak fluently with my family members and close friends who I mostly talk to strictly online now. but when It comes to talk to a person face to face I sometimes find myself struggling to even get a full sentence out. When I am by myself and when I am reading to myself our out loud to others my speech is 100% fluent with no hiccups. I do not want to call myself a stutterer because I feel like if I do then it will persist even more and put me in a bad mindset for myself. Does anybody have a similar experience with a sudden onset stutter? Is this all in my head? I am kind of reluctant to get a brain scan because I can't imagine myself developing a neuro problem at the age of 21.