postr/StutterOctober 10, 2022

Why is your 'feared letter' hard to say?

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Why is your 'feared letter' hard to say? This is a follow-up of [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/xzwaca/hardest_syllables/) and [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/xr6luy/tips_for_people_who_stutter_advice_on_how_to/). In your experience, **why do you think that your own feared letters are hard to pronounce? Like, what reason can you tell yourself?** With my stammering, I used to change 'feared letters' every week. For example, * one week I tell myself: "vowels (A, E, I, O, U) are scary because I can't feel the tongue moving (when pronouncing the vowels)'. * The next week I change it to: 'Explosive letters (say, K, P, T) are harder to say compared to g, b, d because I have to tense more. In my skewed viewpoint, the letters g, b and d are easier to say because my tongue touches my mouth softer so there is less pushing.

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Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability

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Feared Words & NamesPropositionality & WeightAvoidance & Substitution