postr/StutterMay 25, 2020

I think I might me stuttering but I'm not sure

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I think I might me stuttering but I'm not sure Hi. I'm a 17F and I've been recently diagnosed with ADHD. I'm currently medicated for it. I'm thinking I've probably stuttered for my whole life without realising. The thing is, I never say a letter or a syllable many times in a row. I either completely stop talking mid sentence for a while, or I repeat one or two words a few times. So if I'm trying to say something on a bad day it would go like this " my - my uuuh my friend and I went to the - to the supermarket today". But that's on the really bad days, when I'm really disoriented. It feels like I can't find the next word to say. And it feels like that when I'm not stuttering too. Most days I manage to fight it, especially now that I'm on medication for ADHD and I have less anxiety. The thing that made me do some research thought was that I was playing dungeons and dragons with some friends, and I had to talk as a person with a huge stutter for a while. And it felt so much easier to repeat words when I talked. I realized how much harder it is to talk without repeating myself and without using filler words. And I remember my teachers giving me a hard time, and many times bad grades for not talking clearly and fast. It's probably also the reason why I can't talk to waiters, or anyone working on any kind of shops. I get extreme anxiety and most of the time I get someone else to do it. And I'm wondering if it's actually a light stutter or just one more symptom of ADHD TLDR: I think I've had a light stutter my whole life, but I'm not sure if it's actually a stutter

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Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & WorkSpeech & Stuttering

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Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic LifeBlocks & Stoppages