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I can't say hello I have this exact problem too! I just googled "I can't say hello", and I found this thread. There are other words that I struggle to say, however they don't bither me anywhere near as much, because there are hsually substitute words, and I can embed the words into a sentence making them easier to say. I struggle with 'hello' both on the phone and in person and it's making me very anxious about socialising because every interaction starts with this word. I struggled to say any work beginning with 'h' which rules out hi, hey, how you going etc. Sometimes I block completely on the word and no sound comes out at all. Sometimes a high pitched squeak comes out which is soooo embarassing! And sometimes I pause for a second and then manage to force the word out, which feels very unnatural and causes confusion. I have social anxiety anyway, but it has been made so much worse because if nt speech impediment and I really am struggling to find a way out of it. My speech impediment doesn't sound like a repition of sound like in most stutter cases, it's more of a total block, which I find more embarrassing. I have been known to throw in a few fake stutters order to let the other person know that I stutter, so that when they hear my block, they will know why, therefore avoiding the horrible confused look I get from people when they don't know what is wrong with me. Also I struggle with 'thank you' as well, which means people have thought I'm rude before, which I absolutely hate because I'm really not! I really am sick of this, so if anyone has any advice, I would love to hear it!