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Strange coping mechanisim? So a few years ago I started using I guess some sort of coping mechanism to make it so I could start a sentence. I can always feel when I am going to stutter, my chest gets tight, stomach tight etc. To start talking I make this weird sound, not super loud but imagine getting punched in the stomach and letting out air, its a cross between that and saying yep or yip, its hard to explain. It's like I'm starting the flow of air and sound to get my muscles to relax so I can talk. Problem is.. lol sometimes I have to do it 4 or 5 times before I can talk and 90% of the time no one can hear it but it's super embarrassing when someone hears it.. "Sorry what was that? I didn't hear you" They think I was saying something, but no I'm just being a weirdo trying to get a word out. Most times I just say. oh nothing, or nevermind , and just don't say anything after that. Does anyone else do anything similar or am I just a weirdo? (I'll accept I'm an alien as well, because I have my suspicions...)