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Developing a stutter at 32 I've never had any issues with speech or stuttering. I've spent half my life working in customer facing roles including sales and complaints and never struggled. Over the past 6 months or so I've noticed I can get stuck on words. At home, at work and with friends. I dont really know how to describe it. At work, I don't have a script per se but, I use certain lines and phrases quite often. Sometimes the word is a few syllables and I'll work around this by using a synonym, but only after maybe a second or two of silence. Other times the word is simple and hard to substitute, but the person I'm speaking to will naturally help me out because they can see what I'm trying to say. I know of a few techniques to help as my best friend throughout primary school had a really bad stutter and we helped him get over it. I've always been a talker and have been known to speak too fast at times. I've never had any linguistic issues in the past either. I've never been diagnosed with anything but my partner says I show ADHD tendencies (I've lost many bank cards, sets of keys and will often look around the house for things I have in my hands, just to name a few) Should I be worried? It has only gotten worse since I noticed. It doesn't stop me from doing my job or having conversations with people but I'm worried that it will continue to get worse.