Thank you for commenting! Yeah it’s like… I’ve gotten so used to saying the term ‘words’ when I stutter that now it’s a compulsory thing and that’s hard for me to accept. Since this post I even did some research on why this could be happening and even wondered if it was a nervous tic or something since it only happens when I stutter and I only stutter when I’m anxious. Either way it’s just something new added to the way I talk and I think that’s why it bothers me so much- I’ve just gotten used to my stutter and mostly accepted it as part of myself…. I don’t like the idea of doing all that again for a new aspect of that. Saying the term ‘words’ was supposed to be a coping mechanism to help alleviate my stutter- not turn into a frustrating habit that goes along with it. 😅