postr/StutterJanuary 17, 2025

Stutter help in the UK, can’t say a full sentence anymore

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Stutter help in the UK, can’t say a full sentence anymore I had private speech therapy when I was younger, the NHS waiting list was long then and if I remember we didn’t have enough time in appointments to really make a difference I’m an adult now and I’ve gone loooong stretches without a stutter, and I’ve said to people I do have one and they’ve been genuinely surprised. I’ve gotten quite well at substituting words! I’ve had a stutter since I was 6, I remember very vividly watching the Iron Giant in infants school and turning to talk to the teacher and it wouldn’t come out The last few weeks it’s come back as bad as ever, F, B, D, T (so all the hard vowels) are getting increasingly hard and I find if it’s at the end of a sentence it’s worse - can’t even recite my phone number or say family members names atm As a kid my grandad was very good, he was a SEN teacher and had a lot to do with speech impediments etc and he’d cup his hands over my ears and tell me to talk which helped, but obvs can’t do this in public! Does anyone in the UK have any resources I could try access, I’m low on money rn so can’t pay a big amount but this is affecting me so badly again that I just don’t want to speak and find myself reciting what I’m going to say in my head again before speaking with like 30 mins of time to ruminate I’m in wales so self referral options are dismal

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Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering

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Avoidance & SubstitutionBlocks & StoppagesFeared Words & Names

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