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Anxiety and Stuttering Hi there! First time poster here! 👋🏻 I’ve looked at a multitude of posts and noticed so many people experience correlation of anxiety and stuttering. I don’t remember stuttering badly as a kid but as I came into my teens, stuttering started happening whenever I got anxious, which was a LOT. My stuttering was at its worst when I was about 18 years old. I was in the process of graduation high school and moving 1200 miles away to be with my now-husband. It was probably one of the most stressful times in my life. Every word was a struggle and I was constantly on edge. Nowadays I am generally okay so long as I’m not experiencing a sensory overload. I’ll even “forget” words and get really angry with myself when they won’t come out. It’s exhausting. Answering the phone is a large part of my job and sometimes if I’m feeling really overwhelmed at work, I’ll start stuttering to people on the other side of the line. In those moments, I feel powerless. I’m not sure if speech therapy is right for me since my stuttering stuttering isn’t always present. I’m like a part time stutterer. What would you guys recommend? Any tips or tricks to help alleviate the stuttering in the moment?