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I might have a stutter, pls help **PLEASE take everything I say with a pinch of salt. I haven’t seen a professional so I’m only really describing my experience; some of it could be accidental exaggeration/overthinking/not fully understanding the issue** I’m 17 and language has always been my strong point until about 2 years ago when I went through something that really fucked with me, and I haven’t been able to communicate well since. I don’t know if it’s actually stuttering since I didn’t develop it at a young age, but I’ve lost all confidence and it contributes to a lot of other mental issues (anxiety, sleeplessness, hallucinations(?bigmaybe?), feeling disconnected from myself/others, suicide ideation) At best, I can almost form a clear, direct sentence that communicates exactly what I’m thinking. At my worst, if I absolutely have to talk, I stumble over almost every second word by pausing or repeating sounds (mostly consonants). Most of the time I go to say something and then decide not to, which looks like a weird fkn mouth exercise or something. What is this??? What do I do??