Responding late so not sure if you’ll see this but I am currently struggling with stuttering blockage and am hopefully trying to find the cause and a “cure” because it’s not like a standard stutter. I am 19 going to my sophomore year of college, I am a pretty confident guy who rarely stuttered in high school or in my freshman year of college. But as of this year I noticed the stuttering block and it slowly killing confidence and making my life increasingly difficult, it’s like I have a thought and my head and I have no reason to be nervous around somebody or any reason to be embarrassed about what I’m about to say but when it comes to opening my mouth it’s like my voice just freezes (not physically like you, just my voice) and I can’t get the sentence in my thought out, I can say something else somehow but not what I had in my head ready to say, I also never stutter in like interviews, formal or usually all calls, and reading out loud, it is only in social situations, but I am more than sure it is somehow mental cause I rarely stutter around my best friend or those really close to me. One theory I have for myself is this, I smoked everyday for the past two years but am now 12 weeks sober and I think that’s when I noticed my stutter get drastically worse so I’m trying to find a connections and explanation. I also noticed that I’m able to whisper to myself what I want to say. It my voice won’t allow me to say it at regular volume. But yes sorry for the long comment but hope you might get some insight. Another small theory is that I haven’t really socialized on a daily basis since covid started so maybe I’m losing touch or something and recently starting working full time where I socialize daily and experience stuttering blockage and is also around the same time I sobered up so they are both big factors.