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Should I get speech therapy? I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask but I don't use reddit much and this is the best subreddit I could think of. I'm a 19M and I've always talked fast and sometimes stumbled over words. However, I don't exactly have a stutter and from what I can tell with some googling I have more of a "speech block" For example I work in retail and if I ask a customer "Do you have any questions today?", I have no issue if they respond and I can continue the convo easily. However if they don't hear me the first time and I have to ask them again, I suddenly can't get the words out and have to stand there awkwardly as I try to ask "do you have any questions today" again. Even some phrases are hard to say. Back in elementary school, I would never ask "can I use the washroom", since the "can" sound just wouldn't come out of my mouth. I would always have to say "may" because the m sound was easier to start talking with than the "c" sound. Again, once I start talking I have no issues at all, it's just initiating the conversation that has me stumbling and freezing up for some reason. I really don't know what this classifies as and don't want to go through the process of finding a speech therapist (and paying for it) if I don't have to. Is anyone dealing/has dealt with something similar? What did you do to eventually fix it? TLDR: I struggle to start talking, especially with certain words and sounds. However once I'm in a conversation I'm fine, except maybe talking fast and stumbling over words every so often.