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Recently Developed Stutter I lost my dad less than a month ago and went through a lot of family drama as well at the same time which was pretty traumatic. I already had some issues talking as I am also on the autism spectrum. Since my dad passed, anytime I am stressed or excited, I have started to stutter. It's mostly repetition of complete words. I'll get stuck in the middle of my sentence repeating the same word until I force myself to stop, take a breath, and try again. I should also mention even though I do have issues talking, I have never stuttered before, and I am 18 years old. When the stuttering gets bad, I get facial twitches and head jerks as well. Is everything related? Is it from stress? I'm just kind of lost in all of this. Should I go to my doctor?