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Stutter or other speech problem? I’m 20 years old, and for the longest time I’ve had this issue. It was really bad from elementary to the end of high school, and as a child I was never brought to any sort of speech pathologist. Reading allowed for me is extremely difficult, and I constantly ‘swap’ words when I know I’ll have difficulty. The biggest issue I have though is something I have little control over still. Sometimes when I feel I need to get a word out quickly, or I’m speaking quite fast, I’ll make this noise. It isn’t a traditional type of elongating a letter or repeating a syllable (like the st-st- or ‘my name is Amaaaaaaanda’) it’s more of a, guttural noise like a ‘ouuuwahhhhhh’. For example I could be speaking normally, then suddenly I’ll get stuck on a word. For example, saying something like “I was thinking of going to the store.” could become “I was ouwaaaaahhhh, thinking of going to the store.” Does anyone else have this type of problem? It really affects my self confidence. If so, what should I look into for help?