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Knowing when I am going to stutter I’m a 20 year old who has a mild stutter and has never been to speech therapy. I recently have figured out that most of the time when I stutter I know I am about to do it the second the thought pops into my head. This normally happens when I start conversations, especially when asking someone a question. I’ve noticed that I will think of what I want to say, but before I even attempt to say it out loud I know that I will not be able to say it without stuttering. Many times when this happens I will quietly practice saying the sentence or the word that is tripping me up and I AM able to say it under my breath without stuttering but still cannot produce the words when trying to say them directly to a person, which is very frustrating. Does anyone else have this problem or have any insight to why this might be? I have seen other threads on this page saying people only stutter when they think about stuttering. This is practically the same but I have always thought of it as I KNOW I am about to stutter regardless of what I do. There is nothing more frustrating and humiliating than wanting to ask someone a question or add to a conversation but not being able to because I know I won’t be able to get it out without stuttering, if I can even get it out at all. Many times it is just the first word that give me trouble so I will rearrange the sentence structure and try to say what I am thinking in a different way and that often works. I just don’t understand why I can’t say the words the way I originally think them. I also think it’s so strange how I can say the original thought under my breath or to myself but cannot say them directly to someone. If anyone has these same troubles please share about them because I am trying to understand what makes me and others stutter because it is very interesting to me.