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I speak 2 languages and can read 3. English, urdu and arabic. Arabic I’ve been reading and reciting from childhood for quran so I hardy stutter in that. It’s like singing, so apart from a random block at words starting at ا, its totally ok. English ive learned to comtrol my stutter but its much less than urdu. Urdu even though ive been speaking and reading since childhood still has a huge stutter at some words. Sometimes i get stuck in a loop where i say the same word like “matlab” (which means explain), again and again 4-5 before moving on to explain the thing. For english, I adopted the practice of speaking slowly at times when I feel like im about to stutter or just take a long breath which feels a bit more natural than abruptly stopping. For urdu, I cant seem to figure out how to stop it. There are two things that mainly trigger my stutter: 1. Lack of sleep 2. Lack of confidence 2 significantly since if something not to so happy happens with me, I start to feel a bit sad and start stuttering all over the place even at basic things. The reason I have identified for this is that when I am sad, my focus is on the sadness instead of talking and talking properly requires a lot of attention, which I am using for sadness, leading to less attention for talking and hence the stutter. I typically try to not talk when that happens until I get a but happier or forget about it by watching an episode or read something to reset my attention. For the 1st, I try to maintain a good sleep cycle (fail miserably at that too lol) but mainly just get 8 hours of sleep regardless of when (although night time is better). Anywho, thats my story and I hope you learn something from it.