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Is this cluttering? Hi guys, I've been trying to find out what exactly is wrong with my speech, and I think it may be cluttering. Here are the symptoms I've noticed: * I often start talking very quickly without thinking, causing me to slur words together/not pronounce them fully * Sometimes, when I am in the middle of a sentence, I simply cannot pronounce a word no matter how hard I try, so I end up trying to find a synonym that I can pronounce or I try to pronounce the word and it just sounds like an unintelligible sound * I'm not sure if this is relevant, but I've also noticed the shape of my mouth kinda looks different to others when they speak * Although organising my thoughts when writing is fine for me (I've always done well academically), trying to organise my thoughts when speaking is terrible for me * It seems that I already have social anxiety, but this anxiety is amplified by this speech problem, making me just not want to speak at all * Similarly, when discussing or conversing with a friend, even if I have something I want to say that might be funny or interesting, I often tend to just refrain from saying it because I know it will just come out as a slurred mess. This is one of the things I hate the most; it feels so demoralising knowing you have something interesting to add to the conversation but feeling you don't have the ability to actually say it. * I've noticed this problem is amplified particularly when I'm nervous/excited/around new people. When I'm just conversing with my family, I can generally talk in a relatively understandable manner. This might be because feeling nervous makes me automatically speak a lot faster and also because it makes my mouth dry out. Does anyone have any suggestions about what to do moving forward?