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What type of stutter am I? I've been stuttering for as long as I can remember (im 20). Its weird for me. Growing up I stuttered a shit ton and everyone in class knew I had a speech problem. Slowly transitioning to high school I could hide it very well. Only close friends of mine would notice it. The thing with me is I stutter when im extremely nervous. The other day I was taking the bus and some lady asked me if she was going the right way. I immediately started to get all stammering and tell her yeah she was even though I had no idea honestly. When im at work and someone asks me a question and I don't know the answer I start to clam up and stutter. But if its a simple question like wheres the bathroom I have no problem. At my new job there is a lot to learn so a lot of times I got nervous because I didn't know where things were and start to stutter. My manager pointed it out recently and I smiled saying yeah that's me but was laughing about it. But inside it was embarrassing that she knows. Sometimes If I want to ask my co worker what time he gets out I can't get the word "what" out, which causes me to start off with "So, what time do you get out?" Another scenario of when I stutter is on the phone. I've had a few phone interviews where I couldn't get the words out at all (kinda like jimmy from south park). And its an awful feeling that this person over the phone must think im some messed up person. But if I go to a in person interview I speak no problem at all. Even though im a little nervous I tend to hide my stuttering. I've noticed I stutter when I get nervous and panicky. But the weirdest thing for me is I stutter a lot when talking to people that im close with. My brother and I are really close, so im not nervous at all (I mean why would I be hes my brother). Still when we talk sometimes I can't get a word out for the life of me, he helps me a lot finishing my sentences. In fact hes been my translator when we were kids. I started to realize the closer I am with someone the more severe my stutter gets when talking to them. I have a cousin that im close with too and he knows I stutter obviously but its not as bad when I talk to my brother or mom. I guess its because im so comfortable with them im not afraid to be myself and stutter a lot. But if im with friends from school, some of them don't even know I stutter. And some that I've knew since elementary school think I stopped stuttering all together but I guess I got good at hiding it. It just sucks that I can't get over this speech problem. I know there's no cure or anything but I always tell myself if I can talk to co workers fine or acquaintances then why can't I talk like that with my brother or close friends? Or when I get extremely nervous? If there's any advice or by all means a fix for me I would gladly appreciate it. Thank you.