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Stuttering Anxiety Hi all, I have this idea in my head that I cannot pronounce certain words without stuttering and I don’t know what to do about it. My surname just happens to be one of those words. I know that if I get asked what my surname is I will stutter. The other night I was with a friend and we went for drinks. We me two girls, I was quite tipsy but I was talking just fine, until a point came up in the conversation that had a high chance that she might ask me what my surname was, so I quickly got up and told them I had to go to the bathroom. On the way there I was worrying about it and on the way back. In the end she didn't and everything went well. My problem is that I stutter from the fear that I will stutter. If I am drunk or well on my way I don't stutter. I don't have that fear of stuttering, so I don't. I'm not sure how to deal with this properly... A lot of times I want to say something, but I don't, because somewhere in my head I am getting told that if I say that word I will stutter on it. Now I know stuttering can cause anxiety, but can anxiety cause stuttering? For me this seems as though it's more of a mental problem, but I don't know. I have never gone to a speech therapist or any therapist. When I was younger I used to stutter a bit when reading from books aloud during class. It wasn't so bad, but two or three of the other students used to laugh at me. I think these were also certain words, or words beginning with certain letters. Giving speeches was fine for the most part, because I could choose my own words to use. Any advice would be greatly appreciated as this is really holding me back. When I drink I feel as though I am a totally different person. I am very outgoing. I’ll speak non-stop to anyone for any amount of time, I am funny, I laugh, I flirt with girls and overall I have a good time. I am 26.