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My stutter returned... as a "blockade"? Hello fellow people When I was a kid I had a stutter from the age of 3-12, then it was completely gone and I hadn't stuttered after I hit puberty. I was extremely happy to speak completely fluently until a few years ago. I have first noticed problems when I was talking on the phone and the words were stuck in my throat. I didn't have the "usually known" stutter like when I was a kid (i-i-i-i- / w-w-w-w etc.) but it felt like my voice was completely blocked / shut down. I just couldn't get anything out. This made me so anxious that I stopped calling anyone I didn't know (I'm going to my barber without an appointment, I order food on an app and not by phone, etc.). The problem only exists when I'm talking on the phone to people I don't know, I dont have this issue with family or friends at all. When I speak to other people in person in German (my mother tongue) I don't stutter at all and don't experience any forms of these blockades. That's also why nobody except my family knows that I'm having this issue. However, when I'm speaking English or French, I got this in person as well. When I apply for job interviews, sometimes they switch to English to "check" my English skills and at this point I'd rather bury myself because I'm sitting there awkwardly and I can't get a single word out. When I talk to myself at home in English, it's perfectly fine - until another person wants to talk to me in English. (The same in French but I use it less often). I'm writing this text for the reason that I'm awaiting calls for jobs I have applied to and i'm completely stressed out. The fear of not being able to speak chases me the whole day, I almost have to vomit every day because I'm so scared of not being able to talk on the phone - sometimes it works without a problem, sometimes my voice is stuck and I "act like having a bad connection and hang up the phone" because I just can't talk. It frightens me and I hope to hear from other people as well who experienced similar situations or have good advice for me!