Does anybody else's stutter constantly mutate and evolve to be immune to workarounds?
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Does anybody else's stutter constantly mutate and evolve to be immune to workarounds? Back in high school I noticed starting troubling words with a soft "H" sound worked perfectly, so I did that for about a month. At that point, it actually started to make things worse. Then I realized if I did the Porky Pig technique and start sentences with "filler" words, I could build momentum and quickly plow through sentences before the blocking starts. But then that stopped working. The worst part is, my coping mechanisms don't go away once they stop working, so now my sentences are getting longer and longer with more and more filler, which of course further lowers the probability of fluency. Often times it undermines my credibility because I have to insert words like "I think" and "I'm pretty sure" just to be able to force out sentences that I know are 100% true. This always leads to somebody else going "yep that's true, I know for a fact" (so did I, dammit), then they get the recognition because they were sure of it and I wasn't, so therefore it wasn't my idea. Five years ago I stuttered once every ten sentences or so. Now my ribs hurt after every sentence from tensing so hard and I'm running out of breath mid-statement because saying three words takes 25 seconds. I *really* need to stop smoking weed, because I know that's what's making it worse. That's easier said than done though ("non habit forming", my ass). -------------------------------- Anyway, just thought I'd ask around and see if others have the same issues. I've never actually even talked to anybody else with a stutter before, so please excuse my ignorance on the topic if this is incredibly common. (Also some of the posts on here are goddamn hilarious. It's nice to laugh about this). -------------------------- EDIT: Thought I'd include a recreation of my average sentence: "So uh, I fahhhh-hound this vid....... eo that I thought was rather in............................................... teresting. This g... THIS GUY is trying to get his dog to g-g... gah [catching breath] get his dog to... [counting to three in my head] THISGUYISTRYINGTOGETHISDOGTOGOOUTSIDEANDHEWON'TDOITANDIT'SREALLYFUNNYAND h-... he- .... haha never mind, I gotta go sit down [laughing off the defeat like a champ]" EDIT again: Sorry to not be around for any of the discussion. The day I typed this, I went and stayed with a friend for a few days and completely ignored the internet because I was so busy.