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Stuck With Stuttering I normally don't complain but I have a question attached that may give me some insight on my problem. I've been to 3 Speech Therapists over the years and they have all told me I do not have a stutter yet I do. I seem to not stutter at all when reading out loud or fast while talking. Yet I stutter quite often with peers and random people, although I do have quite a laundry list of diagnosed mental disorders throughout the past year I've been taken off all of my pills and have been since last october since I'm "In remission". The stuttering has not changed, gotten worse or better. I do notice it quite often while being excited and just randomly but never more often when I'm "anxious", just the same frequency as normal. If I were to group what I say into paragraphs I'd say it's a few words out of a few paragraphs, no word is more difficult to pronounce or anything. It used to be extremely bad when I was in grade school and was even told then I didn't have a stutter because meeting the therapist was a few yes or no answers and rating how often I do it then straight to reading. I do have ADHD but it doesn't affect me at all and based on the frequency of the problem it seems like I'd have more problems than just stuttering. Basically my question is, is there any name or something for this type of stutter/speech impediment and what can I do to help it stop because as a young adult I think I subconsciously get treated like a child/immature since I look quite young and sound like it too. The only thing I've tried is talking slower (just makes me get caught on a word even worse) It truly feels subconscious and helpless and it's never really bothered me being the brunt of a joke for stuttering since I've been turned away for "not having one" and never going farther than the first appointment due to me having "no problem". My brain is fast and my mouth can keep up but it's just random and annoying for myself at this point.