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Stutter block Hello guys - I’m trying to see if anyone has any solutions for the problem I face. For quite some time now, I have been stutter-blocking quite a bit. With certain letters, I struggle to get them out when they are specifically at the start of a sentence. It’s gotten worse over this past year, and I am 18. For example, sentences that start with a W (where, what, when, etc) are particularly difficult for me to get out, along with C, D, Y, and more. People don’t really tend to notice it in public, but that’s partly because I’m scared that they will notice. I am currently a medical student, so it really worries me when I talk to future patients. The crazy part is that a lot of this stutter is in my head, as I am constantly imagining A MILLION different social scenarios where I stutter, and everytime I think of a scenario that I stutter, it bothers me (almost like OCD). I could be watching a movie for example, and when someone talks in the movie, I imagine myself in the exact same scenario, except that I stammer, and it just bothers me like crazy. Now imagining this happening every day multiple times during the day. I have friends and I am a social person, but this stutter along with my thoughts of it just weigh me down constantly. Even when it comes to talking to family and friends, I picture myself stammering and the fear along with it. Again, most don’t notice, but i notice it like crazy, and my brain avoids saying letters I stutter on. Forgive me if I am simply venting, but I’m wondering if you guys have any advice. Thanks.