postr/StutterSeptember 3, 2025

Usually when I have a speech block I have an "Emmme Emmme" loop that I can't stop

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Usually when I have a speech block I have an "Emmme Emmme" loop that I can't stop I try to spit my word / sentence out, so I do these long ahh ummme to try to help it, because the beginning of the sentence is the hardest, but it doesn't always work and than I'm in that long loop of ummm ummm ummm, and I shouldn't do that, I learned a technique and these "ummm" are forbidden in it, and my parents remind me "use the technique" but I just CAN'T, it's like I can't stop saying those UMMMs, and even when it's "helping" I don't speak fluent and continuous because I'm out of breath. And it feels so weird because stuttering is having a trouble with getting the word out of your mouth, but with these UMMMs I can't STOP getting them out of my mouth Does anybody else have that? English isn't my first language sorry

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Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering

Subthemes

Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringRepetitions & ProlongationsLoss of Control