i do not but my neighbor has a very noticeable stutter. it's just part of him tho, it's never bothered me any and nobody ever makes a big deal of it

I have a bad habit of speaking too fast. Working on it tho

That’s awesome & I love how you don’t judge him for it & just accept it as is. That’s beautiful

we gotta love one another bro

There's a difference between stumbling over your words and having a stutter as a real speech impediment. Everybody stumbles over words sometimes. Not everyone actually has the impediment/condition.

Which one is it for you?

Nice avatar, by the way.

I have a stutter for as long as I can remember. It's had its ups and downs, but it's generally alright the past few years. Comes and goes, really. I can communicate to the point where I can be understood these days, but I wish I could speak more elegantly, you know?

I think it's mostly psychological because I don't stutter when speaking to people I'm close to or people I don't feel so judged by. With classmates, teachers, and managers? Yeah, I for sure have those blocks you speak of.

I don't do the whole r-r-r-r-repeating thing. It's just a silent block for me, so people don't always know what's going on, especially over a phone or audio call.

That doesn't seem like a speech impediment to me. Everyone stumbles over words sometimes. Not everyone actually has that extended verbal block that prevents them from saying a word.

I dont know bro, youre probably right but I looked up “silent block” and is more or less what I meant when I said “I speak slowly”

yeah i kind of have a stutter and i have trouble actually getting the words out sometimes

Speaking slowly is different from not being able to speak at all during those moments. I don't doubt that you struggle with speech, but I'm not sure if it's exactly the same as what OP and I go through. Hope you're able to improve nevertheless!

one of my best homies has a speech impediment but instead of stuttering he just doesn’t make any sound for like 4-5 seconds but you can see he’s about to say something, we’re just used to it at this point it aint even awkward or anything

Working at a call centre made me realize i use filler words a lot

Him & I have the same type of speech impediment! Much love to you & the homies for accepting dude for how he is it’s thanks to people like y’all that give us confidence to embrace it

Is there a link between premature babies and their speech later in life? I was born a week late and had stutters for most of my teenage life

Oh, 100% I totally agree about wishing to speak more elegantly. I’ve found that if I speak more slowly, it sounds like I’m just choosing my words carefully instead of actually having a block.

I definitely wish I could do interviews and speak more elegantly. That’s the one time where I wish I didn’t have a stutter. But I found if I’m straight up with the interviewer they understand & it makes me less anxious.

I have the silent block as well, no repeating. And yeah, I feel like it’s cause you’re close to your relatives & friends & they know your unique quality about you so it masked you less anxious to talk. Thus, not have any silent blocks.

I find that “exposure therapy” is key to growing comfortable with it. It’s the main reason why I’ve been working at a tech support call center for 3 years, I’ve had awkward phone calls sure but I’ve gotten much more confident & found ways to avoid blocks. Much love to you man. Ty for your reply

My little bro stutter

Guess you born with it idk, in his situation he's a very emotional person so he's never had a bad experience in life for him to start stuttering early on

Makes you think fr

I work dispatching/safety for USA trucks and I don't use filler words at all now that i think about it

Definitely born with it

@Flynn

Yeah but i knew people who had bad lives and s*** so i guess u can piece it together cause of that

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Oh nvm I get it LMAOOOOOO

I used to have to go to speech therapy for mumbling

Overall Im good now but its still there somewhat and I wont notice myself even

i tend to talk really fast and mumble sometimes but idk if that counts