Stuttering Question

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OK, I don't really stutter that often, however, I stutter when I am feeling anxious or excited about something. I don't normally stutter though.

What does this mean?

I stutter also and for me it was genetic for me my father stuttered. I stutter when I am anxious or excited also. From what I know it is not part of autism but I don't know.The trouble is learning how to control the stuttering.

I'm not interesting in learning how to stop at the moment. It might be a different story if I stuttered all the time.

I stuttered when I was young.

I started to stutter after I was about 9. It's worse when I'm excited or anxious. I also jumble, pause, have bad articulation, some say stammer is a little different than stutter, I do both.

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Stuttering is a communication disorder involving disruptions, or “disfluencies,” in a person’s speech. The word "stuttering" can be used to refer either to the specific speech disfluencies that are commonly seen in people who stutter or to the overall communication difficulty that people who stutter may experience.

In addition to producing disfluencies, people who stutter often experience physical tension and struggle in their speech muscles, as well as embarrassment, anxiety, and fear about speaking. Together, these symptoms can make it very difficult for people who stutter to say what they want to say, and to communicate effectively with others. There are perhaps as many different patterns of stuttering as there are people who stutter. And there are many different degrees of stuttering, from mild to severe.

The precise cause of stuttering is not known; however, researchers around the world are actively seeking new information about this complex communication disorder. We do know that stuttering is not caused by emotional problems and it is not a “nervous” disorder. We also know that stuttering is not the fault of the family or of the person who stutters.

As of yet there is no cure for stuttering, despite the numerous 'magic bullets' for sale these days. As a person who stutters, I find that emotional support is just as important as ANY therapy when it comes to stuttering. To meet other people who stutter who can relate to what we go through helps us accept our stuttering more than anything else.

For 35 years the National Stuttering Association (NSA) has connected kids and adults who stutter to other kids and adults who stutter through local chapter meetings, workshops, on-line support groups and annual conferences in which over 600 people who stutter attend each year! Conferences have included such keynote speakers as VP Joe Biden, Arthur Blank (Owner, Atlanta Falcons), Adrian Peterson (Chicago Bears), Annie Glenn, John Melendez and John Stossel. They all shared truly amazing stories.

I stutter and also can have word retrieval issues. It happens more often when I get excited or anxious.... not sure what it means, but I can say that strong emotions make it more difficult for me to communicate (not that I don't already have trouble with that).

I can stutter when anxious or not. But I'm not really sure how I talk would be considered a stuttering problem in itself. I also have word retrieval problems and that can happen even when writing.
I can stutter on one word but I also can't get out parts of sentences sometimes and so end up repeating it. Or, I have trouble trying to say something and it's almost too much effort to try and just stop.
Sometimes my sentences are said out of sequence, I think.
At times my tongue can sort of feel not very graceful or something. And other times I try to say something and I end up not really finishing a sentence for whatever reason (since I'm trying to remember things and it's not happening right this minute I don't know why or what that it is.).
I also have some difficulty getting out my thoughts in verbal words and writing. I can also use wrong words, I say things in an odd what, I may use that, is, and those things different sometimes, maybe.
These things happen when I'm anxious or not anxious.
I'm not sure what all of this is either and I'd have to think about it more and get feedback from someone who knows me to know what or how I talk.

My son (with Asperger's) used to have an unusual stutter, where he used to repeat the last syllabul of a word, almost like he was just making a sound while he got the next word ready. Has anyone else heard of this, I'm not sure if it is a stutter, stammer or what?

For me it's less about nervousness (although nervousness makes it worse) and more about simply tripping over my words in my feeble attempts at putting my thoughts into words. Since it's a communication problem for me and not nervousness, I directly attribute it to my AS.

My 12 year old stutters/stammers when nervous or excited.

This was one of the things that was looked at when he got the additional dx, tourettes.

I used to stutter quite a bit in my teens when I got excited (which happened alot), and I still occasionally do it. What I do more often is mix up the first letters in words that are following each other (e.g.: I went to the mopping shall.)

They're called spoonerisms after Reverend William Archibald Spooner, who lived in Oxford in the late 1800s and early 1900s and who was reported to rampantly make these slips of the tongue.
I do that too, like slug pockets, par cark, nasal huts and well boiled icicle.

I do that, too! But, either when I'm excited or when I'm nervous/speaking to strangers, in the latter case my stutter usually makes itself known, too.

I don't stutter, but I... kinda... talk slowly... and pause... a lot.

I pause a lot when speaking, even if I know every word of the sentence I want to say (which I usually don't), as a defense mechanism against stuttering. It's like driving slowly over speed bumps in a parking lot. I would recommend it to anyone who tends to stutter. It's not 100% effective, but it helps significantly, and people tend not to notice you're doing it unless you point it out to them.