Different people, different speech

[Vegeta]

I've noticed that I have a really hard time talking to:

- my father (I'm really close to him)
- My friend with whom I live with for a year and have known for 4 years
- Some other friends in the same group that are not different from the other ones.
- That old lady from the bus tickets

People that I'm almost fluent:
- My girlfriend
- My sister
- My "other friends in the same group"
- My mother
- The woman from the contact lenses shop and pretty much any supermarket staff


I don't know why but I spend all my weekends with my father and I really have a close relationship with him. I don't live with my mother, but also have a good relationship with her and I visit her many times. I'm always with a group of 4 friends. When I'm alone with Miguel, I struggle really hard, When i'm alone with João, the same thing but not with the other ones.

How does different people create different situations of stuttering when they mean the same to you?

[grantM]

Perhaps in the background of your mind neurological changes are occuring for each situation? This could be an unnoticable anxiety rise. It always amazes me how my speech reacts differently to different people although consciously I see them as equals

[Stamr]

Hey Veg

Everyone has their different stuttering issues...

Mine is sort of opposite, I tend to stutter more around people I'm comfortable with and less around people I don't know... weird. However, with people I don't know, I'm constantly word switching in my head, and sometimes I choose not to say anything at all when I would actually like to say something. It's frustrating.

I stutter most around my boyfriend, mom, stepdad, and bestfriend... with everyone else, I always have anxiety, and it's horrible.

Doesn't really answer your question, but...

[TK421]

I realize this thread is over a month old, but I'd love to put in my two cents.

I also tend to have a lot more trouble around the people who are closest to me. It's strange to think it's about as worse as it gets when I'm around my own mother. I can barely even talk to her on the phone anymore...good thing we chat regularly on .

But then like Stamr also brought up, the anxiety level is completely opposite!