I MUST know if anyone else has this problem--PLEASE read

[Sick1510]

I dont necessarily stutter, but i get caught up in my words to where i pause and tighten my lips and tongue so it take a while to say the words. The weirdest thing is...I can sepak completly fluently, normally and smoothly when I am alone!!! When I talk to people or around people my tongue tenses up and my lips do to making it hard to speak! I have been having this problem for years, does anyone know what it is? Why can I only speak smoothly when alone? I want a cure to relax my tongue maybe sometime of injection...someone help! thank you..

[studentdoc]

I dont necessarily stutter, but i get caught up in my words to where i pause and tighten my lips and tongue so it take a while to say the words. The weirdest thing is...I can sepak completly fluently, normally and smoothly when I am alone!!! When I talk to people or around people my tongue tenses up and my lips do to making it hard to speak! I have been having this problem for years, does anyone know what it is? Why can I only speak smoothly when alone? I want a cure to relax my tongue maybe sometime of injection...someone help! thank you..
I have the same problem. Let me know if you find an injection or anything. As of now, I haven't heard of one.

[Sick1510]

i'm thinking of using botox..

[dave]

I think what you have is called stuttering and you are having "speech blocks", which is what I do. I'm sure a lot of people here have this problem.

[happy7117]

Want to know something strange--

If I know someone is not listening, or
the second that I know they
are walking away I spit whatever
it is im trying to say out---

There has to be something
psychological going on here!!

When i know they ARE listening,
i DO stutter- and thus words
comes out garbled!!

the thing that baffles me is---

If i can be greatly fluent
when i know Im not talking to
someone, or know that someone is
walking away...WHY am I unfluent
when talking to others, or know
someone is listening...

So actualy we can all speak fluently
if we are alone or by ourselves not knowing others can hear us....

It's only knowing that someone is listening or in
the prescence of us talking that we get stuttered
up....

I think there could be a word for that
what I described where we stutterers stutter
when we talk to others or are in the prescence of others!!! And don't when we are alone...

PERFORMANCE ANXIETY!!!!

If we can be fluent when alone in a room,
why can't we be fluent when talking to someone....

I wonder if there is a way to talk to another
person while imagining the person is not even there!!!

I can leave a perfect message on an answering machine!!!!

But talking on the phone to one-- it's
stutter time ladies and gentlemen!!!

[happy7117]

I think what you have is called stuttering and you are having "speech blocks", which is what I do. I'm sure a lot of people here have this problem.

Speech blocks are indeed symtoms to
stuttering!!

[Grambo]

I can talk to myself or animals perfectly - but I stutter when I talk to other humans........

[happy7117]

I can talk to myself or animals perfectly - but I stutter when I talk to other humans........

Exactly what I feel too!! It's that same idea where
we don't stutter when we know someone is not listening to us or is walking away!!

It P***es me off that we cannot find that darn connection!!

[Grambo]

Sometimes i'll get to a word that I think i'll stutter on and i'll change it for a word with a similar meaning - Once i've got part of a message across, I can elaborate - but it can take a few sentences to say what I could have said in a few words - I discussed this with a Speech Therapist and was told that it makes my speech more colourfull

[USAFNCO]

Those extra words are called "fillers".

USAFNCO (Retired) :cool:

[Grambo]

I see, I think I use ' Fillers ' at the start of sentences, words like UM and ER - I think it's the air flowing through the throat that helps me to roll into sentences ?

[USAFNCO]

You are correct sir, uhs, ums, and ers start the air flowing over the vocal cords. Try letting the air flow over the vocal without vocalizing the uhs, ums, and ers.

USAFNCO (Retired) :cool:

[Grambo]

Yes Ok I'll try that - I might have to say UM or ER in my mind at the same time to begin with ?

[Grambo]

OK, it's early days, but if I don't say UM or ER or Can I have, before a sentence, I find myself breathing in instead of out......

[USAFNCO]

I know how you feel, just takes practice. I'm still working on mastering the procedure.

USAFNCO (Retired) :cool: