Social Anxiety Support

TheDaffodil · 11-07-2009, 09:25 AM

I've started researching disfluent speech - stuttering (part of a language development project). According to NIDCD (National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders), 1% of American adults stutter but because anxiety can come with it (maybe even the other way around), I wanted to know if anyone here stutters, how they cope with it, and if they do anything to reduce it.

Phibes · 11-07-2009, 09:33 AM

Sometimes when I'm talking to someone I screw up a word so I have to restart the sentence. &_&

Rtastism · 11-09-2009, 12:40 AM

I stutter on occasion. Especially when I'm excited about something. I repeat the first word or two of a sentence a few times over before I can actually get through the whole thing. It's kind of embarrassing. I generally just try to breath and speak slower...

94hours · 11-09-2009, 06:21 PM

Occasionally, I talk really fast so I will from time to time, I just try to play it off if it happens.

Jimbe · 11-09-2009, 06:26 PM

I stutter usually when i'm nervous, but it happens randomly sometimes.
I'm completely unable to say the word I want to say, its like my brain forgets how to make the sound.

WineKitty · 11-09-2009, 06:43 PM

I stutter sometimes when really super nervous. I have to start over and speak a bit slower. I hate it.

heyJude · 11-09-2009, 10:29 PM

Yep, I stutter and screw up words whenever I'm talking to someone new because I'm super nervous. It makes me feel like a complete idiot.

Chris1987 · 11-10-2009, 02:02 PM

I can barely manage a sentence without stuttering and looking like a fool. Theres not alot i can do about really just gotta live with it.

JJLee · 11-11-2009, 10:37 AM

Very often. I repeated a word 3 or 4 times, still couldn't make the sound. It's like the brain loses control of the mouth. I learned not to feel embarrassed if it happened. Laugh at myself before the listeners do, breathe and repeat.

epril · 11-11-2009, 01:56 PM

I stutter more now than I used to. I don't know why. It's like my mouth has slowed down some. I do it whether I'm nervous or not. I'm not too annoyed with it yet. I just push through and keep talking.

Rixy · 11-11-2009, 02:09 PM

I kind of stutter if I'm nervous. Sometimes I stutter my words and then they dont come out but I'm exhaling at the same time. So it just sounds like I've started weezing or breathing heavily in the middle of a sentence.

11-07-2009, 09:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
TheDaffodil Status: Antsy. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Maryland Gender: Female Age: 19 Posts: 1,168	Stuttering I've started researching disfluent speech - stuttering (part of a language development project). According to NIDCD (National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders), 1% of American adults stutter but because anxiety can come with it (maybe even the other way around), I wanted to know if anyone here stutters, how they cope with it, and if they do anything to reduce it. __________________ "Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt." - William Shakespeare NotForSaleCampaign.org \| StopTheTraffik.org \| SlaveryMap.org

11-09-2009, 06:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jimbe Status: Busy being useless Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: United Kingdom Gender: Male Age: 16 Posts: 141	I stutter usually when i'm nervous, but it happens randomly sometimes. I'm completely unable to say the word I want to say, its like my brain forgets how to make the sound. __________________ Traditional nationalism cannot survive the fissioning of the atom. One world or none. ~Stuart Chase Life is cruel

11-09-2009, 06:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
WineKitty Status: Almost 10,000 Posts :) Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Alone Inside My Mind Gender: Female Posts: 9,968	I stutter sometimes when really super nervous. I have to start over and speak a bit slower. I hate it. __________________ "The more I know about people, the better I like my dog." - Mark Twain

11-09-2009, 10:29 PM	#7 (permalink)
heyJude Status: Doodling in the corner. Join Date: Jul 2009 Gender: Female Age: 24 Posts: 187	Yep, I stutter and screw up words whenever I'm talking to someone new because I'm super nervous. It makes me feel like a complete idiot. __________________ ~Maybe someday we'll live our lives out loud. We'll be better off somehow...someday.~

11-11-2009, 01:56 PM	#10 (permalink)
epril Status: sa challenger Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: arizona Gender: Female Age: 45 Posts: 2,654	I stutter more now than I used to. I don't know why. It's like my mouth has slowed down some. I do it whether I'm nervous or not. I'm not too annoyed with it yet. I just push through and keep talking. __________________ "Nobody's ever asked me to a party before, as a friend! Is that why you dyed your eyebrow, for the party? Should I do mine, too?"

11-07-2009, 09:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
Phibes Status: blessed with lucky sevens Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia. Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 640	Sometimes when I'm talking to someone I screw up a word so I have to restart the sentence. &_&

11-09-2009, 12:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
Rtastism Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Gender: Female Posts: 10	I stutter on occasion. Especially when I'm excited about something. I repeat the first word or two of a sentence a few times over before I can actually get through the whole thing. It's kind of embarrassing. I generally just try to breath and speak slower...

11-09-2009, 06:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
94hours Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Michigan Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 49	Occasionally, I talk really fast so I will from time to time, I just try to play it off if it happens.

11-10-2009, 02:02 PM	#8 (permalink)
Chris1987 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Scotland Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 51	I can barely manage a sentence without stuttering and looking like a fool. Theres not alot i can do about really just gotta live with it.

11-11-2009, 10:37 AM	#9 (permalink)
JJLee Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Gender: Female Posts: 6	Very often. I repeated a word 3 or 4 times, still couldn't make the sound. It's like the brain loses control of the mouth. I learned not to feel embarrassed if it happened. Laugh at myself before the listeners do, breathe and repeat.

11-11-2009, 02:09 PM	#11 (permalink)
Rixy Status: Falling into Guru Muhk Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: UK Gender: Male Age: 17 Posts: 226	I kind of stutter if I'm nervous. Sometimes I stutter my words and then they dont come out but I'm exhaling at the same time. So it just sounds like I've started weezing or breathing heavily in the middle of a sentence.