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Has anyone else had issues with this?

Lately, as in the past 6-8 months or so, I've noticed something disturbing about my speech habits...I'll stutter or blur the words together in a sentance as if I'm drunk or my tongue was swollen. Even when I'm not embarressed/not in front of a group.

Example: yesterday I was talking to my sister and couldn't say "Where are the nutrition facts on the bottle?" it was more like "where r tha nusha facts on the bottle" and i couldn't say it correctly. A different time I said "nomenclature" and i could NOT say it correclty. I've found i do this with soft sounds like b's and m's more than k's or t's. It's almost like stutter meets lisp. And w's are terrible "re-wording" was like "wuh wuhring". I've never had a speech problem before. EVER. I used to read out loud ibn class forever because the teachers liked how I read.

It's happening more frequently too, but like, only once a day or something. And of course, the more I think about it, the worse it is. it's always reaaally embarrassing because it's so obvious...i'll try to say a sentence four times before re-wording it.

Could this be ....

a)some kind of 'lack-of-use' thing, because i tend to be quiet most of the time, i'm kind of "forgetting" how to talk (don't talk to fam much :(..)

b)some kind of unconscious anxiety thing...maybe unconsciously it's making me nervous to be talking so i'll screw up the word?

c)Some kind of unrelated thing maybe? I woke up yesterday and saw that i had been biting the side of my tongue in my sleep- there were actually freaky molar indentations deep into my tongue? And sometimes it feels like my tongue doesn't "fit" in my mouth, almost. Could this be some weird mouth thing?
 

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Excess nervous energy. It reflects differently in different people.
you need to calm your nervous energy. Meditate, yoga or whatever relaxes you.
Look at areas in your life that are stressing you. It could be a constant low grade stress which you are resisting but its there everyday in your life.
 

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I have this too. I stutter and stumble alot when speaking. Its like whenever Im talking, my mind is in another place, and my speaking is just 'word vomit' I cant control it and its like my brain is fighting to hold the words in rather than out.
I also have an automatic nervous reaction to a stutter or stumble.. when I cant say something or it comes out wrong.. immediately I go 'blub blub blub' and I laugh. I laugh to hide my embarrassment or I try to make the situation funny.
Ive got some weird looks before. :sus
Ive only had troubles speaking in the last 2 years. It worries me alot because it only seems to get worse.
 
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