Anyone else a stutterer?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttering

Pretty much the opposite of cluttering.

Stutterers:
Are very aware of their disorder
Perform worse when speaking under stress
Have a hard time fluently giving short answers
Often have inhibited, neat handwriting
Therapy focuses on relaxation techniques, calling attention away from speech
Are typically withdrawn, shy, or introverted
Typically were fluent, but then started stuttering
Know exactly what they want to say but cannot say it
Have organized speech
Have good listening skills


I used to have a horrible stutter when younger, and I guess after a lot of experience in performing arts like acting, band, and choir; I found ways to correct myself. Now this paragraph on seconday features describes me almost perfectly.

Since about a year ago I occasionally find myself slightly stuttering on a word, but I haven't noticed it for a few months, so hopefully I've stopped.

Yes, I stutter. WB, BTW.

My stuttering comes back when I'm stressed or really excited.

Oh, yes. It's not constant, but on and off I will stutter once in a while.

I used to, but had a big boost to my self confidence recently and it just stopped.

I usually stutter on words I ain't used to using.

When stressed!

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My brother, who has Tourettes stuttered everytime he spoke. It looked painful. As for me, I have always been very careful when I spoke in order to avoid stuttering. People make unfair judgments about character and ability.

I started stuttering when I was 8. Now, I am afraid of even opening my mouth.

Happens to me sometimes. I think of too many things at the same time.

I stutter, from time to time. I notice that I don't quite sound like myself, and than I think that I might be sounding like a person, with some type of disability. I start to stutter, because I want to sound like me, and not some mentally challenged person. That hasn't happened for months, and than that recently happened, a few weeks ago, and it hasn't happened, since that one afternoon. I want to sound like myself, not someone with a speech impediment.

very very rarely, and it is normally a stress related thing, I am so busy concentrating on "what are they thinking." that I forget to pay attention to what I am saying. I very rarely have to deal with strangers or other people who are not in my immediate family, maybe that is why?

I do that head shake thing, normally apologize, say "let me start that over" and then try again.

I used to be a constant stutterer, but I've learned to just stop talking and say "uhhh" whenever it happens now, so it doesn't sound as bad.
It almost always happens if someone interrupts me while I'm talking.

I do stutter every so often.

I stutter a lot unless I am reading something out loud. I had a lot of speech therapy when I was in school, but it didn't really help much because I can't stand the "slow talking" method I was taught, it made me shound like a mentally ret*d person when I did it and I didn't want to give bullies another reason to call me a ret*d.