What, besides being in a hurry or not prepared to speak, can cause a person to stutter?

Question

I've recently started stuttering randomly. When I do, I'm not always in a situation where it'd make sense to. Like I could be carrying on a normal conversation and stutter over a whole sentence and it's like I can't get any of the sentence out right so I get frustrated and quit talking altogether. I'm already getting picked on for it. Not bullying just my friends pointing it out ya know.

Answer 1

Sounds like a typical psychological conflict. Basically, you experienced a normal and, at the time, a completely random stutter in speech. The cause of the first few experiences are unknown, but completely acceptable, as every individual experiences a stutter in speech at one point. The initial stutter is likely due to a sensory overload, but causes can be due to a multiple of factors and varies with each individual. However, that is irrelevant, what is important is how you handled this situation. Apparently you were under some kind of social influence during the start of this problem. That caused you to draw unnecessary attention to this issue in your conscious state. Now you are thinking about stuttering when you are around people of your social network, whether this thinking is conscious or subconscious. It's basically a snowball affect if you are flowing what I'm saying here. I bet you aren't stuttering while you are talking on the phone or hanging out around the house? It's clearly tied to a sensory overload that you have created for yourself when you are around your social network. The best thing to do is keep talking and finish the sentence even if there was a mistake. If you keep stopping and trying to correct parts of your speech then you are only adding fuel to this problem. By shedding attention on the problem, you are giving it a reason to stay in your subconscious. Stop reading about it and stop thinking about it hun. This problem can be fixed in one day if you pay no attention to future mistakes and act as though it never happened. Hope this helps and please ask for any additional help if needed.      

Answer 2

maybe lack of confidence in what you say. the first time you stuttered could lead you to fear stuttering which would decrease your confidence. your fears will manipulate the way you do things. you might be more aware of it, and loose track of what your trying to say.

Answer 3

i've stuttered since i was 4 and im 16 now. but its really off and on for me. I stutter worse when im nervous or when im sick which is really weird. But i know what you mean it is SO frustrating and i do the same thing i just stop talking instead of continuing to stutter and look like an idiot. The best advice i can give you is to just relax and breathe before you speak and don't pre-think what you're going to say. When I think about what im going to say i tend to stutter more.