Wesker
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I was wondering if anybody else with AS has problems like me with Stammering when they talk? I don't stutter but I stammer. I will be telling somebody something and I will be stopping between words and it sounds really stupied. I am trying to break myself of the habit. Do any of you have that problem? It is like my thoughts are moving too fast and I can't keep up. I didn't used to have that problem but for the past few years I have been doing it.
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2ukenkerl
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Yeah, I stammer. I have stuttered too, but stammering is far more common.
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maulwurfmann
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I stammer a lot. Lately it seems that it's because I'm saying something, then my brain tells me that it's stupid and dumps the whole thought process.
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Izaak
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I am a stammerer... no real help for you. The problem is the brain isn't thinking about what is being said. In my case it is usually a few sentences ahead when I haven't really thought about the words i'll be using.
Best remedy I have found is just speaking slower. Smooth Speech it's called. I got it out of a speech therapy book. Basically use relaxation techniques to calm your mind, and concentrate on talking slower. I imagine since you are a stammerer you aren't an AS who has difficulty with pitch, cadence, and intonation, so that should work...
It isn't always possible of course, but with practice it does get easier, and you do get better.
Beyond that advice, however, all I have is to say... yeah, me too. Hope you get better. |
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I only do it when I am very excited or anxious.
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| I only stammer when my nervousness reached its peak |
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LostInSpace
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| Izaak wrote: | I am a stammerer... no real help for you. The problem is the brain isn't thinking about what is being said. In my case it is usually a few sentences ahead when I haven't really thought about the words i'll be using.
Best remedy I have found is just speaking slower. Smooth Speech it's called. I got it out of a speech therapy book. Basically use relaxation techniques to calm your mind, and concentrate on talking slower. I imagine since you are a stammerer you aren't an AS who has difficulty with pitch, cadence, and intonation, so that should work...
It isn't always possible of course, but with practice it does get easier, and you do get better.
Beyond that advice, however, all I have is to say... yeah, me too. Hope you get better. |
Good for you. Stuttering can be extremely resistant to treatment, even with years of therapy. It's so fantastic that you were able to do it on your own. It's always nice to hear about stories of people who were able to overcome their stuttering (or at least improve it). |
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Ive made it a habit to speak slowly and carefully to prevent stammering and doing too much "backing up" and starting over during conversations.. but I still use a lot of "filler" like "umm" and the like.
When i get excited and try to keep up with my thoughts though I end up rambling on incoherently tripping over words and stopping suddenly when I hit a wall and cant think of the words.
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Age1600
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| I stammer, stutter, slurr, put words together, mixed words up, talk too fast sometimes, done it all. I sometimes also mispronounce my words sometimes like the word wrong might come out as whong or warm might come out as wam. |
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Prudence
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| Roseduelist wrote: | | I only stammer when my nervousness reached its peak |
Same here. |
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KenSan
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| Roseduelist wrote: | | I only stammer when my nervousness reached its peak |
I do that when I'm nervous before I've reached my peak, lol.
Generally I only mess up when I talk fast or when I'm excited/nervous. My mom would always mention to me that I would never talk because I thought about what I was going to say before I said it, but I was mainly just trying to work things out before hand so i wouldn't mess up.
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| Age1600 wrote: | | I stammer, stutter, slurr, put words together, mixed words up, talk too fast sometimes, done it all. I sometimes also mispronounce my words sometimes like the word wrong might come out as whong or warm might come out as wam. |
For me, "world" always seems to come out as "wold"- totally embarrassing! Especially when I say "World War", for some reason. Interesting, it looks like when it happens to either of us, it is the "r"s that aren't pronounced. Huh. I guess the American "r" is a fairly difficult sound, and it is certainly one of the last sounds acquired during English language development. It is also extremely rare in the world's languages. So when we're having some pronunciation difficulties, it is the one that gets chucked. |
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bc1
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:36 am Post subject: |
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i stammer when nervous.
i couldn't pronounce r's until the third grade or so. i was told i sounded like someone from new york. |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:40 am Post subject: Re: Stammering? |
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| Wesker wrote: | I was wondering if anybody else with AS has problems like me with Stammering when they talk? I don't stutter but I stammer. I will be telling somebody something and I will be stopping between words and it sounds really stupied. I am trying to break myself of the habit. Do any of you have that problem? It is like my thoughts are moving too fast and I can't keep up. I didn't used to have that problem but for the past few years I have been doing it.
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