stutter

Yah! Victory. The hardest blocks I get as a person who stutters, are when I'm talking on the phone. Training as a police reservist, it was inevitable that the day would come when I would need to talk on the radio ... so I was dreading the thought of having to use the radio. In particular you have to use certain words on the radio - no way around it. For example 'P' is Papa. P's are tricky because they are stop plosive sounds where the air coming out of your chest is temporarily stopped, so blocks are more likely.

One of the most difficult times to speak, for people who stutter (including me) is over the phone. I will be OK talking to someone face to face, but the second I need to speak to the same person on the phone, my fluency drops. I feel this panic rising as I hit various blocks and try to dodge saying words.