Trouble speaking sentences?

[esoudbakhsh]

I wasn't always like this. In fact, when I was younger I was very fluent with the tongue and could eloquently speak even the most complex sentences. Today I am 19, and I have trouble speaking 100% and words/sentences end up being tongue twisters for me. It makes me unconfident when I want to ask a question knowing I probably wouldn't be able to say it right.  It's like when I speak my tongue kind of trips itself, or better say that it gets "stiff". The sentences that I really have problems with saying usually include alliteration in them, or that.

For example: "She should share her sherbert with her sister" - I would stutter or it would be very difficult for me to pronounce that now. The sentence is like a tongue twister for me. I noticed especially that it would be extremely hard for me to pronounce words that would have the "-er" suffix, or words that have the suffix "-er" would be repeated in a sentence.

This doesn't happen every single time, some occasions I can speak fluently without a problem. Maybe its because I'm not saying sentences that have the words I just described above?

[supermum_ms]

I think you've confused me more with your explanations....you wrote "sentessess" emphasizing the 's' sound with the misspelling but you're actually saying it's the repetition of the 'en' within the word 'sentence' or words with repetitive sounds with in it and you are also tripping up with words that end in 'er'...... you explained that your tongue seems stiff and stretching or wiggling it around helps but are you getting stuck and producing an elongated sound  eg sennnnnnn tennnnnnce or is it more of a stop start situation eg sen n n n ten n nce

The reason i've asked the specific questions I have in my responses is that with speech disorders that are to do with issues controlling the actual tongue, they typical have consistent difficulty getting the tongue to correctly articulate words with the same or similar sounds. If it's a muscle fatigue issue then it's basically the same as any other muscle fatigue, so it will usually worsens with usage and with the tongue that's talking, eating, chewing gum, singing etc although weirdly some people loose their stutter when they sing.  

Sentences like your example "She should share her sherbert with her sister" basically are tongue twisters, it's not unusual for articulate people to trip up with these types of sentences that unexpectedly happen in normal speaking situations, so it's not typically something that would indicate there could be an underlying speech disorder but if you do have difficulty with a the same or similar sounds eg er, ir, are, ur then there could be an underlying speech disorder.

It's actually very common for people to become self conscious when they have speech issues no matter the severity or causation, but with speech issues you can inadvertently make the situation worse if you get too anxious about making mistakes, what others will think etc it's important to understand what's causing the situation and what you need to learn to manage the situation, so please be proactive and consider getting your speech issue assessed.

Hope that helps.......JJ  

[esoudbakhsh]

Thanks so much for your help I understand. What I mean was that it was hard for me to say the word "sentences" because of the two "en" in the word. So I end up saying sentessess instead of saying the second "en". Anyway, thanks again.

[supermum_ms]

Hi and welcome,

Speech issues are associated with neurological condition like MS but there are other more common causes eg viral infection, dental treatment, mental health, trauma, medication side effects etc etc please keep in mind that your speech issue could be completely unrelated to MS.

If your saying this issue happens with most or all words with the same problem 'er' sound anywhere eg beginning - error,  middle - sherbet and end- sister you'll likely need to see a speech-language pathologist (SLP) to determine exactly which type of speech disorder it is, and it will help with identifying the types of medical conditions you could be dealing with etc.

Do you also have difficulty pronouncing words with similar sounds like ir, are and ur ?

Hope that helps.......JJ

[supermum_ms]

sorry just noticed you've added other sound issues not just with 'er' so if you are you saying you also have difficulty with words with the 's' sound too, are you getting stuck and producing an elongated ssssssssssss or is it more of a stop start s-s-s-s situation?

[esoudbakhsh]

I have no problems with the 's' sound. I usually screw up on sentences that have alliteration or any repeatable stuff in the sentence. The word "sentences" has two "en" letters and that kinda screws me up.

[esoudbakhsh]

I guess you can say that I end up slurring words a little bit. Doesn't happen often. It jumps out of no where occasionally. I have noticed something though. You know how when people try to say a word and they end up saying "bleh" and slightly stick their tongue out a little bit giving it a stretch? I noticed that when I move my tongue around like that or do a little random movement with my tongue it feels a lot more flexible. Words are a lot less harder to pronounce especially.

[esoudbakhsh]

I mean to say when they try to say a word but then kind of trip themselves on saying the word or stutter on it.

sorry for the multiple posts

[esoudbakhsh]

Like the word "sentences" I would be complex for me to say. It would turn out like "sentessess".