I stutter, and I've had similar experiences. I had a bout of stuttering in early childhood, which therapy seemed to have cured. It came back when I was twenty

I stutter, and I've had similar experiences. I had a bout of stuttering in early childhood, which therapy seemed to have cured. It came back when I was twenty years old, standing in line to buy movie tickets. I can't recall which movie, but it had a single word in the title. As the long line moved forward, I kept going over the movie title in my mind - the single word I would have to speak once I get to the ticket booth. Something happened in that moment, and I've been stuttering for the 13 years since. I guess you could say that movie changed my life. The constant portrayal of stutterers as half-wits in popular media doesn't help one bit. I am just thankful that I didn't suffer this affliction while in high school.