commentr/StutterOctober 14, 2024

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You know how stutter is constantly think about stuttering the whole day, it’s the first thing that they think of? My brain completely removed that thought from my head and un-wired it. Before when I’m confronted with social situations or when people came up to me and asked me a question suddenly, my body would freeze up, my heart would race, and my vocal chords would completely close together and shut my voice. Now, my heart rate stays the same, my body doesn’t lock, and my throat lost that automatically response to close and lock right, thus leading to the block. For me, when I was watching the ball bounce back and fourth I sort of got ‘hypnotized’ and it felt cooling/soothing to me. How I paid attention was I wore headphones and watched the video in the dark, right before I went to bed. With that, I was able to focus on it. *Maybe try viewing it in a dark room with no other sensory stimulation besides the video and with headphones? That’s what I did.*

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Causes & VariabilityEmotional Experience

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Stress & Fight/FlightTrauma & PsychologicalHelplessness & Agency