postr/StutterJanuary 11, 2023

Unbreakable blocks?

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Unbreakable blocks? How do yall manage to get through blocks that feel impossible to overcome? I get those kind of blocks on works that start with vowels. Sometimes I'm able to stretch the vowel and provide proper breath support and I'm able to get through it pretty well but sometimes, especially when I HAVE to get the word out, I just can't get through it and have to restart the sentence and hope it's different the next time. Today, I picked up a prescription for my girlfriend who's name starts with an A and I had to attempt to say her name to the employee 5 or 6 times before managing to get it out. It feels like I'm driving up a steep hill in a car and I have just enough traction to make it over, but sometimes there's a headwind that makes it JUST about unreachable to get to the top, and it is extremely frustrating.

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Speech & StutteringEmotional Experience

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Blocks & StoppagesFrustration & Anger