Introducing Myself

Introducing Myself Good evening everyone! I hope everyone who celebrated Thanksgiving had a wonderful holiday! I (22 F) am a 6th grade History teacher, and I have been a stutterer for 11 years. My speech block started in the 6th grade, and throughout grades 6-12, I found different ways to work around/hide my speech block by varying my tone, pausing/stopping to "catch" the block before it happens, and using secondary characteristics (breaking eye contact, finger pulling, etc) to break the speech block. I started speech therapy last week, and a recommendation from my speech therapist was to join online forums and communities with people who stutter! I'm currently practicing the diaphragmatic breathing strategy.