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That’s why I NEVER tell people about my stutter. I generally stutter less around people who don’t know I stutter. This shouldn’t be confused with the fact that we stutter less around people we know an...
The realization that I don’t stutter when I’m talking to myself alone was a big deal for me. It showed me that my stutter was rooted in my sense of self, specifically how I appear to others, and what ...
I used to believe all of that, until I realised it’s just not true. The more you live in hiding, afraid to stammer openly, the less you speak and your mind catastrophises everything. This thing is, ev...
The issue is that, without additional context, 99% of people have no way of knowing that a brief unexpected silence is *part* of a speech impediment. OP pushed past his block quickly enough so that ...
Completely the opposite in my experience, not telling them you stutter puts pressure on yourself to not stutter, which just leads to more anxiety and blocks for me....
I’m an early childhood mental health professional and a person who stutters. I wish I was taught to effectively disclose. Disclosing is *to benefit the PWS*, to try to eliminate possibility of engag...
Did you tell them you have a stutter? I personally never do and just let my speech speak for itself. Besides, telling others often makes us stutter more because it becomes an expectation....
That's the latest I've personally heard of. As far as being worried, unfortunately that may depend on you. I can imagine how distressing it might be. The only advice I can give you is what is give any...
He described classic textbook covert stuttering. The fact that he didn’t stutter when he called the guy out (you block when you are trying to hide it but the second you stop hiding it, you get fluent...
You even called it a “grim smile”, indicating he did not understand what was going on. In fact, when someone pauses before saying their name,people may think something is medically wrong with you, an...
Yup, I can almost guarantee that I'll stutter when ordering food. It's kind of become a joke with my friends whenever I'm ordering the food and I'll them to watch as I tell them exactly when I'm gonna...
I have a terrible stutter, mainly interiorised (covert) and comes in the form of severe blocking but I work for a film production company and regularly have to do voice over work, videos, meetings and...
Guys I’m having very trouble making friends plus ordering in coffe is really hard for me and is making depressed and making me lonely without friends
Guys I’m having very trouble making friends plus ordering in coffe is really hard for me and is making depressed and making me lonely without friends I want to know if someone is in same place and how...
Great job. I work as a teacher in Norway, and I stutter, but uses all my energy on hiding it. Talk to your teacher about it he or she will surely do all their best to help and cheer you on....
I felt like I was tied up in chains and no matter what I did I couldn’t escape (say what I wanted to say) it’s exhausting being a person who stutters !!...
Yes 100%. I can barely speak on the phone at all. To the point where if my family is around I'll just try to get them to speak for me bc it's easier for me & the person I'm calling..with being put on ...
Lee Lovett‘s methods have changed my life. Everything from reading out aloud when you’re alone (which improves your fluency habit), never forcing blocks (to weaken the stutter habit), positive affir...
Well, that's the overly casual version. Basically I'd been working only 15 hours a week for many years due to my mental health issues, then my company shut down so everyone lost their jobs. That was D...
Blocking on your name and other unswitchable words is an extremely common aspect of someone who is a *covert stutterer*. Fear of others hearing your repetitions is the root cause of blocking. If y...
What causes you to speak improperly?
What causes you to speak improperly? I'm listing what I've searched so far and what causes me to speak improperly.. 1. Contracted larynx (most people can't hear what we're saying) 2. Breath loss (t...