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Just my opinion. It has nothing to do with French, English or whatever language. Brain doesn't know the difference, he just care about complexity of the word or sentence he is about to process. ...

Yes, I've stuttered my entire life. I'm 31. I think observation is good but putting yourself in our shoes, even for 5 minutes, gives you a different and better perspective. Perhaps go to your busiest...

My experiences during stutter therapy

My experiences during stutter therapy #1 Introduction First of all, I'd like to introduce myself. I'm a 27 year old student, hopfully finishing my masters soon. Studying engineering, I often need very...

Bad Nights Sleep threw off language

Bad Nights Sleep threw off language Has anybody ever noticed a drop off in language fluency following a bad nights sleep? I’ve been battling with my stutter since I’ve been able to speak but lately we...

I am in career choice dilemma ? Need help

I am in career choice dilemma ? Need help I know i have done this kind of post before. But i really need honest advice here. I dont totally agree with the mindset " you can do whatever you want to , j...

I'm 100% on your boat. I can't explain it myself, maybe it's the speed and tone I talk at that causes me to become fluent. On the other hand, I stutter the most when I tell stories to my friends. I ha...

Anxiety about transitioning into adulthood

Anxiety about transitioning into adulthood Its just a vent , these are the feelings i ve been having for a long time Okay so my teenagers are almost over . Im 19 now and im terrified of being an adult...

I am not a diagnosed with stuttering but I have same problems from time to time and I don't know how to overcome it.

I am not a diagnosed with stuttering but I have same problems from time to time and I don't know how to overcome it. I speak and I stutter on some word, cannot keep an even flow. I do it every 10th wo...

Hey fellow Vietnamese-American here. My Vietnamese stuttering way worse than my English for a lot of the reasons you mention. Syllable timed speech will help if your Vietnamese is fluent enough. I f...

Thanks! I actually did not learn that phrase because I had thought that my blocks could pass as lingual disfluency rather than speech disfluency, but as you know it didn't work. I haven't heard of Sy...

I have felt the same way and would love to hear other people's opinion. I am a stutterer with speech blocks and I have been trying to self-study Vietnamese to be able to communicate with some family....

Interesting, i noticed that i have difficulties with knowing when to breathe and with the rhythm of speech. Did you notice improvement with your rhythm? ...

I definitely stutter more when I’m excited to share something but this sounds like a secondary issue....

Stuttering really needs to be approached holistically. For people who don't stutter when they are by themselves, the issue with stutter comes down to tension from anxiety in social situations and the...

Stuttering, a Stream of Consciousness Essay

Stuttering, a Stream of Consciousness Essay Ever since i can remember I have stuttered. I try to convince people that it doesn’t bother me, this is a lie. It does get to me. Often times when i meet so...

Thanks this does help a lot! I relate to the talking fast thing. I also think incredibly fast so I wonder if that has anything to do with it...

I'm social with people I'm comfortable around. People I'm not comfortable around I barely talk to. I rarely start conversations. If someone engages me in conversation I'm happy to oblige, but I'd rath...

Hey! I’m a speech therapist and might be able to provide some insight! Everyone has moments of dysfluency, so it could be a transient thing. If your dysfluency continues and is accompanied by a feeli...

Great advice, thanks. Definitely do think the elongating thing helps for me. It does sound natural if done in the right way and not quite like Dory haha I think that having stuttered for so long, I'v...

Sure, but I think acting does often produce more fluent speech for lots of stutterers; the linked article basically says as much. That doesn't meant that acting is the *only* time certain stutterers m...