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I agree. I think it all comes down to expectations (that we rely on to move our speech muscles). Expectations such as: * Linking "very scared words in front of strangers" to "not executing speech mov...

There is no pressure. No one is expecting nothing from us but we. We put the pressure ourself. I believe PWS are highly self demanding/perfectionist people....

In my opinion: I think that situational stuttering comes down to our expectations. Expectations like convincing ourselves that speech errors (such as, anticipation) are bad or fearful in certain situ...

Being a stutters might have a relationship with being a perfectionist. It might be compensating...

It does slightly make your throat bigger, so try just resting on the bottom right before you speak, and don't overthink the speech...

Actually, that has to be placebo, when you talk more quickly the tongue being at the bottom of your mouth makes it closer to the state it needs to be to make most sounds, so resting the tongue on the ...

Do you ever get over the mental aspect of stuttering? I find when I have my streaks of fluency, there is always a thought in my brain that reminds me I have a stutter, then I can randomly start feelin...

Yup and I hate it because I was somewhat fluent. Then I'm not when I have to repeat. So frustrating...

I feel that the more you focuse on your speech, the more you'll stutter. Sometimes I'm focus on smth and someone will ask me a question, and I'll just answer fluently cauz I didn't think about it or c...

Yep sometimes when I have to repeat myself I like to shorten the sentences like what are you doing this weekend “I’m going to build a chicken coop”and then they ask me I will be like “build a chicken ...

It annoys me so much. It takes so much effort for me to say anything so why would anyone want me to do it again?!...

Yess this happens to me all the time. For me, I find repeating something verbatim is so much more pressure than just speaking normally, as there isn't the safety net of saying a similar meaning word i...

Do you stutter more when asked to repeat yourself?

Do you stutter more when asked to repeat yourself? This one gets me every time. I’ll say something fluently, but then the person didn’t hear and asks me to repeat myself. I’ll stutter every time in t...

It sounds like you've not gotten over worrying about your speech just yet. The main step towards overcoming your stutter is letting go of judgement of others. This is very difficult, and it took me ye...

Please

Please Hi, can you give me some advice because I have to give a presentation tomorrow and I have to present it without any text and I have to know the text by heart. I have the text and I know it, but...

State of Blocking

State of Blocking When I fear an upcoming block I enter on blocking state. What I mean with this is my mind and body prepares for the block. I know I will block. I can feel it on my body. I can read ...

So, to go back to my arguments why traditional speech therapy didn't work for me: IMO, Reasons why traditional speech therapy probably didn't work for me: * If we consider the primary symptom of stu...

"The techniques and tricks of traditional therapy don't work because SLPs don't treat it as a phobia, they're only interested in the mechanical function of speech." Reply: I'd like to reply to this...

Eye contact, Stuttering and Dating.

Eye contact, Stuttering and Dating. I struggle maintaining eye contact with people when i'm speaking, especially when i start to stutter. Sometimes they look away and it makes me feel bad. What trigge...

Mom of teenage mild stutterer / blocker (M/17) trying to help and not make things worse

Mom of teenage mild stutterer / blocker (M/17) trying to help and not make things worse Hello! I have found other Reddit communities helpful for other purposes and am hopeful of finding a supportive ...